[Federal Register: November 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 224)]
[Notices]
[Page 70613-70616]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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--09/12/2005
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20051463............................. Castle Harlan Partners Donald N. Smith........ The Restaurant Holding
IV, L.P. Corporation.
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20051504............................. Grupo Ferrovial, S.A... SWT Lux S.A............ SWT Lux S.A
20051514............................. Polar North America Code, Hennessy & WNA Holding Company.
Income Fund. Simmons IV, L.P.
20051516............................. SCP Pool Corporation... David E. and Linda L. Automatic Rain Company.
Lange.
20051520............................. Li & Fung Limited...... Bradley D. Egna........ Briefly Stated
Holdings, Inc.
20051526............................. WESCO International, CGW Southeast Partners Carlton-Bates Company.
Inc. IV, L.P.
20051527............................. Health Care Service Group Health Service of GHS Holding Company,
Corporation. Oklahoma, Inc.. Inc., Group Health
Service of Oklahoma,
Inc.
20051535............................. Popular, Inc........... E-LOAN, Inc............ E-LOAN, Inc.
20051537............................. Vector Capital III, L.P Register.com, Inc...... Register.com, Inc.
20051539............................. BEA Systems, Inc....... Plumtree Software, Inc. Plumtree Software, Inc.
20051543............................. LIN TV Corp............ Jeffrey H. Smulyan..... Emmis Communications
Corporation, Emmis
Indiana Broadcasting,
L.P., Emmis Television
Broadcasting, L.P.,
Emmis Television
License, LLC.
20051545............................. Journal Communications, Jeffrey H. Smulyan..... Emmis Television
Inc. Broadcasting, L.P.,
Emmis Television
License, LLC.
20051547............................. Gray Television, Inc... Jeffrey H. Smulyan..... Emmis Television
Broadcasting, L.P.,
Emmis Television
License, LLC.
20051558............................. Macquire Bank Limited.. Gregory L. Craig....... Cook Inlet Energy
Supply LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/14/2005
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20051461............................. Warburg Pincus Private Dynegy Inc............. Dynegy Midstream
Equity VIII, L.P. Services, Limited
Partnership.
20051529............................. Eastern Insurance Eastern Holding Eastern Holding
Holdings, Inc. Company, Ltd. Company, Ltd.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/15/2005
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20051500............................. Rexam PLC.............. Stonebridge Partners Delta Plastics
Equity Fund III, L.P. Holdings, Inc.
20051533............................. Ashtead Group plc...... Howard and Sue Groff... Northride Equipment
Company.
20051552............................. Alliance Data Systems Bigfoot Interactive, Bigfoot Interactive,
Corp. Inc. Inc.
20051559............................. OSI Pharmaceuticals, Eyetech Eyetech
Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/16/2005
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20051464............................. Southern Minnesota Beet Imperial Sugar Company. Holly Sugar Company.
Sugar Cooperative.
20051493............................. Sonic Healthcare Clinical Pathology Clinical Pathology
Limited. Laboratories, Inc. Laboratories, Inc
20051566............................. Sprint Nextel EATELCORP, Inc......... Gulf Coast Wireless
Corporation. Limited Partnership.
20051567............................. Aleris International, Sun Capital Partners ALSCO Holdings, Inc.
Inc. II, LP.
20051584............................. Green Equity Investors Craig Nickoloff........ Claim Jumper
IV, L.P. Restaurants, LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/19/2005
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20051546............................. TCV V, L.P............. INFONXX, Inc........... INFONXX, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/20/2005
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20051503............................. Welsh, Carson, Anderson Almedica International Almedical International
& Stowe X, L.P. Inc. Inc.
20051523............................. Dover Corporation...... Doughty Hanson & Knowles Electronics
Limited. Holdings, Inc.
20051586............................. Sprint Nextel IWO Holdings, Inc...... IWO Holdings, Inc.
Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/21/2005
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20051544............................. Vallourec SA........... Virginia L. Shaw....... ShawCor Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/22/2005
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20051563............................. Hiroshi Mikitani....... LinkShare Corporation.. LinkShare Corporation.
20051582............................. Colam Entreprendre S.A. Stuart C. Irby Company. Stuart C. Irby Company.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/23/2005
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20051496............................. Welsh Carson, Anderson William A. Fickling, Jr Beech Street
& Stowe VII, L.P. Corporation.
20051506............................. Credit Suisse Group.... Dexia S.A.............. SPS Holding Corp.
20051551............................. Warburg Pincus Private KRG Capital Fund II, Chronic Care Solutions,
Equity IX, L.P. L.P. Inc.
20051553............................. Warburg Pincus Private Charterhouse Equity MPTC Holdings, Inc.
Equity IX, L.P. Partners III, L.P.
20051576............................. Willis Stein & Partners Lincolnshire Equity Nexcycle SMI Holding
III, L.P. Fund II, L.P. Corp.
20051585............................. Hiland Partners, L.P... Hiland Partners, LLC... Hiland Partners, LLC.
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20051591............................. Cleveland Brothers James C. Beckwith III.. Beckwith Machinery
Equipment Co., Inc. Company.
20051596............................. Cleveland Brothers G. Nicholas Beckwith Beckwith Machinery
Equipment Co., Inc. III. Company.
20051598............................. News Corporation....... IGN Entertainment, Inc. IGN Entertainment, Inc.
20051604............................. Warburg Pincus Private Secure Computing Secure Computing
Equity IX, L.P. Corporation. Corporation.
20051607............................. Siemens First Reservice Fund Wheelabrator Air
Aktiengesellschaft. IX, L.P. Pollution Control,
Inc.
20051609............................. Nautic Partners V, L.P. Carter D. Pope......... Imaging Technologies
Services, Inc.
20051620............................. EXCO Holdings II, Inc.. EXCO Acquisition, LLC.. EXCO Holdings Inc.
20051624............................. Warburg Pincus Private Warburg Pincus Private Topco Associates Inc.
Equity IX, L.P. Equity VIII, L.P.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/26/2005
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20051532............................. LifePoint Hospitals, HCA Inc................ Charleston Hospital,
Inc. Inc., Clinch Valley
Endocrinology, LLC,
Clinch Valley Valley
Pulmonology, LLC,
Clinch Valley Urology,
LLC, Columbia-S.J.
Ventures Properties,
Limited Partnership,
Columbia-St. Joseph's
Healthcare System,
Limited Partnership,
CVMC Property, LLC,
Galen-Med, Inc.,
Orthopedics of
Southwest Virginia,
LLC, Raleigh General
Hospital, Teays Valley
Health Services, Inc.,
West Virginia
Management Services
Organization, Inc.
20051540............................. Layne Christensen Reynolds, Inc.......... Reynolds, Inc.
Company.
20051593............................. Sun Capital Partners Sterling Group Partners Exopack Holding Corp.
IV, L.P. I, L.P.
20051611............................. Argos Acquisition Pte. Agilent Technologies, Agilent Technologies,
Ltd. Inc. Inc.
20051619............................. Cendant Corporation.... Wind Hotels Holdings GH-Galveston, Inc.,
Inc. Grand Bay Management
Company, Performance
Hospitality Management
Company, WHC Franchise
Corporation, W. Isla,
LLC, Wyndham 58th
Street, L.L.C.,
Wyndham (Bermuda)
Management Company,
Ltd., Wyndham Hotels &
Resorts (Aruba) N.V.,
Wyndham International
Inc., Wyndham
International
Operating Partnership,
L.P., Wyndham IP
Corporation, Wyndham
Management
Corporation.
20051629............................. Omnicom Group Inc...... Ford Motor Company..... The Beanstalk Group,
LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/27/2005
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20051557............................. Triad Hospitals, Inc... Baptist Health System, Baptist Montclair
Inc. Medical Center.
20051571............................. Illinois Tool Works Inc Kirtland Capital Instron Corporation.
Partners III L.P.
20051572............................. American Electric Power Reliant Energy, Inc.... Twelvepole Creek, LLC.
Company, Inc.
20051573............................. J. Kent McNew.......... BP p.l.c............... BP Products North
American Inc.
20051590............................. Financiere F.L......... UNOVA, Inc............. UNOVA, Inc.
20051594............................. Superior Plus Income Wellspring Capital JW Aluminum Company.
Fund. Partners III, L.P.
20051599............................. Manulife Financial President and Fellows Cathlamet Timber
Corporation. of Harvard College. Company, LLC, CNI
Timber Hold Co., ETT
Company, LLC, ETT,
L.P., Rainier Mineral
Company, LLC, Rainier
Timber Company, LLC,
Walden Forest
Investments, L.P.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/28/2005
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20051568............................. Per-Se Technologies, NDCHealth Corporation.. NDCHealth Corporation.
Inc.
20051575............................. Wolters Kluwer nv...... NDCHealth Corporation.. NDC Health Information
Service (Arizona) Inc.
20051616............................. ACCESS Co., Ltd........ PalmSource, Inc........ PalmSource, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/29/2005
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20050639............................. The Proctor & Gamble The Gillette Company... The Gillette Company.
Company.
20051524............................. The Pepsi Bottling The Henry B. Fowler Pepsi-Cola Bottling
Group, Inc. Trust. Company of Charlotte,
Inc.
20051531............................. Symantec Corporation... Sygate Technologies, Sygate Technologies,
Inc. Inc.
20051608............................. O'Neal Steel, Inc...... Superior Group, Inc.... TW Metals, Inc.
20051612............................. AMETEK, Inc............ HCC Industries Inc..... HCC Industries Inc.
20051615............................. Carlyle Partners IV, AxleTech International AxleTech International
L.P. Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
20051617............................. Building Material Robert R. Thomas, HnR Framing Systems,
Holding Corporation. Trustee o/t R.R. Inc., Home Building
Thomas Trust dated 4/4/ Components, Inc.
99.
20051618............................. Harris Corporation..... Leitech Technology Leitech Technology
Corporation. Corporation.
20051622............................. Almatis Investments 2 Rhone Offshore Partners Almatis Investment
Limited. II, L.P. Holding S.a.r.l.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/30/2005
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20051623............................. OCE N.V................ Imagistics Imagistics
International Inc. International Inc.
20051631............................. American Electric Power Allegheny Energy, Inc.. Monogahela Power
Company, Inc. Company.
20051638............................. Temasek Holdings iDirect, Inc........... iDirect, Inc.
(Private) Limited.
20051642............................. ALLTEL Corporation..... Telephone and Data USCC Newco, LLC.
Systems, Inc. Voting
Trust.
20051645............................. Charterhouse Equity Towne Holdings, Inc.... Towne Holdings, Inc.
Partners IV, L.P.
20051654............................. Sun Capital Partners Honewell International, Indalex Inc., Indalex
IV, LP. Inc. 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. 05-23048 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
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