[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14683-14685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5732]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period 
Under the Premerger Notification Rules

    Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II 
of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, requires 
persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions to give the 
Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General advance 
notice and to wait designated periods before consummation of such 
plans. Section 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual 
cases, to terminate this waiting period prior to its expiration and 
requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal 
Register.
    The following transactions were granted early termination of the 
waiting period provided by law and the premerger notification rules. 
The grants were made by the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice. Neither agency intends to take any action with respect to 
these proposed acquisitions during the applicable waiting period.

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    Trans. No.          Acquiring         Acquired          Entities
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20050609..........  Brown & Brown,    Richard F. Hull.  Hull and Company
                     Inc..                               (California),
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Hull & Co.,
                                                         General Agency,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Hull & Company,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Hull & Company
                                                         (Louisiana),
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Hull & Company
                                                         (Mid-America),
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Hull & Company
                                                         (Mid-Atlantic),
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Hull & Company
                                                         (Montana), Inc.
                                                        Hull & Company
                                                         (Pacific), Ltd.
                                                        Hull & Company
                                                         (Rocky
                                                         Mountains),
                                                         Inc.
20050621..........  Perseus Market    Sports Capital    Maritime
                     Opportunity       Partners CEV,     Telecommunicati
                     Fund, L.P.        LLC.              ons Network,
                                                         Inc.
20050628..........  Guitar Center,    Kenneth Moore     Music and Arts
                     Inc..             O'Brien.          Center, Inc.
20050633..........  MLB Media         Tickets.com,      Tickets.com,
                     Holdings, L.P.    Inc..             Inc.
20050634..........  Junichi Hayashi.  Kattegat Trust..  CBS Personnel
                                                         Holdings, Inc.
20050638..........  Craig J.          AMX Corporation.  AMX Corporation.
                     Duchossois.
20050647..........  Northrop Grumman  Robert LaRose...  Integic
                     Corporation.                        Corporation.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/02/2005
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20050619..........  Jupitermedia      MCG Capital       Creatas, L.L.C.
                     Corporation.      Corporation.     MCG Finance
                                                         Corporation IH.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/03/2005
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20050581..........  Thermo Electron   SPX Corporation.  Cryonix, Inc.
                     Corporation.                       Kendro
                                                         Laboratory
                                                         Products AG.
                                                        Kendro
                                                         Laboratory
                                                         Products GmbH.
                                                        Kendro
                                                         Laboratory
                                                         Products (GP)
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Kendro
                                                         Laboratory
                                                         Products (H.K.)
                                                         Limited.
                                                        Kendro
                                                         Laboratory
                                                         Products, L.P.
                                                        Kendro
                                                         Laboratory
                                                         Products plc.
                                                        Key Scientific,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Medical
                                                         Equipment
                                                         Maintenance
                                                         Company.
                                                        Nippon Kendro
                                                         KK.
20050617..........  Exxel Capital     Melvyn H. Miller  The Protective
                     Partners VI,                        Group, Inc.
                     L.P.
20050624..........  ESP Pharma        Johnson &         Centocor, Inc.
                     Holding           Johnson.
                     Company, Inc..
20050625..........  Protein Design    ESP Pharma        ESP Pharma
                     Labs, Inc..       Holding           Holding
                                       Company, Inc..    Company, Inc.
20050637..........  Fujikura Ltd....  Alcoa, Inc......  Newco 1 & 2.
20050646..........  The Coca-Cola     The Coco-Cola     CCDA Waters,
                     Company.          Company.          LLC.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/04/2005
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20050593..........  Behrman Capital   Bea Maurer, Inc.  Bea Maurer, Inc.
                     III L.P.
20050616..........  American Tire     Charlesbank       American Tire
                     Distributors      Equity Fund IV,   Distributors,
                     Holdings, Inc..   L.P.              Inc.
20050631..........  L-3               Louis W. Blanco   Mobile-Vision,
                     Communications    and Dorothy       Inc.
                     Holdings, Inc..   Blanco, husband
                                       & wife.
20050635..........  Arlington         Thermal           American Avionic
                     Capital           Solutions, LLC.   Technologies
                     Partners, L.P.                      Corporation.
                                                        Brazonics, Inc.
                                                        Performance
                                                         Metal
                                                         Fabricators,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        PMI Enterprises,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Thermal
                                                         Solutions, Inc.
                                                        Thermal
                                                         Solutions, LLC.
20050640..........  SZ Investments,   Danielson         Danielson
                     L.L.C..           Holding           Holding
                                       Corporation.      Corporation.
20050643..........  Terrance D. and   AlphaSmart, Inc.  AlphaSmart, Inc.
                     Judith A. Paul.
20050645..........  Landry's          Timothy N.        Poster Financial
                     Restaurant,       Poster.           Group, Inc.
                     Inc..
20050652..........  LIN TV Corp.....  Sumner N.         UPN Stations
                                       Redstone.         Group Inc.
20050664..........  The New York      PRIMEDIA Inc....  About, Inc.
                     Times Company.
20050667..........  Landry's          Thomas C.         Poster Financial
                     Restaurant,       Breitling.        Group, Inc.
                     Inc..
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/07/2005
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20041398..........  National-         Varco             Varco
                     Oilwell, Inc..    International,    International,
                                       Inc..             Inc.

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20050162..........  Gannett Co.,      Phillip H. Power  Camden
                     Inc..             and Kathleen K.   Publications,
                                       Power.            Inc.
                                                        Community
                                                         Newspapers,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        HomeTown
                                                         Communications
                                                         Network, Inc.
                                                        HomeTown
                                                         Newspapers,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Kentucky
                                                         Directory
                                                         Company
                                                        Michigan
                                                         Directory
                                                         Company
                                                        Observer &
                                                         Eccentric
                                                         Newspapers,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        The Community
                                                         Press, Inc.
                                                        The Community
                                                         Press of
                                                         Northern
                                                         Kentucky, Inc.
                                                        The Mirror
                                                         Newspapers,
                                                         Inc.
20050675..........  Fidelity          Banta             Banta Healthcare
                     Investors         Corporation.      Group, Ltd.
                     Limited                            Banta Hong Kong,
                     Partnership VI.                     Ltd.
           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/08/2005
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20050666..........  Southern Wine &   Mark Lauber.....  24 Columbia
                     Spirits of                          Associates,
                     America, Inc..                      LLC.
                                                        47 Readington
                                                         Associates,
                                                         LLC.
                                                        Lauber Imports,
                                                         Ltd., Inc.
                                                        Wine
                                                         Preservation
                                                         Systems, LLC.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/09/2005
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20050656..........  MapleWood Equity  Jose A. Garcia..  Tropical
                     Partners, LP.                       International
                                                         Corp.
20050659..........  William H. Gates  Republic          Republic
                     III.              Services, Inc..   Services, Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/10/2005
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20050603..........  Citigroup, Inc..  Vollbrecht        Unit Parts
                                       Family            Company.
                                       Investments,
                                       L.P..
20050650..........  Robert C. Fanch.  Conversent        Conversent
                                       Communications,   Communications,
                                       Inc..             Inc.
20050663..........  Tomkins plc.....  Mellon Financial  Leland Holdings,
                                       Corporation.      LLC.
20050665..........  Third Avenue      Danielson         Danielson
                     Value Fund.       Holding           Holding
                                       Corporation.      Corporation.
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for further information contact: Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative 
or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant. Federal Trade Commission, 
Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H-303, 
Washington, DC 20580; (202) 326-3100.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-5732 Filed 3-22-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M