[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 130 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38455-38458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14630]


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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--04/22/2008
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20080908.............  Nufarm Limited.  Stephens Gro-    Gro-Pro, LLC.
                                         Pro LLC.
20080988.............  William          Robert Family    Siegel-Robert,
                        Davidson.        Holdings, Inc.   Inc.
20081004.............  Carlisle         Carol-Ann        Carlyle
                        Companies        O'Mack.          Holdings, Inc.
                        Incorporated.
20081010.............  Platinum Equity  Industrial       Industrial
                        Capital          Distribution     Distribution
                        Partners II,     Group, Inc.      Group, Inc.
                        L.P.
20081012.............  The Procter &    Frederic, LLC..  Frederic, LLC.
                        Gamble Company.
20081016.............  Tata Motors      Ford Motor       Jaguar and Land
                        Limited.         Company.         Rover
20081018.............  Ospraie Special  ConAgra Foods,   Freebird II,
                        Opportunities    Inc.             LLC; Freebird
                        (Offshore) Ltd.                   I, LLC.
20081031.............  The Walt Disney  The Children's   Hoop Retail
                        Company.         Place Retail     Stores, LLC;
                                         Stores, Inc.     Traxi LLC.
20081032.............  Luxco..........  Citigroup Inc..  GST
                                                          AutoLeather,
                                                          Inc.
20081035.............  SUEZ...........  Carl S.          USG GA, LLC.
                                         Cummings, Sr.
20081047.............  EMC Corporation  Iomega           Iomega
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/23/2008
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20081023.............  Honeywell        Odyssey          Safety Products
                        International    Investment       Holdings, Inc.
                        Inc.             Partners Fund
                                         III, LP.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/25/2008
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20081017.............  Participacoes    Texas            Texas
                        Morro Vermelho   Industries Inc.  Industries
                        S.A.                              Inc.
20081034.............  Lindsay          Remedial         Remedial
                        Goldberg &       Construction     Construction
                        Bessemer II      Services, L.P.   Services, L.P.
                        L.P.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/28/2008
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20081000.............  Honeywell        Peny J. Schmidt  Energy Services
                        International                     Group, LLC.
                        Inc.
20081041.............  New York         Polytechnic      Polytechnic
                        University.      University.      University.
20081045.............  Catholic Health  Cathedral        Cathedral
                        East.            Healthcare       Health
                                         System, Inc.     Services,
                                                          Inc.; Columbus
                                                          Hospital.
20081046.............  JP Morgan Chase  Clipper          Clipper
                        & Co.            Windpower Plc.   Windpower Plc.
20081054.............  Richard L.       Friedman         Milestone
                        Duchossois.      Fleischer &      Technologies
                                         Lowe Capital     AV, Inc.
                                         Partners, L.P.
20081058.............  Lindsay          Dr. James R.     Ambulatory
                        Goldberg &       Leininger.       Services of
                        Bessemer II,                      America, Inc.
                        L.P.
20081061.............  Takeda           Millennium       Millennium
                        Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical
                        Company          s, Inc.          s, Inc.
                        Limited.
20081065.............  TZ Holdings,     The TriZetto     The TriZetto
                        L.P.             Group, Inc.      Group, Inc.
20081069.............  Dayton-Cox       Adify            Adify
                        Trust A.         Corporation.     Corporation.
20081070.............  J.P. Morgan      Markit Group     Markit Group
                        Chase & Co.      Holdings         Holdings
                                         Limited.         Limited.
20081073.............  Bahram Akradi..  Life Time        Life Time
                                         Fitness, Inc.    Fitness, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/29/2008
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20081068.............  Kinetic          LifeCell         LifeCell
                        Concepts, Inc.   Corporation.     Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/30/2008
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20080700.............  Philip F.        ABRY Broadcast   Consolidated
                        Anschutz.        Partners III,    Theatres
                                         L.P.             Holdings, GP.
20081002.............  ANSYS, Inc.....  Ansoft           Ansoft
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/01/2008
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20081064.............  Agrium Inc.....  UAP Holding      UAP Holding
                                         Corp.            Corp.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/02/2008
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20080228.............  Vallourec SA...  Grant Prideco,   Newco
                                         Inc.             Partnership 2
                                                          and 3; Tube-
                                                          Alloy
                                                          Corporation.
20080884.............  Cardinal         A. Joseph        Enturia, Inc.
                        Health, Inc.     Brandmeyer.
20081007.............  International    Weyerhaeuser     Weyerhaeuser
                        Paper Company.   Company.         Company.
20081049.............  General          Primestar        Primestar
                        Electric         Solar, Inc.      Solar, Inc.
                        Company.
20081056.............  Centrica plc...  Great Plains     Strategic
                                         Energy           Energy, L.L.C.
                                         Incorporated.
20081060.............  Starwood Energy  The Bear         Greenhouse
                        Infrastructure   Stearns          Holdings LLC;
                        Fund, L.P.       Companies Inc.   Thermo
                                                          Cogeneration
                                                          Partnership,
                                                          L.P.
20081080.............  Quilvest S.A...  Estate of        Laney
                                         Robert H.        Directional
                                         Hamil,           Drilling Co.
                                         Deceased.
20081081.............  Carlyle          Lanigan          ITS
                        Infrastructure   Partners, Ltd.   Technologies &
                        Partners, L.P.                    Logistics,
                                                          LLC.
20081083.............  U.S. Bancorp...  Fulton           Delaware
                                         Financial        National Bank.
                                         Corporation.
20081084.............  Morgan Stanley.  A.B.C. Learning  Learning Care
                                         Centres          Group (US)
                                         Limited.         Inc.
20081092.............  Konica Minolta   Danka Business   Danka Office
                        Holdings, Inc.   Systems plc.     Imaging
                                                          Company.
20081097.............  Gores Capital    Westwood One,    Westwood One,
                        Partners II,     Inc.             Inc.
                        L.P.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/05/2008
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20081053.............  Klockner & Co.   The Taylor       Taylor
                        AG.              Group, Inc.      Equipment and
                                                          Machine Tool
                                                          Corporation.
20081066.............  NTR plc........  Stirling Energy  Stirling Energy
                                         Systems          Systems
                                         Limited.         Limited.
20081090.............  Visterra Credit  Credit Union of  Credit Union of
                        Union.           Southern         Southern
                                         California.      California.
20081091.............  XTO Energy Inc.  Southwestern     SEECO, Inc.
                                         Energy
                                         Corporation.
20081094.............  KapStone Paper   MeadWestvaco     MeadWestvaco
                        and Packaging    Corp.            South
                        Corporation.                      Carolina, LLC.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/06/2008
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20081086.............  BB&T             Mitsubishi UFJ   UnionBanc
                        Corporation.     Financial        Insurance
                                         Group, Inc.      Services, Inc.
20081089.............  Church & Dwight  Donata Holding   Del
                        Co., Inc.        SE.              Pharmaceutical
                                                          s, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/07/2008
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20081037.............  Valcon           JAG Research,    IAG Research,
                        Acquisition      Inc.             Inc.
                        Holding
                        (Luxembourg).
20081039.............  McKesson         McQueary Bros.   McQueary Bros.
                        Corporation.     Drug Company.    Drug Company.
20081088.............  LGB Brock, LLC.  Sterling         Atlantic
                                         Capital          Industrial
                                         Partners, L.P.   Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/08/2008
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20081036.............  Ryder System,    James F. Hammel  Gator Leasing,
                        Inc.                              Inc.
20081038.............  Seadrill         Pride            Pride
                        Limited.         International    International
                                         Inc.             Inc.
20081087.............  Olympic          Washington       Washington
                        Investment       Mutual, Inc.     Mutual, Inc.
                        Partners, L.P.
20081104.............  Paine &          Lisa May.......  American Gold
                        Partners                          Seafoods, LLC;
                        Capital Fund                      Cypress Island
                        III AIV, L.P.                     Seafoods, LLC;
                                                          Smoki Foods,
                                                          Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/09/2008
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20081103.............  Berkshire        SUEZ...........  Chehalis Power
                        Hathaway Inc.                     Generating,
                                                          LLC.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/12/2008
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20081033.............  J. H. Whitney    Richard S.       FNF
                        VI, L.P.         Crawford.        Construction,
                                                          Inc.
20081096.............  Manpower, Inc..  Mr. & Mrs.       Manpower, Inc./
                                         Marlin S.        California
                                         Krebs.           Peninsula.
20081098.............  Lovell Minnick   Mercer Global    Mercer Global
                        Equity           Advisors, Inc.   Advisors, Inc.
                        Partners II LP.
20081099.............  AEA Investors    FdG Capital      Implus
                        2006 Fund L.P.   Partners LLC.    Footcare, LLC.
20081101.............  Argo Group       Heritage         Heritage
                        International    Underwriting     Underwriting
                        Holdings, Ltd.   Agency plc.      Agency plc.
20081105.............  BP p.l.c.......  NiSource Inc...  Whiting Clean
                                                          Energy, Inc.
20081107.............  William H.       Patriot Coal     Patriot Coal
                        Gates III.       Corporation.     Corporation.
20081111.............  ArcLight Energy  Patriot Coal     Patriot Coal
                        Partners Fund    Corporation.     Corporation.
                        II, L.P.
20081112.............  ArcLight Energy  Patriot Coal     Patriot Coal
                        Partners Fund    Corporation.     Corporation.
                        I, L.P.
20081113.............  Patriot Coal     Magnum Coal      Magnum Coal
                        Corporation.     Company.         Company.
20081115.............  Corsair NC Co-   National City    National City
                        Invest, L.P.     Corporation.     Corporation.
20081127.............  Galactic         Gilat Satellite  Gilat Satellite
                        Holdings Ltd.    Networks Ltd.    Networks Ltd.

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20081128.............  V.F.             Mo Industries    Mo Industries
                        Corporation.     Holdings, Inc.   Holdings, Inc.
20081134.............  Hon Hai          Sanmina-SCI      Sanmina-SCI
                        Precision        Corporation.     Australia Pty
                        Industry Co.,                     Ltd.; Sanmina-
                        Ltd.                              SCI Hungary
                                                          Electronics
                                                          Manufacturing
                                                          L.L.C.;
                                                          Sanmina-SCI
                                                          Systems de
                                                          Mexico S.A. de
                                                          C.V.; Sanmina-
                                                          SCI Systems
                                                          Services de
                                                          Mexico S.A. de
                                                          C.V.; Sanmina-
                                                          SCI USA Inc.;
                                                          SCI
                                                          Technology,
                                                          Inc.
20081138.............  Discover         Citigroup Inc..  Diners Club
                        Financial                         International
                        Services                          Ltd.
                        Citigroup Inc.
20081141.............  California       First Future     First Future
                        Coast Credit     Credit Union.    Credit Union.
                        Union.
20081144.............  Texas Energy     CURRENT Group,   CURRENT
                        Future           LLC.             Communications
                        Holdings                          of Texas, L.P.
                        Limited
                        Partnership.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/13/2008
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20081123.............  SunGard Capital  Myles L. Strohl  Strohl Systems
                        Corp.                             Group, Inc.
20081150.............  Tygris           DLJ Merchant     U.S. Express
                        Commercial       Banking          Leasing, Inc.
                        Finance Group,   Partners III,
                        Inc.             L.P.
20081151.............  DLJ Merchant     Tygris           Tygris
                        Banking          Commercial       Commercial
                        Partners III,    Finance Group,   Finance Group,
                        L.P.             Inc.             Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/14/2008
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20081043.............  Nuance           Paul Egerrnan..  eScription,
                        Communications                    Inc.
                        , Inc.
20081044.............  Nuance           Ben Chigier....  eScription,
                        Communications                    Inc.
                        , Inc.
20081050.............  Warburg Pincus   Nuance           Nuance
                        Private Equity   Communications   Communications
                        VIII, L.P.       , Inc.           , Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/16/2008
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20081143.............  XTO Energy Inc.  Linn Energy,     Linn Energy
                                         LLC.             Holdings, LLC;
                                                          Linn
                                                          Operating,
                                                          Inc.
20081153.............  Goldman Sachs    Blue Point       Columbus
                        Vintage Fund     Capital          Holdings,
                        IV Offshore,     Partners, L.P.   Inc.; JFC
                        L.P.                              Holding
                                                          Corporation;
                                                          Metal
                                                          Technology
                                                          Solutions,
                                                          Inc.; Zero
                                                          Corporation.
20081154.............  Southwest        Black Hills      Black Hills
                        Generation       Corporation.     Colorado, LLC;
                        Holding                           Black Hills
                        Company, LLC.                     Fountain
                                                          Valley II,
                                                          LLC; Black
                                                          Hills Fountain
                                                          Valley, LLC;
                                                          Black Hills
                                                          Nevada
                                                          Operations,
                                                          LLC; Black
                                                          Hills
                                                          Southwest,
                                                          LLC; Harbor
                                                          Congeneration
                                                          Company, LLC;
                                                          Valencia
                                                          Power, LLC.
20081155.............  Leucadia         Jefferies        Jefferies
                        National         Group, Inc.      Group, Inc.
                        Corporation.
20081157.............  MatlinPatterson  Haven            Haven
                        Global           Eldercare, LLC.  Eldercare,
                        Opportunities                     LLC.
                        Partners III
                        L.P.
20081161.............  Eramet SA......  Holta Invest AS  Tinfos AS.
20081163.............  Aquiline         William J.       WRM America
                        Financial        Fishlinger.      Holding
                        Services Fund                     Company, LLC.
                        L.P.
20081173.............  New Omaha        M. Brooks Smith  InComm
                        Holdings L.P.                     Holdings, Inc.
20081174.............  M. Brooks Smith  New Omaha        First Data
                                         Holdings L.P.    Holdings Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/19/2008
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20081102.............  Koninklijke DSM  Robert S. Ward.  The Polymer
                        N.V.                              Technology
                                                          Group, Inc.
20081133.............  Unitil           NiSource Inc...  Granite State
                        Corporation.                      Gas
                                                          Transmission,
                                                          Inc.; Northern
                                                          Utilities,
                                                          Inc.
20081145.............  Dr. Ernst        Era Systems      Era Systems
                        Volgenau.        Corporation.     Corporation.
20081149.............  Platinum Equity  Delphi           Delphi
                        Capital          Corporation.     Automotive
                        Partners II,                      Systems
                        L.P.                              (Holding),
                                                          Inc.; Delphi
                                                          Automotive
                                                          Systems LLC;
                                                          Delphi
                                                          Technologies,
                                                          Inc.
20081156.............  ArcelorMittal..  Richard          Extra Energy,
                                         Preservati.      Inc.; Imperial
                                                          Resources,
                                                          LLC; Mid Vol
                                                          Coal Sales
                                                          Prime
                                                          Processing,
                                                          Inc.; Ritchie
                                                          Equipment,
                                                          Inc.; Twin
                                                          State Mining,
                                                          Inc.
20081158.............  Heartland        Alliance Data    ADS Alliance
                        Payment          Systems          Data Systems,
                        Systems, Inc.    Corporation.     Inc.; Alliance
                                                          Data Network
                                                          Services LLC.
20081159.............  Pfizer Inc.....  AVANT            Celldex
                                         Immunotherapeu   Therapeutics,
                                         tics, Inc.       Inc.
20081162.............  C.H. Boehringer  Sanderling       Actimis
                        Sohn AG & Co.    Venture          Pharmaceutical
                        KG.              Partners VI,     s, Inc.
                                         L.P.
20081184.............  H.I.G. Capital   Croda            Uniqema
                        Partners IV,     International    Americas LLC.
                        L.P.             Plc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/20/2008
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20080428.............  Kongsberg        Hydroid Trust..  Hydroid
                        Gruppen ASA.                      International,
                                                          Inc.; Hydroid
                                                          LLC.
20080927.............  N.E.W. Customer  Lonestar         Lonestar
                        Service          Holding Corp.    Holding Corp.
                        Companies, Inc.
20080928.............  Lonestar         N.E.W. Customer  N.E.W. Customer
                        Holding Corp.    Service          Service
                                         Companies, Inc.  Companies,
                                                          Inc.

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20080935.............  H. Irving        Superholdco....  Superholdco.
                        Grousbeck.
20080936.............  Providence       Superholdco....  Superholdco.
                        Equity
                        Partners VI-A
                        L.P.
20080937.............  Welsh, Carson,   Superholdco....  Superholdco.
                        Anderson &
                        Stowe X, L.P.
20080938.............  Providence       Superholdco....  Superholdco.
                        Equity
                        Partners VI
                        L.P.
20080945.............  Madison          Superholdco....  Superholdco.
                        Dearborn
                        Capital
                        Partners V-C,
                        L.P.
20080946.............  Madison          Superholdco....  Superholdco.
                        Dearborn
                        Capital
                        Partners V-A,
                        L.P.
20080947.............  Kevin M. Taweel  Superholdco....  Superholdco.
20081071.............  Monkwood Luxco   Lake Compounce   Lake Compounce
                        SARL.            Limited          Limited
                                         Partnership.     Partnership.
20081072.............  Monkwood Luxco   Kennywood        Kennywood
                        SARL.            Entertainment,   Entertainment,
                                         Inc.             Inc.
20081110.............  ASSA ABLOY AB..  William V.       Rockwood
                                         Gurzenda.        Manufacturing
                                                          Company, Inc.
20081117.............  Lockheed Martin  Alexander J.     Eagle Group
                        Corporation.     Johnson Trust.   International,
                                                          LLC.
20081118.............  Lockheed Martin  Terrell F.       Eagle Group
                        Corporation.     Johnson Trust.   International,
                                                          LLC.
20081120.............  L'Oreal S.A....  Francois         YSL Beaute
                                         Pinault.         Holding S.A.S.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/21/2008
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20081076.............  TransCanada      National Grid    KeySpan-
                        Corporation.     plc.             Ravenswood,
                                                          LLC; KeySpan-
                                                          Ravenswood
                                                          Services Corp.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--05/23/2008
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20081142.............  Norton Sound     Jeffry P.        Alaska Ocean
                        Economic         Hendricks.       Corporation;
                        Development                       Alaska Ocean
                        Corporation.                      Seafood
                                                          Limited.
20081185.............  MedAssets, Inc.  Welsh, Carson,   Accuro
                                         Anderson &       Healthcare
                                         Stowe IX, L.P.   Solutions,
                                                          Inc.
20081186.............  Welsh, Carson,   MedAssets, Inc.  MedAssets, Inc.
                        Anderson &
                        Stowe IX, L.P.
20081194.............  Hewitt           Richard and      Disability
                        Associates Inc.  Nora Lewis.      Management
                                                          Alternatives,
                                                          LLC; LCG
                                                          Holdings, LLC;
                                                          Nucleus
                                                          Technologies,
                                                          LLC PDS, LLC;
                                                          Workers
                                                          Transition,
                                                          LLC.
20081201.............  QBE Insurance    David J. and     Deep South
                        Group Limited.   Teresa Disiere.  Holding L.P.
20081206.............  Symantec         SwapDrive, Inc.  SwapDrive, Inc.
                        Corporation.
20081210.............  SemGroup Energy  SemGroup, L.P..  SemCrude, L.P.
                        Partners, L.P.
20081214.............  Triton Fund II   CisionAB.......  CisionAB.
                        L.P.
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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. E8-14630 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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