[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 164 (Friday, August 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48641-48644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4150]


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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--07/23/2007
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20071756........................  Green Equity Investors,    The Container Store, Inc.  The Container Store,
                                   V, L.P..                                              Inc.
20071760........................  Frozen, LLC..............  Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc..  Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATIONS--07/24/2007
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20071434........................  Warburg Pincus Private     Marshall & Ilsley          Metavante Holdings
                                   Equity IX, L.P.            Corporation.               Company.
20071650........................  E-Ton Solar Tech Co.,      George Fiegl.............  Adema Technologies, Inc.
                                   Ltd..
20071703........................  Permira IV L.P.2.........  Valentino Fashion Group    Valentino Fashion Group
                                                              S.p.A..                    S.p.A.
20071710........................  Harbinger Capital          Motient Corporation......  Motient Corporation.
                                   Partners Special
                                   Situations Offshore Fund.
20071713........................  SCR-Sibelco N.V..........  Peak Lime, Inc...........  Peak Lime, Inc.
20071723........................  Metalmark Capital          Behrman Capital III L.P..  Hunter Defense
                                   Partners, L.P..                                       Technologies, Inc.
20071740........................  Avista Capital Partners,   Citigroup Inc............  IWCO Direct Holdings
                                   L.P..                                                 Inc.
20071750........................  Allied Capital             David Kiger..............  Worldwide Express
                                   Corporation.                                          Holdings, LLC.
20071761........................  Blue Point Capital         Morgan 2001 Revocable      WDC Exploration & Wells.
                                   Partners II, L.P..         Trust.
20071767........................  ValueClick, Inc..........  Mezi Media, Inc..........  Mezi Media, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/25/2007
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20071708........................  Diamond Castle Partners    Managed Purchasing LLC...  Chicago Healthcare Corp.
                                   IV, L.P..                                            Managed Purchasing LLC.
20071712........................  Murata Manufacturing Co.,  C&D Technologies, Inc....  C&D Dynamo Corporation.
                                   Ltd..                                                C&D Technologies (CPS)
                                                                                         LLC.
                                                                                        C&D Technologies de
                                                                                         Mexico S.A. de C.V.
                                                                                        Datel Holding
                                                                                         Corporation.
                                                                                        Dynamo Acquisition
                                                                                         Corporation.
                                                                                        NCL Holdings Limited.
20071739........................  Tanfield Group plc.......  Allen T. Havlin..........  Snorkel Holdings LLC.
20071757........................  Linn Energy, LLC.........  Dominion Resources, Inc..  DEPI Subco.
                                                                                        DEPI Survivor LP.
                                                                                        Dominion Exploration
                                                                                         MidContinent, Inc.
                                                                                        Dominion Gas Marketing,
                                                                                         Inc
                                                                                        DOTEPI Subco.
                                                                                        DOTEPI Survivor LP.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/26/2007
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20071702........................  The Goldman Sachs Group,   NF Acquisition             NF Acquisition
                                   Inc..                      Corporation.               Corporation.
20071716........................  United Technologies        John W. Ward.............  Edward B. Ward &
                                   Corporation.                                          Company.
20071724........................  Fidelity National          eFunds Corporation.......  eFunds Corporation.
                                   Information Services,
                                   Inc.
20071741........................  L'Oreal S.A..............  Maly's of California,      Maly's of Utah, LLC.
                                                              Inc..
20071746........................  Serafina Holdings Limited  Intelsat Holdings, Ltd...  Intelsat Holdings, Ltd.

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20071774........................  Apax Europe VI-A, L.P....  ALM Media Group Holdings,  ALM Media Group
                                                              Inc..                      Holdings, Inc.
20071781........................  F&H Acquisition Corp.....  Champps Entertainment,     Champps Entertainment,
                                                              Inc..                      Inc.
20071787........................  Sterling Group Partners    Intergrated Service        Integrated Service
                                   II, L.P..                  Company LLC.               Company LLC.
20071790........................  Fort Chicago Energy        Countryside Power Income.  Countryside Power Income
                                   Partners L.P.                                         Fund.
20071794........................  Coventry Health Care,      Dr. Steven M. Scott and    Florida Health Plan
                                   Inc..                      Rebecca J. Scott.          Administrators, LLC.
20071795........................  Pearls Invest S.a.r.l....  AlpInvest Partners Direct  Taminco N.V.
                                                              Investments 2003 cv.
20071796........................  Intel Corporation........  Nancy Knowlton and David   SMART Technologies Inc.
                                                              Martin.
20071833........................  Ulysses Luxembourg         Univar N.V...............  Univar N.V.
                                   S.a.r.l..
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/27/2007
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20071737........................  Promontoria Europe         Toro US Newco Corp.......  Toro US Newco Corp.
                                   Investments VI LDC.
20071751........................  General Atlantic Partners  Promontoria Europe         Promontoria Europe
                                   (Bermuda), L.P.            Investments VI LDC.        Investments XI LDC.
20071779........................  SunGard Capital Corp.....  VeriCenter, Inc..........  VeriCenter, Inc.
20071818........................  Citigroup, Inc...........  Big Red, Inc.............  Big Red, Inc.
20071819........................  American Express Company.  Ameriprise Financial,      AMEX Assurance Company.
                                                              Inc..
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/30/2007
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20071653........................  Lincolnshire Equity Fund   Mr. Roger Chapman........  Nile Chapman
                                   III, L.P..                                            Construction, Inc.
                                                                                        RN Industries, Inc.
                                                                                        RN Industries Trucking,
                                                                                         Inc.
                                                                                        Timberline Machinery.
20071773........................  CyberSource Corporation..  Authorize.Net Holdings,    Authorize.Net Holdings,
                                                              Inc..                      Inc.
20071817........................  Con-way Inc..............  Transportation Resources,  Transportation
                                                              Inc..                      Resources, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/31/2007
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20071788........................  United Group Limited.....  Steven C. Kletjian.......  UNICCO Service Company.
20071803........................  BH Hotels Holdco LLC.....  Hilton Hotels Corporation  Hilton Hotels
                                                                                         Corporation.
20071808........................  MidOcean Partners III,     Bushnell Inc.............  Bushnell Inc.
                                   L.P..
20071829........................  Hornbeck Offshore          Nabors Industries, Ltd...  Nabors Industries Ltd.
                                   Services, Inc..
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/01/2007
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20071772........................  Thomas Cressey Fund VIII,  SKM Equity Fund III, L.P.  Advanced Homecare
                                   LP.                                                   Holdings, Inc.
20071782........................  Citizens Communications    ABRY Partners IV, L.P....  Evans Telephone Holdings
                                   Company.                                              Inc.
20071822........................  The Goldman Sachs Group,   Picis, Inc...............  Picis, Inc.
                                   Inc.
20071823........................  Picis, Inc...............  Francisco Partners, L.P..  Lynx Medical Systems
                                                                                         Holding Corp.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/03/2007
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20071488........................  Spohn Cement GmbH........  Hanson PLC...............  Hanson PLC.
20071727........................  Gilbert Global Equity      Crown Holdings, Inc......  CO2LD, LLC.
                                   Partners, L.P.                                       Crown Biofuels, LLC.
                                                                                        Crown Iron Works
                                                                                         Company.
                                                                                        Europa Crown Management
                                                                                         Ltd.
                                                                                        Wuhan Crown Friendship.
20071830........................  JH Investment Partners,    Cortec Group Fund III,     High Response Holdings,
                                   L.P..                      L.P..                      Inc.
20071831........................  Consolidated               North Pittsburgh Systems,  North Pittsburgh
                                   Communications Holdings,   Inc..                      Systems, Inc.
                                   Inc.
20071840........................  VeraSun Energy             ASAlliance Biofuels, LLC.  ASA OPCO Holding, LLC.
                                   Corporation.
20071845........................  Warner Music Group, Corp.  Barry Diller.............  Front Line Management
                                                                                         Group, Inc.
20071846........................  Warner Music Group, Corp.  Liberty Media Corporation  Front Line Management
                                                                                         Group, Inc.
20071849........................  Energizer Holdings, Inc..  Playtex Products, Inc....  Playtex Products, Inc.
20071875........................  Maple Tree Holdings, L.P.  Cecil Y. Ray Jr..........  The Rigg Group, Inc.
20071876........................  Rosa Anna Magno            Sammy Roy Hagar..........  Cabo Wabo, LLC.
                                   Garavoglia.                                          Sociedad de
                                                                                         Responsabilidad
                                                                                         Limitada de Capital
                                                                                         Variable.
20071877........................  V.F. Corporation.........  Seven For All Mankind,     Seven For All Mankind,
                                                              LLC.                       LLC.
20071878........................  Unicorn Investment Bank    Todd D and Eleanor T. Yun  Victron Inc.
                                   B.S.C. (c).
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/06/2007
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20071800........................  Accenture Ltd............  Michael L. George........  George Group Consulting
                                                                                         Services, L.P.
                                                                                        George Group
                                                                                         Incorporated.

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20071869........................  Manpower Inc.............  The Greenwood Group, Inc.  The Greenwood Group,
                                                                                         Inc.
20071885........................  Dry Creek Corporation....  Fortune Brands...........  Bean Wine Estates, Inc.
                                                                                        Global Spirits & Wine,
                                                                                         Inc.
                                                                                        Peak Wines
                                                                                         International, Inc.
                                                                                        William Hill Napa, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/07/2007
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20071786........................  Citigroup Inc............  Automated Trading Desk,    Automated Trading Desk,
                                                              Inc..                      Inc.
20071805........................  Google Inc...............  Postini, Inc.............  Postini, Inc.
20071859........................  Allied Capital             Ferndale Pharma Group,     Ferndale Pharma Group,
                                   Corporation.               Inc..                      Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/08/2007
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20071754........................  Educational Testing        2003 TIL Settlement......  Prometric Holdings LLC
                                   Service.
20071776........................  Carlyle Europe Partners    Zodiac S.A...............  Debes und Wunder GmbH.
                                   II, L.P..                                            Marine Holding US Corp.
                                                                                        Zodiac European Pools
                                                                                         France SAS.
                                                                                        Zodiac Group Australia.
                                                                                        Zodiac Hurricane Tech
                                                                                         Canada.
                                                                                        Zodiac International
                                                                                         S.A.
                                                                                        Zodiac Kern GmbH.
20071821........................  Court Square Capital       Platinum Equity Capital    CHR Holding Corporation.
                                   Partners II, L.P.          Partners, L.P.
20071839........................  Palladium Equity Partners  The Thaxton Group, Inc...  Allied Business Systems,
                                   III, L.P.                                             LLC
                                                                                        Covington Credit, Inc.
                                                                                        Covington Credit of
                                                                                         Alabama, Inc.
                                                                                        Covington Credit of
                                                                                         Georgia, Inc.
                                                                                        Covington Credit of
                                                                                         Texas, Inc.
                                                                                        Quick Credit
                                                                                         Corporation.
                                                                                        Southern Finance of
                                                                                         South Carolina, Inc.
                                                                                        Southern Finance of
                                                                                         Tennessee, Inc.
                                                                                        Southern Management
                                                                                         Corporation.
                                                                                        Thaxton Investment
                                                                                         Corporation.
20071851........................  RJO Investor Corp........  Iowa Grain Company.......  Iowa Grain Company.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/09/2007
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20071759........................  M J W Ashley.............  Everlast Worldwide, Inc..  Everlast Worldwide, Inc.
20071783........................  LS Power Equity Partners,  TransAlta Corporation....  TransAlta Corporation.
                                   L.P..
20071784........................  LS Power Equity Partners   TransAlta Corporation....  TransAlta Corporation.
                                   II, L.P..
20071785........................  Luminum Energy Partners    TransAlta Corporation....  TransAlta Corporation.
                                   QP, L.P.
20071820........................  New Mountain Partners      Charterhouse Equity        Oakleaf Global Holdings,
                                   III, L.P..                 Partners III, L.P.         Inc.
20071827........................  JumpTV Inc...............  XOS Technologies, Inc....  XOS Technologies, Inc.
20071870........................  Blackstone Capital         DJO Incorporated.........  DJO Incorporated.
                                   Partners V, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/10/2007
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20071752........................  Littlejohn Fund III, L.P.  Hancock Park Capital II,   Synchronous Aerospace
                                                              L.P..                      Group.
20071762........................  Maple Hill Holding         Melvin R. Berlin.........  Berlin Packaging L.L.C.
                                   Company.
20071765........................  TPG Partners V, L.P......  Connell Limited            Wabash Alloys, L.L.C.
                                                              Partnership.
20071793........................  Carlyle Partners IV        ARINC Incorporated.......  ARINC Incorporated.
                                   Telecommunications, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/13/2007
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20071778........................  The Finish Line, Inc.....  Genesco Inc..............  Genesco Inc.
20071797........................  S.A.C. Capital             Applera Corporation......  Applera Corporation.
                                   International, Ltd..
20071872........................  Istithmar PJSC...........  Jones Apparel Group, Inc.  Barneys New York, Inc.
20071879........................  TreeHouse Foods, Inc.....  E.D. Smith Income Fund...  E.D. Smith GP Ltd.
                                                                                        E.D. Smith & Sons,
                                                                                         Limited.
                                                                                        E.D. Smith & Sons, L.P.
20071880........................  Principal Financial        Nationwide Mutual          Morley Financial
                                   Group, Inc..               Insurance Company.         Services, Inc.
20071886........................  R.H. Donnelley             Business.com, Inc........  Business.com, Inc.
                                   Corporation.
20071887........................  V.F. Corporation.........  Lucy Activewear Inc......  Lucy Activewear Inc.
20071888........................  P. Morgan McCague........  BCE, Inc.................  BCE, Inc.
20071890........................  The Hearst Family Trust..  GRP II, L.P..............  UGO Networks, Inc.
20071892........................  BlackRock, Inc...........  Quellos Holdings, LLC....  Quellos Group, LLC.
20071896........................  Brockway Moran & Partners  Steven McLeod............  Pacific Crane
                                   Fund III, L.P.                                        Maintenance Company,
                                                                                         Inc.

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20071897........................  Brockway Moran & Partners  Joseph Gregorio..........  Pacific Crane
                                   Fund III, L.P.                                        Maintenance Company,
                                                                                         Inc.
20071898........................  Red Sky Holdings L.P.....  CCS Income Trust.........  CCS Inc.
20071901........................  Weston Presidio V, L.P...  Summit Energy Services,    Summit Energy Services,
                                                              Inc..                      Inc.
20071908........................  ev3 Inc..................  FoxHollow Technologies,    FoxHollow Technologies,
                                                              Inc..                      Inc.
20071909........................  Carlyle Partners V MC,     Manor Care, Inc..........  Manor Care, Inc.
                                   L.P..
20071911........................  Fidelity National          Fidelity National          Property Insight, LLC.
                                   Financial, Inc..           Information Services,
                                                              Inc.
20071920........................  CHS Private Equity V LP..  American Capital           SAV Holdings Inc.
                                                              Strategies Ltd..          Swank Audio Visuals.
20071927........................  UST Inc..................  Warren and Barbara         Rainbowday LLC
                                                              Winiarski.                Stag's Leap Vineyards,
                                                                                         L.P.
                                                                                        Stag's Leap Wine
                                                                                         Cellars.
20071928........................  Vista Equity Partners      Misys plc................  Misys Hospital Systems,
                                   Fund III, L.P.                                        Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/14/2007
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20071847........................  Mr. Yiitshak Sharon......  Ergon, Inc...............  Lion Oil Company.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/15/2007
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20071910........................  TA X L.P.................  Arnhold and S.             Arnhold and S.
                                                              Bleichroeder Holdings,     Bleichroeder Holdings,
                                                              Inc.                       Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/16/2007
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20071824........................  S.A.C. Capital             WCI Communities, Inc.....  WCI Communities, Inc.
                                   International, Ltd..
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/17/2007
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20071337........................  Nuance Communications,     VoiceSignal Technologies,  VoiceSignal
                                   Inc..                      Inc..                      Technologies, Inc.
20071791........................  Apax Europe V--A.L.P.....  David Martin and Nancy     1329169 Alberta Ltd.
                                                              Knowlton.
20071926........................  Market Dining Holding,     McDonald's Corporation...  Boston Market
                                   LLC..                                                 Corporation.
20071975........................  Steven P. Jobs...........  Apple Inc................  Apple 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. 07-4150 Filed 8-23-07; 8:45 am]
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