[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 50 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13543-13544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4883]


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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--02/19/2008
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20080650.............  Liberty Media    The V.I.P. Tour  The V.I.P. Tour
                        Corporation.     Company.         Company.
20080660.............  Barry Diller...  The V.I.P. Tour  The V.I.P. Tour
                                         Company.         Company.
20080680.............  Icahn Partners   CSX Corporation  CSX
                        L.P..                             Corporation.
20080681.............  Icahn Partners   CSX Corporation  CSX
                        Master Fund                       Corporation.
                        L.P..
20080682.............  Carl C. Icahn..  CSX Corporation  CSX
                                                          Corporation.
20080683.............  Icahn Partners   CSX Corporation  CSX
                        Master Fund II                    Corporation.
                        L.P.
20080732.............  Mason Wells      John M. Johnson  Northland
                        Buyout Fund                       Group, Inc.
                        II, Limited
                        Partnership.
20080737.............  Shamrock         Reddy Ice        Reddy Ice
                        Activist Value   Holdings, Inc..  Holdings, Inc.
                        Fund, L.P.
20080741.............  Employers        AmComp           AmComp
                        Holdings, Inc.   Incorporated.    Incorporated.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/20/2008
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20080747.............  Verizon          SureWest         SureWest
                        Communications   Communications.  Wireless, West
                        Inc.                              Coast PCS LLC.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/25/2008
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20071137.............  UnitedHealth     Sierra Health    Sierra Health
                        Group            Services, Inc.   Services, Inc.
                        Incorporated.
20080703.............  Blackstone       GSO Capital      GSO Capital
                        Holdings I       Partners L.P..   Partners L.P.
                        L.P..
20080704.............  NYSE Euronext..  Ronald B.        Wombat
                                         Verstappen.      Financial
                                                          Software, Inc.
20080708.............  Ciena            World Wide       World Wide
                        Corporation.     Packets, Inc.    Packets, Inc.
20080734.............  Global BPO       H.I.G. Capital   Stream Holdings
                        Services Corp.   Partners III,    Corporation.
                                         L.P.
20080756.............  C. L. de         Scottish &       Scottish &
                        Carvalho-        Newcastle plc.   Newcastle plc.
                        Heineken.
20080760.............  Thomas H. Lee    MoneyGram        MoneyGram
                        Equity Fund      International,   International,
                        VI, L.P.         Inc.             Inc.
20080761.............  Thomas H. Lee    MoneyGram        MoneyGram
                        Parallel Fund    International,   International,
                        VI, L.P.         Inc.             Inc.
20080762.............  ArcLight Energy  Renewpower LLC.  Caithness Wind
                        Partners Fund                     Limited
                        III, L.P.                         Partnership,
                                                          Cameron Ridge,
                                                          LLC, Pacific
                                                          Crest Power,
                                                          LLC, Terra-Gen
                                                          Wind Holdings
                                                          II, LLC.
20080763.............  ArcLight Energy  Renewpower LLC.  Caithness Wind
                        Fund IV, L.P.                     Limited
                                                          Partnership,
                                                          Cameron Ridge,
                                                          LLC, Pacific
                                                          Crest Power,
                                                          LLC, Terra-Gen
                                                          Wind Holdings
                                                          II, LLC.
20080765.............  Korea National   Phyllis M.       Taylor Energy
                        Oil              Taylor.          Company LLC.
                        Corporation.
20080769.............  Finance Holding  Financial        Financial
                        Corporation.     Industries       Industries
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20080771.............  MBF Healthcare   Kohlberg         Critical
                        Acquisition      Investors V,     Homecare
                        Corp.            L.P.             Solutions
                                                          Holdings, Inc.
20080772.............  QBE Insurance    North Pointe     North Pointe
                        Group Limited.   Holdings         Holdings
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20080773.............  Genmab A/S.....  PDL BioPharma,   PDL BioPharma,
                                         Inc..            Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/26/2008
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20080722.............  Brose            Continental AG.  Continental AG.
                        International
                        GmbH.
20080742.............  General          San Faustin      Hydril Company,
                        Electric         N.V..            Hydril LLC.
                        Company.
20080753.............  Nucor            SHV Holdings     SHV North
                        Corporation.     N.V..            America
                                                          Corporation.

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20080784.............  Platinum Equity  WPI Holding      WPI Holding
                        Capital          Corp..           Corp.
                        Partners II,
                        L.P.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/27/2008
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20080693.............  Oracle           BEA Systems,     BEA Systems,
                        Corporation.     Inc..            Inc.
20080729.............  EKR Holdings,    PDL BioPharma,   PDL BioPharma,
                        Inc..            Inc..            Inc.
20080770.............  Providence       John J.          Assessment
                        Equity           Hemmingson.      Technologies
                        Partners VI                       Institute,
                        L.P.                              LLC.
20080776.............  D.E. Shaw        Globe Specialty  Globe Specialty
                        Composite        Metals, Inc.     Metals, Inc.
                        International
                        Fund.
20080777.............  Alan Kestenbaum  Globe Specialty  Globe Specialty
                                         Metals, Inc.     Metals, Inc.
20080779.............  Stichting        Lynn Leany.....  Calico
                        Gerdau                            Construction
                        Johannpeter.                      Supply, LLC,
                                                          Century
                                                          Properties
                                                          Henderson 18
                                                          LLC, Century
                                                          Steel
                                                          Holdings,
                                                          Inc., Century
                                                          Steel, Inc.,
                                                          Pinnacle Data
                                                          International,
                                                          LLC.
20080799.............  Plainfield       Globe Specialty  Globe Specialty
                        Special          Metals, Inc.     Metals, Inc.
                        Situations
                        Offshore
                        Feeder Fund
                        Limited.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/28/2008
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20080705.............  Hewlett-Packard  Exstream, Inc..  Exstream
                        Company.                          Holdings,
                                                          Inc., Exstream
                                                          Software, LLC,
                                                          Exstream
                                                          Software North
                                                          America, LLC.
20080725.............  Harbinger        Cleveland-       Cleveland-
                        Capital          Cliffs Inc..     Cliffs Inc.
                        Partners
                        Offshore Fund
                        I, Ltd.
20080731.............  Cogdell Spencer  MEA Holdings,    MEA Holdings,
                        Inc..            Inc..            Inc.
20080733.............  Jahm Najafi....  Henkel KGaA....  Henkel
                                                          Corporation.
20080743.............  Audax Private    Economy          Economy
                        Equity Fund      Restaurant       Restaurant
                        II, L.P.         Fixtures, Inc.   Fixtures, Inc.
20080785.............  Palladium        American         American
                        Equity           Gilsonite        Gilsonite
                        Partners III,    Company.         Company.
                        L.P.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/29/2008
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20080752.............  Peter M. Brant.  SP Newsprint     SP Newsprint
                                         Co..             Co.
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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. E8-4883 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M