[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2042-2043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-77]
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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--12/17/2007
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20080293............................. United Stationers, Inc. Brazos Equity Fund II, ORS Nasco Holding, Inc.
LP.
20080322............................. Rudolph Technologies, Applied Precision Applied Precision
Inc. Holdings, LLC. Holdings, LLC.
20080327............................. Live Nation, Inc....... Mr. Dell R. Furano..... Signatures SNI, Inc.
20080332............................. American Industrial Emerson Electric Co.... Brooks Instrument B.V.;
Partners Capital Fund Emerson Electric Co.;
IV, L.P. Emerson Electric Korea
Ltd.; Emerson Japan
Ltd.; Emerson Process
Management
Magyarorszag Kft;
Mobrey S.A.
20080374............................. Sun Capital Partners V, Darden Restaurants, Inc GMRI, Inc; GMR
L.P. Restaurants of
Pennsylvania, Inc.;
Smokey Bones LLC.
20080380............................. Knology, Inc........... C. Christopher Dupree.. Graceba Total
Communications, Inc.
20080383............................. William Sauder......... Pope & Talbot, Inc..... Pope & Talbot, Inc.;
Pope & Talbot Ltd.;
Pope & Talbot Lumber
Sales, Inc.; Pope &
Talbot Spearfish
Limited Partnership.
20080385............................. Sanofi-Aventis......... Regeneron Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20080387............................. Valitas Equity LLC..... Madison Dearborn Valitas Health
Capital Partners, LP. Services, Inc.
20080389............................. General Electric Southwestern Energy Arkansas Western Gas
Company. Company. Company.
20080396............................. Versa Capital Fund I, InPhonic, Inc.......... InPhonic, Inc.
LP.
20080397............................. Nirma Limited.......... Sun Capital Partners Searles Valley Minerals
III QP, LP. Inc.; Searles Valley
Minerals Operations
Inc.
20080406............................. MarkWest Energy MarkWest Hydrocarbon, MarkWest Hydrocarbon,
Partners, LP. Inc. Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/18/2007
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20080336............................. Getinge AB............. Boston Scientific AFx LLC; CardioThoracic
Corporation. Systems LLC; Origin
Medsystems LLC.
20080337............................. Trian Star Trust....... The Cheesecake Factory The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated. Incorporated.
20080355............................. Inverness Medical ParadigmHealth, Inc.... ParadigmHealth, Inc.
Innovations, Inc.
20080407............................. Odyssey Investment American Capital Ranpak Inc.
Partners Fund III, LP. Strategies, Ltd.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/19/2007
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20080299............................. Deffenbaugh Disposal, The Ronald D. Deffenbaugh Industries,
Inc. Deffenbaugh Inc.
Irrevocable Trust of
2007.
20080357............................. GCA Holdings Savvian, LLC........... Savvian, LLC.
Corporation.
20080399............................. Motorola, Inc.......... Vertex Standard Co. Ltd Vertex Standard Co.
Ltd.
20080401............................. Borse Dubai Limited.... The Nasdaq Stock The Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc. Market, Inc.
20080405............................. C.R. Bard, Inc......... Edwards Lifesciences Edwards Lifesciences
Corporation. A.G.; Edwards
Lifesciences LLC.
20080410............................. Littlejohn Fund II, LP. Rodney P. Hunt......... RS Information Systems,
LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/20/2007
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20071179............................. Google Inc............. Hellman & Friedman Click Holding Corp.
Capital Partners V, LP.
20071755............................. Barry Diller........... Paciolan, Inc.......... Paciolan, Inc.
20080339............................. VT Group plc........... AEPCO, Inc............. AEPCO, Inc.
20080341............................. Donata Holding SE...... Kelso Investment DLI Holding Corp.
Associates VII, LP.
20080384............................. KS Vista Trust......... KGen Power Corporation. KGen Power Corporation.
20080390............................. Robert J. Schlegel..... Melton L. Bacon........ AAA Manufacturing
Stone, Inc.; Colorado
Stone Products of
Texas, Inc.; Creative
Stone Mfg., Inc.;
Desert Pumice, Inc.
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20080419............................. GTCR Fund IX/A, LP..... Dubai Aerospace Corporate Jets, Inc.;
Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. Piedmont Hawthorne
Aviation, LLC;
Piedmont/Hawthorne
Canada, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/21/2007
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20080324............................. Leeds Equity Partners GTCO Corporation....... GTCO Corporation.
IV, LP.
20080400............................. The Nasdaq Stock Philadelphia Stock Philadelphia Stock
Market, Inc. Exchange, Inc. Exchange, Inc.
20080414............................. Macquarie Group Limited Edward Barlow.......... Chesapeake Publishing
Corporation.
20080416............................. Gary Segal............. WDF Services WDF Services
Corporation. Corporation.
20080426............................. Wendel Investissement.. WESCO International, LADD Industries, LLC.
Inc.
20080427............................. Regency Energy Carlyle/Riverstone CDM CDM Resource
Partners, LP. Corp. Holdings II, LLC. Management, Ltd.
20080429............................. AT&T Inc............... Harbor Wireless, LLC... Harbor Wireless, LLC.
20080432............................. Liberty Media Milestone Partners II, Bodybuilding.com, LLC.;
Corporation. LP. Higher Power Nutrition
Common Holdings, LLC.
20080437............................. Light Tower Holdings Quadrangle Capital DataNet Communications
LLC. Partners LP. Group, Inc.
20080442............................. Halyard Capital Fund 2000 Riverside Capital HCPro Holdings, Inc.
II, LP. Appreciation Fund, LP.
20080443............................. AT&T Inc............... Edge Wireless Holding Edge Wireless, LLC.
Company, LLC.
20080446............................. Tangent Fund Weatherford Weatherford
Shareholders Trust. International Ltd. International Ltd.
20080451............................. Regency Energy Partners General Electric FrontStreet Hugoton,
LP. Company. LLC.
20080456............................. SUPERVALU Inc.......... Albertson's LLC........ ABS RM Investor LLC.;
ABS RM Lease Investor
LLC.; Albertson's LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/26/2007
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20080363............................. PolyOne Corporation.... Great Lakes Synergy GLS Corporation; GLS
Corporation. International, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/28/2007
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20080350............................. Multiband Corporation.. DirecTECH Holding DirecTECH Holding
Company Employee Stock Company, Inc.
Ownership Trust.
20080360............................. Stichting Gerdau Quanex Corporation..... Quanex Corporation.
Johannpeter.
20080361............................. National Oilwell Varco, H. Lee Welch, Jr....... Welch Power Source,
Inc. LLC.; Welch Sales and
Service, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/31/2007
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20080379............................. Essentia Health........ Dakota Clinic, Ltd..... Dakota Clinic, Ltd.
20080388............................. VeraSun Energy US BioEnergy US BioEnergy
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
20080411............................. Trian Star Trust....... Marsh & McLennan Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc. Companies, Inc.
20080412............................. Trian Partners, LP..... Marsh & McLennan Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc. Companies, Inc.
20080440............................. Highland Crusader Fund ICO Global ICO Global
II, Ltd. Communications Communications
(Holdings) Limited. (Holdings) 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. 08-77 Filed 01-10-08; 8:45 am]
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