[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1540-1542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-176]


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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-Rodine 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--12/05/2005
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20060211.............................  Novartis AG............  Chiron Corporation.....  Chiron Corporation.
20060214.............................  MVP Health Plan, Inc...  Preferred Care, Inc....  Preferred Care, Inc.
20060220.............................  Allis-Chalmers Energy    Joe Van Matre..........  Specialty Rental Tools
                                        Inc.                                              Inc.
20060224.............................  Josue Christiano Gomes   Spring Global S.A......  Springs Global S.A.
                                        da Silva.
20060229.............................  KKR European Fund II,    Vestar-AIV Holdings A    FL Spring, S.p.A.
                                        Limited Partnership.     L.P..
20060235.............................  Roger S. Penske........  Stephen P. Cushman.....  Cush A-KM, Inc., Cush
                                                                                          Enterprises, Cush H-E,
                                                                                          Inc., Cush J-KM, Inc.,
                                                                                          Cush M-E, Inc., M.S.M.
                                                                                          Group, Inc.
20060237.............................  Hanson PLC.............  PaverModule, Inc.......  PaverModule, Inc.
20060240.............................  Horizon Health           P. Byron DeFoor........  Delaware Investment
                                        Corporation.                                      Associates, LLC, Focus
                                                                                          Healthcare, LLC, Focus
                                                                                          Healthcare of
                                                                                          Delaware, LLC, Focus
                                                                                          Health of Florida,
                                                                                          LLC, Focus Healthcare
                                                                                          of Georgia, LLC, Focus
                                                                                          Healthcare of Ohio,
                                                                                          LLC, Highpoint
                                                                                          Investment, LLC.
20060241.............................  Ronald B. Dana.........  Rex V. Ecoff...........  Liquid Transport Corp.
20060242.............................  Francisco Partners,      FrontRange Limited.....  Cayo Communications,
                                        L.P..                                             Inc., FrontRange
                                                                                          Solutions Inc.
20060259.............................  Lodge Holdco I LLC.....  La Quinta Corporation..  La Quinta Corporation.
20060264.............................  Berkshire Fund VI, L.P.  PDS Associates, Inc....  PDS Associates, Inc.
20060267.............................  GUS plc................  PriceGrabber.com, LLC..  PriceGrabber.com, LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/06/2005
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20060215.............................  Aleris International,    Ormet Corporation......  Ormet Corporation.
                                        Inc..
20060275.............................  Jones Lang LaSalle       Spaulding and Slye       Spaulding and Slye LLC.
                                        Incorporation.           Partner LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/08/2005
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20060256.............................  U.S. Bancorp...........  Wachovia Corporation...  Delaware Trust Company,
                                                                                          National Association,
                                                                                          Wachovia Bank and
                                                                                          Trust Company (Cayman)
                                                                                          Ltd., Wachovia Bank,
                                                                                          National Association,
                                                                                          Wachovia Bank of
                                                                                          Delaware, National
                                                                                          Association, Wachovia
                                                                                          Trust Company of
                                                                                          California.
20060277.............................  Avnet, Inc.............  Calence, LLC...........  Calence, LLC.
20060279.............................  General Atlantic         NYMEX Holdings, Inc....  NYMEX Holdings, Inc.
                                        Partners 82, L.P..
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/09/2005
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20060253.............................  Goense Bounds &          Frank Scardino.........  Capital Drywall, Inc.
                                        Partners A, L.P..
20060254.............................  Goense Bounds &          James R. Gates and       Capital Drywall, Inc.
                                        Partners A, L.P..        Angela Gates.
20060282.............................  Aetna Inc..............  Express Scripts, Inc...  Aetna Specialty
                                                                                          Pharmacy, LLC.
20060285.............................  Merrill Corporation....  WordWave, Inc..........  WordWave, Inc.

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20060286.............................  Franz Haniel & Cie.      George Mosher..........  Alfax Wholesale
                                        GmbH.                                             Furniture, Inc.,
                                                                                          National Business
                                                                                          Furniture, Inc.,
                                                                                          Officefurniture.com,
                                                                                          Inc.
20060288.............................  Kelso Investment         Voting Trust 12/4/68 of  Hallmark Entertainment,
                                        Associates VII, L.P..    v/s of Hallmark Cards,   LLC.
                                                                 Incorporated.
20060303.............................  Gores ENT Holdings,      Enterasys Networks,      Enterasys Networks,
                                        Inc..                    Inc..                    Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/12/2005
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20060231.............................  Agrium Inc.............  Royster-Clark Ltd......  Royster-Clark Ltd.
20060250.............................  Novartis AG............  Abbott Laboratories....  TAP Pharmaceutical
                                                                                          Products Inc.
20060251.............................  Novartis AG............  Takeda Pharmaceuticals   TAP Pharmaceutical
                                                                 Company, Ltd.            Products, Inc.
20060255.............................  Legg Mason Investment    Syntroleum Corporation.  Syntroleum Corporation.
                                        Trust, Inc..
20060257.............................  Intel Corporation......  Micron Technology, Inc.  Micron Technology, Inc.
20060271.............................  Deutsche Bahn AG.......  The Brink's Company....  BAX Global Inc.
20060300.............................  CSK Auto Corporation...  J.W. Childs Equity       Murray's Discount Auto
                                                                 Partners III, L.P..      Stores.
20060301.............................  Macquarie Bank Limited.  The Mallah               TMO Parent LLC.
                                                                 Organizations, Inc..
20060306.............................  D.E. Shaw Composite      KRG Capital Fund II,     Aspen Marketing
                                        International Fund.      L.P..                    Holdings, Inc.
20060314.............................  Tate & Lyle PLC........  Continental Custom       Continental Custom
                                                                 Ingredients, Inc..       Ingredients, Inc.
20060315.............................  DC Chemical Co., Ltd...  Phelps Dodge             Columbia Chemical
                                                                 Corporation.             Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/13/2005
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20060276.............................  Anheuser-Busch           Merian Credit Union....  Merian Credit Union.
                                        Employees' Credit
                                        Union.
20060287.............................  Cortec Group Fund III,   Linsalata Capital        Snyder Acquisition
                                        L.P..                    Partners Fund III,       Corporation.
                                                                 L.P..
20060294.............................  Garda World Security     SPX Corporation........  Vance International,
                                        Corporation.                                      Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/14/2005
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20060280.............................  The George B. Horne      Evan J. Segal..........  Dormont Manufacturing
                                        Voting Trust.                                     Company, Dormont
                                                                                          Realty Partners LLC.
200602894............................  MKS Instruments, Inc...  TWCP, L.P..............  Ion Systems, Inc.
20060295.............................  Marathon Fund Limited    Westlake Hardware, Inc.  Westlake Hardware, Inc.
                                        Partnership V.
20060297.............................  SAP AG.................  KhiMetrics, Inc........  KhiMetrics, Inc.
20060305.............................  Dycom Industries, Inc..  The Berwind Company LLC  Prince Telecom
                                                                                          Holdings, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/16/2005
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20060260.............................  Hoshizaki Electric       Lancer Corporation.....  Lancer Corporation.
                                        Company, Ltd..
20060291.............................  Reckitt Benckiser PLC..  Boots Group PLC........  BHI Holdings (BHI)
                                                                                          Limited, Boots
                                                                                          Healthcare Deutschland
                                                                                          GmbH, The Boots
                                                                                          Company plc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/19/2005
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20060261.............................  The TriZetto Group,      CareKey, Inc...........  CareKey, Inc.
                                        Inc..
20060273.............................  Finmeccanica S.p.A.....  Textron Inc............  Bell/Agusta Aerospace
                                                                                          Company LLC.
20060304.............................  Western Forest Products  Partners Limited.......  Cascadia Forest
                                        Inc..                                             Products Ltd.
20060316.............................  A.B.C. Learning Centres  Benjamin R. Jacobson...  Learning Care Group,
                                        Limited.                                          Inc.
20060317.............................  Christopher M. Jeffries  The Sports Club          Pontius Realty, Inc.,
                                                                 Company, Inc..           SF Sports Club, Inc.,
                                                                                          Talla New York, Inc.,
                                                                                          Washington D.C. Sports
                                                                                          Club, Inc.
20060319.............................  Spring Nextel            Alamosa Holdings, Inc..  Alamosa Holdings, Inc.
                                        Corporation.
20060323.............................  Archer-Daniels-Midland   Mellon Financial         Mellon Financial Corp.
                                        Company.                 Corporation.             4.
20060325.............................  Gray Television, Inc...  University of Notre      Michiana Telecasting
                                                                 Dame du Lac.             Corp.
20060336.............................  MHM Holdings GmbH......  Bilakhia Holdings        Micro Inks Limited.
                                                                 Private Limited.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/20/2005
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20060308.............................  Roche Holding Ltd......  BioCryst                 BioCryst
                                                                 Pharmaceuticals, Inc..   Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20060326.............................  Bank of America          Precision Camera &       Precision Camera &
                                        Corporation.             Video Repair, Inc..      Video Repair, Inc.
20060332.............................  Saurer AG..............  Fairfield Manufacturing  Fairfield Manufacturing
                                                                 Company, Inc..           Company, Inc.
20060333.............................  Brazos Electric Power    Dean Vanech............  Ponderosa Pine Energy
                                        Cooperative, Inc.                                 Partners, Ltd.

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20060338.............................  MarineMax, Inc.........  Cecil Van Tuyl.........  Lake Port Marine, Inc.,
                                                                                          Port Arrowhead, Inc.,
                                                                                          Port Arrowhead Marine,
                                                                                          Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/21/2005
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20060327.............................  OCM/GFI Power            GT Equipment             GT Equipment
                                        Opportunities Fund II,   Technologies, Inc..      Technologies, Inc.
                                        L.P..
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/22/2005
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20060565.............................  Sierra Pacific           Pinnacle West Capital    GenWest, LLC.
                                        Resources.               Corporation.
20060263.............................  Wyeth..................  Trubion                  Trubion
                                                                 Pharmaceuticals, Inc..   Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20060346.............................  Embridge Inc...........  BP P.L.C...............  Olympic Pipe Line
                                                                                          Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/23/2005
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20060335.............................  Richard L. Scott.......  Secure Computing         Secure Computing
                                                                 Corporations.            Corporations.
20060345.............................  Danaher Corporation....  Visual Networks, Inc...  Visual Networks, Inc.
20060347.............................  Yell Group PLC.........  James W. Clarke, Sr....  Clarke Directory
                                                                                          Publications, Inc.
20060349.............................  PMC-Sierra, Inc........  Bali Investments         Avago Technologies
                                                                 S.a.r.l..                Storage (U.S.A.) Inc.
20060356.............................  Brown & Brown, Inc.....  Horace M. Johnson, Jr..  Axion Intermediaries,
                                                                                          LLC.
20060359.............................  Sprint Nextel            Velocita Holdings, LLC.  Velocita Wireless
                                        Corporation.                                      Holding Corp.
20060361.............................  The Related Company,     Equinox Holdings, L.P..  Equinox Holdings, L.P.
                                        L.P..
20060363.............................  OCM/GFA Power            Equitable Resources      Noresco Holdings, Inc.
                                        Opportunities Fund II,   Inc..
                                        L.P..
20060366.............................  Steel Dynamics, Inc....  Roanoke Electric Steel   Roanoke Electric Steel
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20060377.............................  Silver Lake Partners     Serena Software, Inc...  Serena Software, Inc.
                                        II, L.P..
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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. 06-176 Filed 1-09-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M