[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 212 (Friday, October 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64952-64954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26037]


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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--10/01/2008
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20081732.............................  Robert B. Cohen........  Dufry AG...............  Dufry AG.
20081805.............................  GTEL Holding LLC.......  GTEL Holdings, Inc.....  GTEL Holdings, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/03/2008
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20081590.............................  Donald E. Graham.......  General Electric         NBC Stations Management
                                                                 Company.                 II, Inc., NBC
                                                                                          Subsidiary, (WTVJ-TV),
                                                                                          Inc., NBC Universal,
                                                                                          Inc.
20081749.............................  Arch Chemicals, Inc....  Rockwood Holdings, Inc.  Advantis Technologies,
                                                                                          Inc.
20081804.............................  EPCOR Power L.P........  Mitsubishi Corporation.  Morris Cogeneration,
                                                                                          LLC.
20081807.............................  Opnext, Inc............  StrataLight              StrataLight
                                                                 Communications, Inc.     Communications, Inc.
20081808.............................  Rock Hill Telephone      Citizens Telephone       Citizens Telephone
                                        Company.                 Company.                 Company.
20081810.............................  ES Media Works Fund I,   Commonwealth Bank of     First State Media Group
                                        LP.                      Australia.               Limited.
20081813.............................  DSMUS Trust............  Robert C. McNair.......  Stonerside Stable LLC.
20081826.............................  Mitsubishi UFJ           Morgan Stanley.........  Morgan Stanley.
                                        Financial Group, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/06/2008
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20081747.............................  H&R Block, Inc.........  Michael Dean Merriman    Block Management, LLC,
                                                                 1965-A Trust.            H&R Block, LLC, HRBO
                                                                                          III, LLC, HRBO, LLC.
20081748.............................  H&R Block, Inc.........  Pamela Jo Merriman 1965- Block Management, LLC,
                                                                 A Trust.                 H&R Block, LLC, HRBO
                                                                                          III, LLC, HRBO, LLC.
20081754.............................  H&R Block, Inc.........  H&R Block of Houston,    Houston Block, L.C.
                                                                 LLC.
20081761.............................  John K. Delaney........  CapitalSource Inc......  CapitalSource Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/07/2008
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20081792.............................  USPF III Leveraged       Peter H. Zeliff, Sr....  Innovative Energy
                                        Feeder, L.P.                                      Systems, LLC.
20081799.............................  IHS Inc................  Joseph E. Kasputys.....  Global Insight, Inc.
20081818.............................  William S. Morris III    Rocco B. Commisso......  SplitCo.
                                        and Mary Sue Ellis
                                        Morris.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/09/2008
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20081786.............................  Inversion Corporativa    DTN Holding Company,     DTN Holding Company,
                                        I.C., S.A.               Inc.                     Inc.
20081789.............................  Zimmer Holdings, Inc...  Abbott Laboratories....  Abbott Spine, Inc.
20081816.............................  ASP IV Alternative       Liberty Tire Services,   Liberty Tire Services,
                                        Investments, L.P.        LLC.                     LLC.
20090021.............................  Wells Fargo & Company..  Wachovia Corporation...  Wachovia Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/10/2008
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20081830.............................  Sappi Limited..........  Metsaliitto Cooperative  M-real Corporation.
20081831.............................  Foot Locker, Inc.......  dELIA's, Inc...........  dELIA's, Inc.
20081832.............................  Enterprise Products      EnCana Corporation.....  Great Divide Gathering,
                                        Partners L. P.                                    LLC.
20090013.............................  GHL Acquisition Corp...  Iridium Holdings LLC...  Iridium Holdings LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/14/2008
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20081763.............................  GDF SUEZ...............  FirstLight Power         FirstLight Power
                                                                 Enterprises, Inc.        Enterprises, Inc.
20081822.............................  Westinghouse Air Brake   Russell Enterprises,     Standard Car Truck
                                        Technologies             Inc.                     Company.
                                        Corporation.
20081827.............................  Bank of America          Merrill Lynch & Co.,     Merrill Lynch & Co.,
                                        Corporation.             Inc.                     Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/15/2008
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20081800.............................  Kuwait Petroleum         K-Dow Petrochemicals     K-Dow Petrochemicals
                                        Corporation.             C.V.                     C.V.
20081823.............................  Cameron International    Kenneth L. Bums, II....  Burnsco Blowout
                                        Corporation.                                      Preventer Sales &
                                                                                          Service, Inc., Hitech,
                                                                                          Inc. Kencoy, Inc.,
                                                                                          Melco Blowout
                                                                                          Preventer Specialties,
                                                                                          Inc., Townsend
                                                                                          International BOPs,
                                                                                          Inc.
20090006.............................  McAfee, Inc............  Secure Computing         Secure Computing
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/16/2008
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20081793.............................  Altria Group, Inc......  UST Inc................  UST Inc.
20081794.............................  The Voting Trust.......  Morgan Stanley.........  Cournot Financial
                                                                                          Products LLC.
20090012.............................  Equity Investor          Estate of Anthony A.     Hatboro Cosmollision,
                                        Acquisition LLC.         Martino.                 Inc., Maaco
                                                                                          Enterprises, Inc.
20090020.............................  BTG plc................  Protherics plc.........  Protherics plc.
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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-

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303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-26037 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]
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