[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70613-70616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23048]


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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--09/12/2005
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20051463.............................  Castle Harlan Partners   Donald N. Smith........  The Restaurant Holding
                                        IV, L.P.                                          Corporation.

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20051504.............................  Grupo Ferrovial, S.A...  SWT Lux S.A............  SWT Lux S.A
20051514.............................  Polar North America      Code, Hennessy &         WNA Holding Company.
                                        Income Fund.             Simmons IV, L.P.
20051516.............................  SCP Pool Corporation...  David E. and Linda L.    Automatic Rain Company.
                                                                 Lange.
20051520.............................  Li & Fung Limited......  Bradley D. Egna........  Briefly Stated
                                                                                          Holdings, Inc.
20051526.............................  WESCO International,     CGW Southeast Partners   Carlton-Bates Company.
                                        Inc.                     IV, L.P.
20051527.............................  Health Care Service      Group Health Service of  GHS Holding Company,
                                        Corporation.             Oklahoma, Inc..          Inc., Group Health
                                                                                          Service of Oklahoma,
                                                                                          Inc.
20051535.............................  Popular, Inc...........  E-LOAN, Inc............  E-LOAN, Inc.
20051537.............................  Vector Capital III, L.P  Register.com, Inc......  Register.com, Inc.
20051539.............................  BEA Systems, Inc.......  Plumtree Software, Inc.  Plumtree Software, Inc.
20051543.............................  LIN TV Corp............  Jeffrey H. Smulyan.....  Emmis Communications
                                                                                          Corporation, Emmis
                                                                                          Indiana Broadcasting,
                                                                                          L.P., Emmis Television
                                                                                          Broadcasting, L.P.,
                                                                                          Emmis Television
                                                                                          License, LLC.
20051545.............................  Journal Communications,  Jeffrey H. Smulyan.....  Emmis Television
                                        Inc.                                              Broadcasting, L.P.,
                                                                                          Emmis Television
                                                                                          License, LLC.
20051547.............................  Gray Television, Inc...  Jeffrey H. Smulyan.....  Emmis Television
                                                                                          Broadcasting, L.P.,
                                                                                          Emmis Television
                                                                                          License, LLC.
20051558.............................  Macquire Bank Limited..  Gregory L. Craig.......  Cook Inlet Energy
                                                                                          Supply LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/14/2005
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20051461.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Dynegy Inc.............  Dynegy Midstream
                                        Equity VIII, L.P.                                 Services, Limited
                                                                                          Partnership.
20051529.............................  Eastern Insurance        Eastern Holding          Eastern Holding
                                        Holdings, Inc.           Company, Ltd.            Company, Ltd.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/15/2005
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20051500.............................  Rexam PLC..............  Stonebridge Partners     Delta Plastics
                                                                 Equity Fund III, L.P.    Holdings, Inc.
20051533.............................  Ashtead Group plc......  Howard and Sue Groff...  Northride Equipment
                                                                                          Company.
20051552.............................  Alliance Data Systems    Bigfoot Interactive,     Bigfoot Interactive,
                                        Corp.                    Inc.                     Inc.
20051559.............................  OSI Pharmaceuticals,     Eyetech                  Eyetech
                                        Inc.                     Pharmaceuticals, Inc.    Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/16/2005
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20051464.............................  Southern Minnesota Beet  Imperial Sugar Company.  Holly Sugar Company.
                                        Sugar Cooperative.
20051493.............................  Sonic Healthcare         Clinical Pathology       Clinical Pathology
                                        Limited.                 Laboratories, Inc.       Laboratories, Inc
20051566.............................  Sprint Nextel            EATELCORP, Inc.........  Gulf Coast Wireless
                                        Corporation.                                      Limited Partnership.
20051567.............................  Aleris International,    Sun Capital Partners     ALSCO Holdings, Inc.
                                        Inc.                     II, LP.
20051584.............................  Green Equity Investors   Craig Nickoloff........  Claim Jumper
                                        IV, L.P.                                          Restaurants, LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/19/2005
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20051546.............................  TCV V, L.P.............  INFONXX, Inc...........  INFONXX, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/20/2005
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20051503.............................  Welsh, Carson, Anderson  Almedica International   Almedical International
                                        & Stowe X, L.P.          Inc.                     Inc.
20051523.............................  Dover Corporation......  Doughty Hanson &         Knowles Electronics
                                                                 Limited.                 Holdings, Inc.
20051586.............................  Sprint Nextel            IWO Holdings, Inc......  IWO Holdings, Inc.
                                        Corporation.
                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/21/2005
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20051544.............................  Vallourec SA...........  Virginia L. Shaw.......  ShawCor Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/22/2005
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20051563.............................  Hiroshi Mikitani.......  LinkShare Corporation..  LinkShare Corporation.
20051582.............................  Colam Entreprendre S.A.  Stuart C. Irby Company.  Stuart C. Irby Company.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/23/2005
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20051496.............................  Welsh Carson, Anderson   William A. Fickling, Jr  Beech Street
                                        & Stowe VII, L.P.                                 Corporation.
20051506.............................  Credit Suisse Group....  Dexia S.A..............  SPS Holding Corp.
20051551.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   KRG Capital Fund II,     Chronic Care Solutions,
                                        Equity IX, L.P.          L.P.                     Inc.
20051553.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Charterhouse Equity      MPTC Holdings, Inc.
                                        Equity IX, L.P.          Partners III, L.P.
20051576.............................  Willis Stein & Partners  Lincolnshire Equity      Nexcycle SMI Holding
                                        III, L.P.                Fund II, L.P.            Corp.
20051585.............................  Hiland Partners, L.P...  Hiland Partners, LLC...  Hiland Partners, LLC.

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20051591.............................  Cleveland Brothers       James C. Beckwith III..  Beckwith Machinery
                                        Equipment Co., Inc.                               Company.
20051596.............................  Cleveland Brothers       G. Nicholas Beckwith     Beckwith Machinery
                                        Equipment Co., Inc.      III.                     Company.
20051598.............................  News Corporation.......  IGN Entertainment, Inc.  IGN Entertainment, Inc.
20051604.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Secure Computing         Secure Computing
                                        Equity IX, L.P.          Corporation.             Corporation.
20051607.............................  Siemens                  First Reservice Fund     Wheelabrator Air
                                        Aktiengesellschaft.      IX, L.P.                 Pollution Control,
                                                                                          Inc.
20051609.............................  Nautic Partners V, L.P.  Carter D. Pope.........  Imaging Technologies
                                                                                          Services, Inc.
20051620.............................  EXCO Holdings II, Inc..  EXCO Acquisition, LLC..  EXCO Holdings Inc.
20051624.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Warburg Pincus Private   Topco Associates Inc.
                                        Equity IX, L.P.          Equity VIII, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/26/2005
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20051532.............................  LifePoint Hospitals,     HCA Inc................  Charleston Hospital,
                                        Inc.                                              Inc., Clinch Valley
                                                                                          Endocrinology, LLC,
                                                                                          Clinch Valley Valley
                                                                                          Pulmonology, LLC,
                                                                                          Clinch Valley Urology,
                                                                                          LLC, Columbia-S.J.
                                                                                          Ventures Properties,
                                                                                          Limited Partnership,
                                                                                          Columbia-St. Joseph's
                                                                                          Healthcare System,
                                                                                          Limited Partnership,
                                                                                          CVMC Property, LLC,
                                                                                          Galen-Med, Inc.,
                                                                                          Orthopedics of
                                                                                          Southwest Virginia,
                                                                                          LLC, Raleigh General
                                                                                          Hospital, Teays Valley
                                                                                          Health Services, Inc.,
                                                                                          West Virginia
                                                                                          Management Services
                                                                                          Organization, Inc.
20051540.............................  Layne Christensen        Reynolds, Inc..........  Reynolds, Inc.
                                        Company.
20051593.............................  Sun Capital Partners     Sterling Group Partners  Exopack Holding Corp.
                                        IV, L.P.                 I, L.P.
20051611.............................  Argos Acquisition Pte.   Agilent Technologies,    Agilent Technologies,
                                        Ltd.                     Inc.                     Inc.
20051619.............................  Cendant Corporation....  Wind Hotels Holdings     GH-Galveston, Inc.,
                                                                 Inc.                     Grand Bay Management
                                                                                          Company, Performance
                                                                                          Hospitality Management
                                                                                          Company, WHC Franchise
                                                                                          Corporation, W. Isla,
                                                                                          LLC, Wyndham 58th
                                                                                          Street, L.L.C.,
                                                                                          Wyndham (Bermuda)
                                                                                          Management Company,
                                                                                          Ltd., Wyndham Hotels &
                                                                                          Resorts (Aruba) N.V.,
                                                                                          Wyndham International
                                                                                          Inc., Wyndham
                                                                                          International
                                                                                          Operating Partnership,
                                                                                          L.P., Wyndham IP
                                                                                          Corporation, Wyndham
                                                                                          Management
                                                                                          Corporation.
20051629.............................  Omnicom Group Inc......  Ford Motor Company.....  The Beanstalk Group,
                                                                                          LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/27/2005
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20051557.............................  Triad Hospitals, Inc...  Baptist Health System,   Baptist Montclair
                                                                 Inc.                     Medical Center.
20051571.............................  Illinois Tool Works Inc  Kirtland Capital         Instron Corporation.
                                                                 Partners III L.P.
20051572.............................  American Electric Power  Reliant Energy, Inc....  Twelvepole Creek, LLC.
                                        Company, Inc.
20051573.............................  J. Kent McNew..........  BP p.l.c...............  BP Products North
                                                                                          American Inc.
20051590.............................  Financiere F.L.........  UNOVA, Inc.............  UNOVA, Inc.
20051594.............................  Superior Plus Income     Wellspring Capital       JW Aluminum Company.
                                        Fund.                    Partners III, L.P.
20051599.............................  Manulife Financial       President and Fellows    Cathlamet Timber
                                        Corporation.             of Harvard College.      Company, LLC, CNI
                                                                                          Timber Hold Co., ETT
                                                                                          Company, LLC, ETT,
                                                                                          L.P., Rainier Mineral
                                                                                          Company, LLC, Rainier
                                                                                          Timber Company, LLC,
                                                                                          Walden Forest
                                                                                          Investments, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/28/2005
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20051568.............................  Per-Se Technologies,     NDCHealth Corporation..  NDCHealth Corporation.
                                        Inc.
20051575.............................  Wolters Kluwer nv......  NDCHealth Corporation..  NDC Health Information
                                                                                          Service (Arizona) Inc.
20051616.............................  ACCESS Co., Ltd........  PalmSource, Inc........  PalmSource, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/29/2005
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20050639.............................  The Proctor & Gamble     The Gillette Company...  The Gillette Company.
                                        Company.
20051524.............................  The Pepsi Bottling       The Henry B. Fowler      Pepsi-Cola Bottling
                                        Group, Inc.              Trust.                   Company of Charlotte,
                                                                                          Inc.
20051531.............................  Symantec Corporation...  Sygate Technologies,     Sygate Technologies,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20051608.............................  O'Neal Steel, Inc......  Superior Group, Inc....  TW Metals, Inc.
20051612.............................  AMETEK, Inc............  HCC Industries Inc.....  HCC Industries Inc.
20051615.............................  Carlyle Partners IV,     AxleTech International   AxleTech International
                                        L.P.                     Holdings, Inc.           Holdings, Inc.
20051617.............................  Building Material        Robert R. Thomas,        HnR Framing Systems,
                                        Holding Corporation.     Trustee o/t R.R.         Inc., Home Building
                                                                 Thomas Trust dated 4/4/  Components, Inc.
                                                                 99.
20051618.............................  Harris Corporation.....  Leitech Technology       Leitech Technology
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20051622.............................  Almatis Investments 2    Rhone Offshore Partners  Almatis Investment
                                        Limited.                 II, L.P.                 Holding S.a.r.l.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/30/2005
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20051623.............................  OCE N.V................  Imagistics               Imagistics
                                                                 International Inc.       International Inc.
20051631.............................  American Electric Power  Allegheny Energy, Inc..  Monogahela Power
                                        Company, Inc.                                     Company.
20051638.............................  Temasek Holdings         iDirect, Inc...........  iDirect, Inc.
                                        (Private) Limited.
20051642.............................  ALLTEL Corporation.....  Telephone and Data       USCC Newco, LLC.
                                                                 Systems, Inc. Voting
                                                                 Trust.
20051645.............................  Charterhouse Equity      Towne Holdings, Inc....  Towne Holdings, Inc.
                                        Partners IV, L.P.
20051654.............................  Sun Capital Partners     Honewell International,  Indalex Inc., Indalex
                                        IV, LP.                  Inc.                     Limited.
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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. 05-23048 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
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