[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27499-27500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4406]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Grant 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--04/19/2006
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20060799.............................  Abbott Laboratories....  Boston Scientific        Boston Scientific
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20060822.............................  Armor Holdings, Inc....  Stewart & Stevenson      Stewart & Stevenson
                                                                 Services, Inc.           Services, Inc.
20060845.............................  Hanson PLC.............  General Dynamics         Material Service
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20060874.............................  Dell Inc...............  Allenware Corporation..  Allenware Corporation.
20060906.............................  AO-ASIF Foundation.....  Synthes, Inc...........  Synthes, Inc.
20060907.............................  Synthes, Inc...........  AO-ASIF Foundation.....  AO-ASIF Foundation.
20060915.............................  AG Private Equity        Marks and Spencer Group  Kings Super Markets,
                                        Partners III, L.P.       p.l.c.                   Inc., Marks and
                                                                                          Spencer Finance Inc.
20060923.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   The Lightyear Fund, L.P  LY Telmar Holdings
                                        Equity IX, L.P.                                   Corp.
20060925.............................  Boston Scientific        Guidant Corporation....  Guidant Corporation.
                                        Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/20/2006
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20060920.............................  EQT IV No. 1 LP........  Gambro AB..............  Gambro AB.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/21/2006
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20060850.............................  Verisign, Inc..........  m-Qube, Inc............  m-Qube, Inc.
20060921.............................  U.S. Premium Beef, LLC.  Brawley Beef, LLC......  Brawley Beef, LLC.
20060933.............................  AT&T Inc...............  Deutsche Telekom AG....  T-Mobile USA, Inc.
20060934.............................  Deutsche Telekom AG....  AT&T Inc...............  Cingular Wireless LLC.
20060941.............................  William H. Gates III...  Magnum Coal Company....  Magnum Coal Company.
20060943.............................  Macquarie Bank Limited.  Macquarie Global         Macquarie North
                                                                 Infrastructure Fund A.   American
                                                                                          Infrastructure Inc.
20060944.............................  Macquarie Bank Limited.  Macquarie Global         Macquarie North
                                                                 Infrastructure Fund B.   American
                                                                                          Infrastructure Inc.
20060954.............................  Wolseley plc...........  Steve Menzies..........  DSI Inc., Efficient
                                                                                          Enterprises, Inc.,
                                                                                          United Plumbing, LLC.

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20060956.............................  Quincy Newspapers, Inc.  Raycom Media, Inc......  KWWL License
                                                                                          Subsidiary, LLC, KWWL,
                                                                                          LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/24/2006
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20060939.............................  Cerberus FIM Investors,  General Motors           General Motors
                                        LLC.                     Corporation.             Acceptance
                                                                                          Corporation, LLC.
20060955.............................  Pogo Producing Company.  Warburg Pincus Private   Latigo Petroleum, Inc.
                                                                 Equity VIII.
20060957.............................  President and Fellows    Sempra Energy..........  Energy Pacific
                                        of Harvard College.                               Glendale, Energy
                                                                                          Pacific Las Vegas,
                                                                                          Sempra Facilities
                                                                                          Management.
20060966.............................  Nautic Partners V, L.P.  Paul & Pamela Roy......  Big Train, Inc.
20060967.............................  Nautic Partners V, L.P.  Craig Meyers and         Big Train, Inc.
                                                                 Francine Meyers.
20060974.............................  CHS Private Equity V,    Allied Capital           STS Operating, Inc.
                                        LP.                      Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/25/2006
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20060871.............................  Linsalata Capital        W. Randall Holloway....  Holloway Group, Inc.,
                                        Partners Fund IV, L.P.                            Holloway Sportswear,
                                                                                          Inc.
20060887.............................  Fisher Scientific        Clintrak Pharmaceutical  Clintrak Pharmaceutical
                                        International Inc.       Services, LLC.           Services, LLC.
20060919.............................  SAP AG.................  Virsa Systems, Inc.....  Virsa Systems, Inc.
20060927.............................  Macquarie                Loving Enterprises, Inc  Loving Enterprises,
                                        Infrastructure Company                            Inc.
                                        Trust.
20060940.............................  Mr. William J. McEnery.  Isle of Capri Casinos,   CSNO, L.L.C., IOC
                                                                 Inc.                     Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                                                                          Louisiana Riverboat
                                                                                          Gaming Partnership,
                                                                                          LRGP Holdings, L.L.C.,
                                                                                          Riverboat Corporation
                                                                                          of Mississippi-
                                                                                          Vicksburg.
20060950.............................  Red Hat, Inc...........  JBoss Inc..............  JBoss Inc.
20060951.............................  Marc Fleury............  Red Hat, Inc...........  Red Hat, Inc.
20060968.............................  L'Oreal S.A............  The Body Shop            The Body Shop
                                                                 International PLC.       International PLC.
20060972.............................  Arctic Glacier Income    Steven C. Gabriel and    Diamond Newport
                                        Fund.                    Dana M. Gabriel.         Corporation, Mountain
                                                                                          Water Ice Company.
20060976.............................  Camcem, S.A. de C.V....  Floyd R. Hardesty......  Alliance
                                                                                          Transportation, Inc.,
                                                                                          The Hardesty Company,
                                                                                          Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/26/2006
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20060883.............................  Northern Border          Guardian Pipeline,       Guardian Pipeline,
                                        Partners, L.P.           L.L.C.                   L.L.C.
20060913.............................  James F. McCann........  Fannie May Confections   Fannie May Confections
                                                                 Brands, Inc.             Brands, Inc.
20060952.............................  FC-THC Acquisition LLC.  Behrman Capital II L.P.  Tandem Health Care,
                                                                                          Inc.
20060965.............................  Parametric Technology    Edison Venture Fund IV,  Mathsoft Corporate
                                        Corporation.             L.P.                     Holdings, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/28/2006
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20060958.............................  Li & Fung Limtied......  Oxford Industries, Inc.  Oxford Industries, Inc.
20060978.............................  The Southern Company...  Progress Energy, Inc...  DeSoto County
                                                                                          Generating Company,
                                                                                          LLC.
20060984.............................  Kohlberg Investors V,    KIPB Group Holdings,     KIPB Group Holdings,
                                        L.P.                     LLC.                     LLC.
20060985.............................  TPG Partners II, L.P...  LSI Logic Corporation..  LSI Logic Corporation.
20060999.............................  Smart Hydrogen Inc.....  Plug Power Inc.........  Plug Power Inc.
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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. 06-4406 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M