[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57577-57579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4969]


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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--09/24/2007
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20072076.............................  UniCredito Italiano      Capitalia S.p.A........  Capitalia S.p.A.
                                        S.p.A.
20072122.............................  Explorer Pipeline        Petroleos de Venezuela   Petroleos de Venezuela
                                        Company.                 S.A.                     S.A.
20072129.............................  Abu Dhabi National       Pioneer Natural          Pioneer Natural
                                        Energy Company PJSC.     Resources Company.       Resources Canada Inc.
20072145.............................  Great Hill Equity        Mark Towfiq and Carol    InteleNet
                                        Partners III, L.P.       Nakahara.                Communications, Inc.
20072152.............................  Eugene M. Isenberg.....  Nabors Industries Ltd..  Nabors Industries Ltd.
20072153.............................  Energy Transfer          MSCP IV CRDI, LLC......  Canyon Gas Resources,
                                        Partners, L.P.                                    LLC
20072155.............................  Copano Energy, L.L.C...  MSCP IV CRDI, LLC......  Cantera Natural Gas,
                                                                                          LLC
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/25/2007
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20072101.............................  Infineon Technologies    LSI Corporation........  LSI Corporation
                                        AG.
20072109.............................  Audax Private Equity     Bill D. Brady, as        Brady Holdings, LLC
                                        Fund II, L.P.            Trustee of the Bill D.
                                                                 Brady Trust.
20072136.............................  S-Process Equipment      Schenck Process SA.....  Schenck Process Holding
                                        International S.a.r.l.                            GmbH
20072156.............................  AEGON N.V..............  Merrill Lynch & Co.,     Merrill Lynch Life
                                                                 Inc.                     Insurance Company, ML
                                                                                          Life Insurance Company
                                                                                          of New York
20072160.............................  FleetCor Technologies,   Chevron Corporation....  Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
                                        Inc.
20072163.............................  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  Sud Chemie AG..........  Sud Chemie AG
20072165.............................  NTR plc................  Edgewater Growth         Recycled Holdings
                                                                 Capital Partners, LP.    Corporation
20072167.............................  Babcock & Brown Limited  Bill Sjolander.........  CMC Industries, Inc.,
                                                                                          CMC Railroad, Inc.
20072168.............................  Lydian Capital Partners  Trilogy Investors, LLC.  Trilogy Investors, LLC
                                        LP.
20072171.............................  Management Consulting    Kurt Salmon Associates,  Kurt Salmon Associates,
                                        Group PLC.               Inc.                     Inc.
20072185.............................  Thermo Fisher            Priority Air Holdings    Priority Air Holdings
                                        Scientific Inc.          Corp.                    Corp.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/26/2007
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20071496.............................  Mylan Laboratories Inc.  E. Merck oHG...........  EMD, Inc., Merck dura
                                                                                          GmbH, Merck Genericos
                                                                                          S.L., Merck Generics
                                                                                          Belgium B.V.B.A.,
                                                                                          Merck Generics Group
                                                                                          B.V.
20072098.............................  RF Micro Devices, Inc..  Sirenza Microdevices,    Sirenza Microdevices,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20072166.............................  Knoll, Inc.............  Mr. John Edelman.......  Teddy & Arthur Edelman,
                                                                                          Limited
20072172.............................  Industrial Growth        Russell W. and Pamela    Atlas Material Testing
                                        Partners III, L.P.       C. Lane.                 Technology, LLC
20072174.............................  New Mountain Lake        U.S. Express             U.S. Xpress
                                        Holdings, LLC.           Enterprises, Inc.        Enterprises, Inc.
20072188.............................  Gildan Activewear Inc..  V.I. Prewett & Son,      V.I. Prewett & Son,
                                                                 Inc..                    Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/27/2007
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20070861.............................  FirstGroup plc.........  Laidlaw International,   Laidlaw International,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20071415.............................  Maruha Group Inc.......  Nichiro Corporation....  Nichiro Corporation
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/28/2007
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20072179.............................  BB&T Corporation.......  Collateral Holdings,     Collateral Management,
                                                                 Ltd.                     LLC, Collateral Real
                                                                                          Estate Capital, LLC
20072184.............................  Carlyle Europe Partners  Sociedad General de      APPLUS Servicios
                                        III, L.P.                Aguas de Barcelona,      Technologicos, S.L.
                                                                 S.A. (``Abgar'').
20072186.............................  Iconix Brand Group, Inc  Official Pillowtex, LLC  Official Pillowtex, LLC
20072187.............................  Yahoo!, Inc............  Zimbra, Inc............  Zimbra, Inc.
20072190.............................  American Capital         Wells Fargo & Company..  Imperial Supplies LLC
                                        Strategies, Ltd.
20072195.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Integra Telecom, Inc...  Integra Telecom, Inc
                                        Equity IX, L.P.
20072198.............................  Pfingsten Executive QP   Tropitone Furniture      Tropitone Furniture
                                        Fund III, L.P.           Co., Inc.                Co., Inc.
20072201.............................  ABRY Partners V, L.P...  EHR Holdings, LLC......  Executive Health
                                                                                          Resources, Inc.
20072204.............................  GSCP Sigma (Lux)         Sajjan Kumar Agarwal...  Gampak Products
                                        S.a.r.l.                                          Corporation, Roemed
                                                                                          Holdings, Inc., Semco
                                                                                          Electric Private
                                                                                          Limited, Sigma
                                                                                          Electric Manufacturing
                                                                                          Corporation, Ultratech
                                                                                          Metals (India) Private
                                                                                          Limited
20072205.............................  SECOM Co., LTD.........  Gordon Crane...........  Apple & Eve, LLC
20072208.............................  SECOM Co., LTD.........  Weston Presidio Capital  Apple & Eve, LLC
                                                                 III, LP.
20072212.............................  Francois Pinault.......  United Retail Group,     United Retail Group,
                                                                 Inc..                    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. 07-4969 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M