[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7559-7560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-524]


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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 No.                       Acquiring                 Acquired                 Entities
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/14/2008
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20080479.............................  Amazon.com, Inc........  Bill Me Later, Inc.....  Bill Me Later, Inc.
20080494.............................  Duke Energy Corporation  Saluda River Electric    Saluda River Electric
                                                                 Cooperative, Inc.        Cooperative, Inc.
20080569.............................  CML Healthcare Income    ARS Holding, Inc.......  ARS Holding Inc.
                                        Fund.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/15/2008
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20080462.............................  Ms. Esther Koplowitz     Siemens                  Hydrocarbon Recovery
                                        Romero de Juseu.         Aktiengesellschaft.      Services, Inc.,
                                                                                          International
                                                                                          Petroleum Corp. of
                                                                                          Delaware.
20080469.............................  Teradyne, Inc..........  Nextest Systems          Nextest Systems
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20080522.............................  Providence Equity        William L. Adamany.....  AGT Enterprises, Inc.,
                                        Partners IV L.P.                                  Star-Iowa, LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/16/2008
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20080470.............................  Eisai Co., Ltd.........  MGI Pharma, Inc........  MGI Pharma, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/17/2008
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20080495.............................  KASLION S.a.r.L........  Atlantic Bridge          GloNav Inc.
                                                                 Ventures Holdings
                                                                 Limited.
20080519.............................  Apollo Investment Fund   GA Industries, Inc.....  GA Industries, Inc.
                                        VI, L.P.
20080586.............................  Pfizer Inc.............  The Biotech Settlement.  CovX Research LLC, CovX
                                                                                          Technologies Ireland
                                                                                          Limited.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/18/2008
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20080537.............................  Financiere Asteel S.A..  Flash Electronics        Flash Electronics
                                                                 International.           Holding.
20080564.............................  Eli Lilly and Company..  BioMS Medical Corp.....  BioMS Medical Corp.
20080587.............................  Alfa Mutual Insurance    Alfa Corporation.......  Alfa Corporation.
                                        Company.
20080588.............................  Alfa Mutual Fire         Alfa Corporation.......  Alfa Corporation.
                                        Insurance Company.
20080590.............................  Long Point Capital       Avadhesh and Umarani     UMA Enterprises, Inc.
                                        Fund, II, L.P.           Agarwal.
20080598.............................  Gryphon Partners III,    Accelerated Health       Accelerated Health
                                        L.P.                     Systems, LLC.            Systems, LLC.
20080606.............................  Lake Capital Partners    Gary L. Fish...........  FishNet Security
                                        II LP.                                            Holdings, Inc.
20080608.............................  Epicor Software          NSB Retail Systems PLC.  NSB Retail Systems PLC.
                                        Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/22/2008
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20080522.............................  JANA Offshore Partners,  CNET Networks, Inc.....  CNET Networks, Inc.
                                        Ltd.

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20080563.............................  WuXi PharmaTech          AppTec Laboratory        AppTec Laboratory
                                        (Cayman) Inc.            Services, Inc.           Services, Inc.
20080568.............................  BlueScope Steel Ltd....  San Faustin N.V........  Imsa Steel Corp.
20080591.............................  IFM Infrastructure       Consolidated Edison,     CED Generation Holding
                                        Funds.                   Inc.                     Company, LLC, CED Rock
                                                                                          Springs, LLC,
                                                                                          Consolidated Edison
                                                                                          Energy, Massachusetts,
                                                                                          LLC, Newington Energy,
                                                                                          LLC, Ocean Peaking
                                                                                          Power, LLC.
20080595.............................  Murat Ulker............  Campbell Soup Company..  Godiva Chocolatier,
                                                                                          Inc.
20080597.............................  Oak Hill Capital         News Corporation.......  Fox Television
                                        Partners III, L.P.                                Stations, Inc., New
                                                                                          world Communications
                                                                                          of Kansas City, Inc.
20080602.............................  Oracle Healthcare        Precision Therapeutics,  Precision Therapeutics,
                                        Acquisition Corp.        Inc.                     Inc.
20080611.............................  Linn Energy, LLC.......  Gary W. and Constance    Lamamco Drilling
                                                                 S. Lewis.                Company.
20080612.............................  Linn Energy, LLC.......  Stanley and Sabrina L.   Lamamco Drilling
                                                                 Miller.                  Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/23/2008
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20080609.............................  Intuit Inc.............  Electronic Clearing      Electronic Clearing
                                                                 House, Inc.              House, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/24/2008
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20080576.............................  American Securities      Horizon Global           Horizon Global
                                        Partners IV, L.P.        Technology, Inc.         Technology, Inc.
20080578.............................  MHR Institutional        Leap Wireless            Leap Wireless
                                        Partners III LP.         International, Inc.      International, Inc.
20080582.............................  Owl Creek Overseas       Leap Wireless            Leap Wireless
                                        Fund, Ltd.               International, Inc.      International, Inc.
20080600.............................  Jose Maria Rubiralta...  Inova Diagnostics, Inc.  Inova Diagnostics, Inc.
20080603.............................  Quik-Way Retail          Royal Dutch Shell plc..  Motiva Enterprises LLC.
                                        Associates Holdings
                                        II, Ltd.
20080604.............................  Quik-Way Retail          Aramco Services Company  Motiva Enterprises LLC.
                                        Associates Holdings
                                        II, Ltd.
20080625.............................  Rock-Tenn Company......  Steven Grossman........  Southern Container
                                                                                          Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/25/2008
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20080571.............................  Leucadia National        AmeriCredit Corp.......  AmeriCredit Corp.
                                        Corporation.
20080580.............................  Brush Engineered         Techni-Met, Inc........  Techni-Met, Inc.
                                        Materials, Inc.
20080607.............................  U.S. Bancorp...........  Gary M. Eng............  Southern DataComm, 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. 08-524 Filed 2-7-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M