[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66435-66437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21812]


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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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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/03/2005
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20050527..........  DaVita Inc......  Gambro AB.......  Gambro
                                                         Healthcare,
                                                         Inc.
20051592..........  Harrah's          Ralph Engelstad   Imperial Palace,
                     Entertainment,    and Betty         LLC.
                     Inc.              Engelstad,
                                       Family Trust
                                       UTA 3/6/01.
20051630..........  Parthenon         Medical           Medical
                     Investors II,     Consultants,      Consultants,
                     L.P.              Inc.              Inc.
20051659..........  CRH plc.........  Legg Mason        Jolly Gardener
                                       Capital           Products, Inc.
                                       Partners, LP.
20051662..........  Eye 1 S.a.r.l...  Thales SA.......  Avimo Europe
                                                         Limited, Avimo
                                                         North America
                                                         Inc., Thales
                                                         Electro-Optics
                                                         Pte Limited,
                                                         Thales Optics
                                                         Limited.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/04/2005
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20051587..........  Ventiv Health,    R. Blane Walter.  inChord
                     Inc..                               Communications,
                                                         Inc.
20051610..........  Medimmune, Inc..  Cellective        Cellective
                                       Therapeutics,     Therapeutics,
                                       Inc.              Inc.
20051627..........  Koninkliijke      LumiLeds          LumiLeds
                     Philips           Lighting          Lighting
                     Electronics N.V.  International     International
                                       B.V.              B.V.
20051668..........  GTCR Fund VIII,   James Levoy       Sorenson
                     L.P.              Sorenson.         Communications,
                                                         Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/07/2005
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20051641..........  Kirk Kerkorian..  General Motors    General Motors
                                       Corporation.      Corporation
20051655..........  J.C. Flowers I,   Marsh & McLennan  Crump Group,
                     L.P..             Companies, Inc..  Inc.
20051674..........  Nelnet, Inc.....  The Education     Chela Education
                                       Financing         Financing, Inc.
                                       Foundation of
                                       California.

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20051677..........  Open Solutions    The BISYS Group,  BIS LP Inc.
                     Inc.              Inc.
20051681..........  Berkshire         Walter Scott, Jr  MidAmerican
                     Hathaway Inc.                       Energy Holdings
                                                         Company.
20051695..........  AECOM Technology  EDAW, Inc.......  EDAW, Inc.
                     Corporation.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/12/2005
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20051656..........  American Capital  Vicki             Value Plastics,
                     Strategies, Ltd.  Rainsberger and   Inc., VANM LLP.
                                       Family.
20051671..........  Wexford Partners  Thomas Drilling   Thomas Drilling
                     VI, L.P.          Company.          Company.
20051672..........  TPG Partners IV.  Certegy Inc.....  Certegy Inc.
                     L.P.
20051676..........  Fidelity          Certegy Inc.....  Certegy Inc.
                     National
                     Financial, Inc.
20051678..........  Thomas H. Lee     Certegy Inc.....  Certegy Inc.
                     Equity Fund V,
                     L.P.
20051685..........  MarkWest Energy   Javelina Company  Javelina Company
                     Partners, L.P.
20051693..........  Norsk Hydro ASA.  Spinnaker         Spinnaker
                                       Exploration       Exploration
                                       Company.          Company.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/13/2005
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20050939..........  Adobe Systems     Macromedia Inc..  Macromedia Inc.
                     Incorporated.
20051664..........  Schnitzer Steel   Regional          939 Fortress
                     Industries,       Recycling LLC.    Investments,
                     Inc..                               LLC, Fortress
                                                         Apartments,
                                                         LLC, Metal
                                                         Asset
                                                         Acquisition,
                                                         LLC, Regional
                                                         Recycling LLC.
20051675..........  Walgreen Co.....  William M. Hait.  Schraft's A
                                                         Specialty
                                                         Pharmacy, LLC.
20051688..........  General Electric  Manulife          Cathlamet Timber
                     Company.          Financial         Company, LLC,
                                       Corporation.      Rainier Mineral
                                                         Company, LLC,
                                                         Rainier Timber
                                                         Company, LLC.
20051692..........  Compania de       Piazza            Piazza
                     Cemento Argos,    Acquisition       Acquisition
                     S.A.              Corp.             Corp.
20051694..........  Hicks, Muse,      Aon Corporation.  J.H. Blade &
                     Tate & Furst                        Co., Inc.,
                     Equity Fund V,                      Sherwood
                     L.P.                                Insurance
                                                         Services,
                                                         Sherwood
                                                         Insurance
                                                         Services of
                                                         Washington,
                                                         Inc., The Swett
                                                         & Crawford
                                                         Group, Inc.
20051696..........  Atlas Pipeline    OGE Energy Corp.  Enogex Arkansas
                     Partners, L.P..                     Pipeline
                                                         Corporation.
20051700..........  Infinite Energy,  ECONnergy Energy  ECONnergy Energy
                     Inc.              Company, Inc.     Company, Inc.
20060003..........  Nelnet, Inc.....  Greater Texas     LoanSTAR Funding
                                       Foundation.       Group, Inc.,
                                                         LoanSTAR
                                                         Systems, Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/14/2005
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20051683..........  WF Holdings, Inc  Carlyle Partners  The Relizon
                                       III, L.P.         Company.
20051691..........  Triad Hospitals,  Clarksville       Clarksville
                     Inc.              Health System,    Health System,
                                       G.P.              G.P.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/17/2005
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20051665..........  HSBC Holdings     Marathon Fund     Claire-Sprayway,
                     plc.              Limited           Inc.
                                       Partnership III.
20051679..........  Israel            Solutia Inc.....  Astaris LLC.
                     Corporation
                     Limited.
20051680..........  Israel            FMC Corporation.  Astaris LLC.
                     Corporation
                     Limited.
20060001..........  Merrill Lynch &   AXA S.A.........  The Advest
                     Co., Inc.                           Group, Inc.
20060006..........  The Garfield      Protient, Inc...  Protient, Inc.
                     Weston
                     Charitable
                     Foundation.
20060007..........  Cougar Holdings,  CCC Information   CCC Information
                     Inc.              Services Group    Services Group
                                       Inc.              Inc.
20060031..........  Value Act         Per-Se            Per-Se
                     Capital Master    Technologies,     Technologies,
                     Fund L.P.         Inc.              Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/18/2005
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20050900..........  Cal Dive          Stolt Offshore    Stolt Offshore
                     International     S.A.              S.A.
                     Inc.
20060015..........  Olympus Growth    Bain Capital      Professional
                     Fund IV, L.P.     Fund IV, L.P.     Service
                                                         Industries
                                                         Holdings, Inc.
20060016..........  Johnson Electric  SAIA-Burgess      SAIA-Burgess
                     Holdings          Electronics       Electronics
                     Limited.          Holding AG.       Holding AG.
20060017..........  Hewlett-Packard   ApplQ, Inc......  ApplQ, Inc.
                     Company.
20060025..........  Lindsay Goldberg  GTCR Fund VII,    ARG Holdings,
                     & Bessemer L.P.   L.P.              Inc.
20060040..........  Bruckmann,        Brinker           Brinker Corner
                     Rosser,           International,    Bakery II, LLC,
                     Sherrill & Co.    Inc.              Brinker Corner
                     II, L.P.                            Bakery I, LLC,
                                                         Brinker Corner
                                                         Bakery, L.P.,
                                                         Maggiano's/
                                                         Corner Bakery
                                                         Holding,
                                                         Maggiano's/
                                                         Corner Bakery,
                                                         L.P.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/19/2005
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20051661..........  TCV V, L.P......  Penson            Penson
                                       Worldwide, Inc.   Worldwide, Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/20/2005
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20051371..........  Cooper Cameron    DEG               Dresser, Inc.
                     Corporation.      Acquisitions,
                                       LLC.
20051634..........  KCP Income Fund.  Satish Shah.....  APG, Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/21/2005
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20051007..........  First Data        Great Hill        GMT Group, Inc.
                     Corporation.      Equity Partners
                                       II, L.P.
20060002..........  Chicken           American          EPL Holdings,
                     Acquisition       Securities        Inc.
                     Corp.             Partners II,
                                       L.P.
20060033..........  Wind Point        Kestrel           Kestrel
                     Partners V, L.P.  Acquisition       Acquisition
                                       Corp.             Corp.
20060036..........  NEWStar Waste     B III Capital     North East Waste
                     Holdings Corp.    Partners, L.P.    Services, Inc.
20060038..........  Arend Oetker....  Madison Dearborn  Milnot Holding
                                       Capital           Corporation.
                                       Partners, L.P.
20060041..........  Perry Partners,   Sears Holdings    Sears Holdings
                     L.P.              Corporation.      Corporation.
20060042..........  Perry Partners    Sears Holdings    Sears Holdings
                     International,    Corporation.      Corporation.
                     Inc.
20060045..........  E*TRADE           JPMorgan Chase &  J.P. Morgan
                     Financial         Co.               Invest, LLC.
                     Corporation.
20060047..........  Blackstone ECC    Jeffrey H.        Emmis Television
                     Communications    Smulyan.          Broadcasting
                     Partners L.P.                       L.P., Emmis
                                                         Television
                                                         License, LLC,
                                                         SJL of Kansas
                                                         Corp.
20060050..........  Fenway Partners   SK Equity Fund,   Targus Group
                     Capital Fund      L.P.              International,
                     II, L.P.                            Inc.
20060051..........  Bruckmann,        SAFE Boats        SAFE Boats
                     Rosser,           Delaware LLC.     Delaware LLC.
                     Sherrill & Co.
                     II, L.P.
20060053..........  Check Point       Sourcefire, Inc.  Sourcefire, Inc.
                     Software
                     Technologies
                     Ltd.
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    For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay, Contact 
Representative; or Renee Hallman, Contact Representative.
    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. 05-21812 Filed 11-1-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M