[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53364-53368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17753]


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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                  Acquiring                    Acquired                    Entities
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/08/2005
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20051354...................  CHS Inc....................  Dean Foods Company........  Dean Intellectual Property
                                                                                       Services, L.P.
                                                                                      Dean Intellectual Property
                                                                                       Services II, L.P.
                                                                                      Morningstar Services, Inc.
                                                                                      Morningstar Foods, LLC.
                                                                                      White Wave Food Company.
20051355...................  Mitsui & Co., Ltd..........  Dean Foods Company........  Dean Intellectual Property
                                                                                       Services II, L.P.
                                                                                      Dean Intellectual Property
                                                                                       Services, L.P.
                                                                                      Morningstar Foods, LLC.
                                                                                      Morningstar Services, Inc.
                                                                                      White Wave Foods Company.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/09/2005
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20051279...................  Omnicare, Inc..............  James S. Karp.............  Making Distribution
                                                                                       Intelligent, L.L.C.
                                                                                      RxCrossroads, L.L.C.
                                                                                      Rxinnovations, L.L.C.
20051312...................  Microsoft Corporation......  FrontBridge Technologies,   FrontBridge Technologies,
                                                           Inc.                        Inc.
20051351...................  XM Satellite Radio Holdings  WCS Wireless, Inc.........  WCS Wireless, Inc.
                              Inc.
20051363...................  Green Field II, LLC........  Health Resource Partners,   NAMM Holdings, Inc.
                                                           LLC.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/11/2005
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20051290...................  Duke Energy Construction...  Cinergy Corp..............  Cinergy Corp.
20051291...................  Cinergy Corp...............  Duke Energy Corporation...  Duke Energy Corporation.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/12/2005
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20051365...................  CCG Investments BVI, L.P...  Aspect Communications       Aspect Communications
                                                           Corporations.               Corporations.
20051366...................  FPL Group, Inc.............  Alliant Energy Corporation  Duane Arnold Energy
                                                                                       Center.
                                                                                      Interstate Power and Light
                                                                                       Company.
                                                                                      Iowa Land and Building
                                                                                       Company.
20051376...................  Mohawk Industries, Inc.....  Cigales SAK...............  Unilin Holding NV.
20051377...................  Thomson S.A................  PRN Corporation...........  PRN Corporation
20051379...................  Blackstone Capital Partners  Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen....  LEGOLAND California LLC.
                              (Cayman) IV L.P.
                                                                                      LEGOLAND Estates AG.
20051382...................  Spohn Cement GmbH..........  Heidelberg Cement AG......  HeidelbergCement AG.
20051383...................  Chesapeake Corporation.....  Aurora Equity Partners L.P  Impaxx Pharmaceutical
                                                                                       Packaging, Inc.
20051386...................  Gannett Co., Inc...........  Knight-Ridder, Inc........  Knight Ridder Digital.
                                                                                      KR USA, Inc.
                                                                                      Tallahassee Democrat, Inc.
20051387...................  Knight-Ridder, Inc.........  Gannett Co., Inc..........  Des Moines Register and
                                                                                       Tribune Company.
                                                                                      Federated Publications,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Gannett Satellite
                                                                                       Information Network, Inc.
                                                                                      Media West-FPI, Inc.
20051389...................  International Business       DWL (USA) Inc.............  DWL (USA) Inc.
                              Machines Corporation.
20051390...................  American Pacific             GenCorp Inc...............  Aerojet Fine Chemicals
                              Corporation.                                             LLC.
                                                                                      Aerojet-General
                                                                                       Corporation.
20051391...................  MHR Institutional Partners   Loral Space &               Loral Space &
                              IIA LP.                      Communications Ltd.         Communications Inc.
20051392...................  MHR Institutional Partners   Loral Space &               Laral Space &
                              LP.                          Communications Ltd.         Communications Inc.
20051393...................  Aberdeen Asset Management    Deutsche Bank AG..........  Deutsche Bank AG.
                              PLC.
                                                                                      Deutsche Investment
                                                                                       Management.
                                                                                      Scudder Trust Company.
20051397...................  President and Fellows of     VarTec Telecom, Inc.        Excelcom, Inc.
                              Harvard College.             (Debtor-in-possession).
                                                                                      Excel Communications
                                                                                       Marketing, Inc.
                                                                                      Excel Management Service,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Excel Products, Inc.
                                                                                      Excel Telecommunications,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Excel Telecommunications
                                                                                       of Virginia, Inc.
                                                                                      Excel Teleservices, Inc.
                                                                                      Telco Communications
                                                                                       Group, Inc.
                                                                                      Telco Network Services,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      VarTec Business Trust.

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                                                                                      VarTec Properties, Inc.
                                                                                      VarTec Resource Services,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      VarTec Solutions, Inc.
                                                                                      VarTec Telecom Holding
                                                                                       Company.
                                                                                      VarTel Telecom
                                                                                       International Holding
                                                                                       Company.
                                                                                      VarTec Telecom of
                                                                                       Virginia, Inc.
20051399...................  GUS plc....................  Mark and Karen Hill,        Baker Hill Corporation.
                                                           husband and wife.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/15/2005
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20051317...................  Legg Mason, Inc............  Citigroup Inc.............  Citibank Global Asset
                                                                                       Management (Asia) Limited
                                                                                       (Hong Kong).
                                                                                      Citicorp Chile
                                                                                       Administradora General de
                                                                                       Fondos S.A. (Chile).
                                                                                      Citi FCP S.A.
                                                                                       (Luxembourg).
                                                                                      Citigroup Advisors Co.,
                                                                                       Ltd. (Japan).
                                                                                      Citigroup Asset Management
                                                                                       Limited (United Kingdom).
                                                                                      Citigroup Investment
                                                                                       Management (Luxembourg)
                                                                                       S.A.
                                                                                      Citi Islamic Portfolios
                                                                                       S.A. (Luxembourg).
                                                                                      CitiMoney S.A.
                                                                                       (Luxembourg).
                                                                                      Handlowy Zarzadzanie
                                                                                       Aktywami S.A. (Poland).
                                                                                      Solomon Brotherds Asset
                                                                                       Management Asia Pacific
                                                                                       Limited.
                                                                                      Salomon Brothers Asset
                                                                                       Management Inc.
                                                                                       (Delaware, USA).
                                                                                      Salomon Brothers Asset
                                                                                       Management (Ireland).
                                                                                      Smith Barney Fund
                                                                                       Management LLC (Delaware,
                                                                                       USA).
                                                                                      Smith Barney Global
                                                                                       Capital Management, Inc.
                                                                                      The Travelers Investment
                                                                                       Management Company.
                                                                                      Towarzstwo Funduszy
                                                                                       Inwestycyjnych BH S.A.
                                                                                       (Poland).
20051318...................  Citigroup Inc..............  Legg Mason, Inc...........  Howard Weil Financial
                                                                                       Corporation (Louisiana).
                                                                                      Legg Mason, Inc.
                                                                                      Legg Mason Insurance
                                                                                       Agency, Inc. (Maryland).
                                                                                      Legg Mason Insurance
                                                                                       Agency of Massachusetts,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Legg Mason Insurance
                                                                                       Agency of Texas, Inc.
                                                                                       (Texas).
                                                                                      Legg Mason Limited UK
                                                                                       Corporation (United
                                                                                       Kingdom).
                                                                                      Legg Mason Mortgage
                                                                                       Capital Corporation
                                                                                       (Maryland).
                                                                                      Legg Mason Wood Walker,
                                                                                       Inc. (Maryland).
                                                                                      LM Falcon Investment
                                                                                       Strategies, Inc.
                                                                                       (Maryland).
                                                                                      Orchard Financial
                                                                                       Services, Inc.
                                                                                       (Maryland).
                                                                                      Peregrine Investment LLC
                                                                                       (Maryland).
20051388...................  Evergreen Pacific Partners,  Clear Channel               Citicasters Co.
                              L.P.                         Communications, Inc.
20051401...................  Brockway Moran & Partners    Long Point Capital/Fund,    Colibri Holding
                              Fund II, LP.                 L.P.                        Corporation.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/16/2005
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20051327...................  Novartis AG................  Bristol Myers Squibb        Bristol Myers Squibb
                                                           Company.                    Company.
20051374...................  Schneider Electric SA......  BEI Technologies, Inc.....  BEI Technologies, Inc.
20051378...................  American Capital             Halifax Capital Partners    Soil Safe Holding, Inc.
                              Strategies, Ltd.             L.P.
20051396...................  Oracle Corporation.........  i-flex Solutions Limited..  i-flex Solutions Limited.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/17/2005
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20051347...................  CIT Group Inc..............  Itochu Corporation........  Healthcare Business Credit
                                                                                       Corporation.
20051369...................  El Paso Corporation........  Chevron Corporation.......  Four Star Oil & Gas
                                                                                       Company.

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20051398...................  Apollo Investment Fund V,    Cendant Corporation.......  Cendant International
                              L.P.                                                     Holding Ltd.
                                                                                      Cendant Marketing Group,
                                                                                       LLC.
20051408...................  Hughes Supply, Inc.........  TVESCO, Inc...............  TVESCO, Inc.
20051412...................  Ares Corporation             National Bedding Holdings,  National Bedding Company,
                              Opportunities Fund, L.P.     Inc.                        L.L.C.
                                                                                      Star LP.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/19/2005
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20051352...................  DPS Credit Union...........  Safeway Rocky Mountain      Safeway Rocky Mountain
                                                           Federal Credit Union.       Federal Credit Union.
20051409...................  Cobb Electric Membership     The Southern Company......  Southern Company Gas, LLC.
                              Corporation.
20051411...................  American Capital             Carol F. and Ralph A.       Hollywood Tanning Systems,
                              Strategies, Ltd.             Venuto, Sr.                 Inc.
20051414...................  PolyMedia Corporation......  Robert M. Haft............  National Diabetic
                                                                                       Pharmacies, Inc.
20051415...................  General Electric Company...  Babcock & Brown Limited...  Kumeyaay Wind LLC.
20051416...................  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.....  Peter J. Liegl............  Forest River Housing, Inc.
                                                                                      Forest River, Inc.
                                                                                      Forest River Warranty
                                                                                       Company.
                                                                                      FR Texas Group, LP.
                                                                                      Linnae Corporation.
                                                                                      Mapletree Transportation,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Vanguard, LLC.
20051420...................  Yucaipa American Alliance    Pathmark Stores, Inc......  Pathmark Stores, Inc.
                              Fund I, LP.
20051427...................  GS Holdings Co.............  Carlyle Partners III, L.P.  Panolam Industries
                                                                                       Holdings, Inc.
20051430...................  QinetiQ Holdings Limited...  Arlington Capital Partners  Apogen Technologies, Inc.
20051431...................  Hellman & Friedman Capital   National Association of     National Association of
                              Partners IV, L.P.            Securities Dealers, Inc.    Securities Dealers, Inc.
20051436...................  Atlantic Equity Partners     Precision Parts             MPI International
                              III, L.P.                    International, LLC.         Holdings, Inc.
                                                                                      Precision Gear Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Precision Parts
                                                                                       International Services
                                                                                       Corp.
                                                                                      Skill Tool & Die Holdings
                                                                                       Corp.
20051438...................  News Corporation...........  Intermix Media, Inc.......  Intermix Media, Inc.
20051443...................  Carlyle Partners IV, L.P...  SS&C Technologies, Inc....  SS&C Technologies, Inc.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/22/2005
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20051450...................  Silver Lake Partners II      National Association of     National Association of
                              TSA, L.P.                    Securities Dealers, Inc.    Securities Dealers, Inc.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/23/2005
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20050993...................  Cal Dive International, Inc  Torch Offshore Inc........  Torch Offshore Inc.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/24/2005
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20051402...................  Bunzl plc..................  Royal Ahold...............  U.S. Foodservice, Inc.
20051428...................  Veolia Environment S.A.....  National Express Group,     ATC/Vancom, Inc.
                                                           PLC.
20051434...................  MCI, Inc...................  Totality Corporation......  Totality Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATIONS--8/25/2005
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20051395...................  Parker Hannifin Corporation  domnick hunter group plc..  domnick hunter group plc.
20051400...................  Engelhard Corporation......  Rhone Capital LLC.........  Almatis AC, Inc.
20051429...................  SunCom Wireless Holdings,    Urban Communicators PCS     Urban Comm-North Carolina,
                              Inc., f/k/a Triton PCS       Ltd Partnership, Debtor-    Inc., Debtor-in-
                              Holdings.                    in-Possession.              Possession.
20051437...................  UniCredito Italiano SpA....  Bayerische Hypo-und         Bayerische Hypo-und
                                                           Vereinsbank AG.             Vereinsbank AG.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--8/26/2005
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20051380...................  TA IX L.P..................  Henry L. Hillman..........  SCCI Health Services
                                                                                       Corporation.
20051405...................  Bandai Co., Ltd............  Namco Limited.............  Namco Limited.
20051439...................  General Dynamics             CCG Investment Fund, L.P..  New Itronix Holdings
                              Corporation.                                             Corporation.
20051458...................  The Procter & Gamble         The Gillette Company......  The Gillette Company.
                              Company.
20051462...................  SkyWest, Inc...............  Delta Air Lines, Inc......  Atlantic Southeast
                                                                                       Airlines, Inc.
20051469...................  Welsh, Carson, Anderson &    Mr. and Mrs. John H. and    Electronic Evidence
                              Stowe IX, L.P.               Jean Kung Jessen.           Discovery, Incorporated.
20051481...................  Brockway Moran & Partners    Morgenthaler Partners VI,   GED Holdings, Inc.
                              Fund II, L.P.                L.P.
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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

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Competition, Room H-303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-17753 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
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