Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules, 56705-56706 [05-19317]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices maintenance, or other similar costs to the respondents. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules William Blumenthal, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 05–19320 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 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 Trans # Acquiring 56705 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. Acquired Entities Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/29/2005 20051403 ................ Newell Rubbermaid, Inc ....................... Esselte Group Holdings AB ................. 20051444 ................ Grupo Ferrovial, S.A ............................ Wayne W. Webber ............................... 20051449 ................ School Specialty, Inc ............................ 20051451 ................ 20051457 ................ Credit Suisse Group ............................. PBI Media Holdings LLC ...................... Wicks Communications & Media Partners, L.P. The PMI Group, Inc ............................. PRIMEDIA Inc ...................................... 20051459 ................ MetroCast Cablevision of New Hampshire, LLC. Waste Connections, Inc ....................... Paul F. Harron, Jr ................................ Starwood Capital Hospitality Fund 1–2, L.P. The Veritas Capital Fund II, L.P .......... Alan B. Miller ........................................ First Reserve Fund X, L.P ................... GGC Investment Fund II, L.P .............. GGC Investment Fund II–A, L.P .......... First Data Corporation .......................... SSA Global Technologies, Inc ............. New York State Catholic Health Plan, Inc. ShoreView Capital Partners, L.P ......... Groupe Taittinger SA ........................... Mountain Jack Environmental Services, Inc. Groupe Taittinger SA Mitchell J. Wade ................................... KEYS Group Holdings LLC .................. Chart Industries, Inc ............................. CCG Investments BVI, L.P .................. CCG Investments BVI, L.P .................. Citigroup Inc ......................................... E.piphany, Inc ...................................... Rayan Community Health Network, Inc MZM, Inc. KEYS Group Holdings LLC Chart Industries, Inc. Concerto Software, Inc. Concerto Software, Inc. New Payment Services, Inc. E.piphany, Inc. CenterCare, Inc. Protective Industries, LLC .................... Caplugs, LLC, Niagara Plastics, LLC, Protective Industries, LLC 20051460 ................ 20051466 ................ 20051467 20051468 20051471 20051477 20051478 20051480 20051485 20051486 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ 20051490 ................ Mr. Gregory L. Gibson ......................... Esselte BVBA, Esselte Holdings Inc., Goldcup D 892 AB Southern Crushed Concrete, Inc., Webber Management Group, Inc. Delta Education, LLC SPS Holding Corp. PRIMEDIA Business Magazine and Media Inc. Gans Communications, L.P. Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/31/2005 20051394 20051406 20051407 20051440 ................ ................ ................ ................ Dover Corporation ................................ Invitrogen Corporation .......................... Oracle Corporation ............................... Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc ................ Michael Inglis ....................................... BioSource International, Inc ................. i-flex Solutions Limited ......................... Brazos Equity Fund, L.P ...................... Harbor Electronics, Inc. BioSource International, Inc. i-flex Solutions Limited SDI Holding, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/01/2005 20051484 ................ ValueClick, Inc ..................................... Fastclick, Inc ........................................ Fastclick, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/02/2005 20051476 ................ Grupo Ferrovial, S.A ............................ 20051489 ................ 20051494 ................ 20051497 ................ E*TRADE Financial Corporation .......... PAR Investment Partners, L.P ............. LS Power Equity Partners, L.P ............ The Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation. Bank of Montreal .................................. US Airways Group, Inc ........................ Calpine Corporation ............................. 20051499 ................ QBE Insurance Group Limited ............. White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd 20051501 ................ Spectrum Equity Investors IV, L.P ....... Mortgagebot LLC ................................. Harrisdirect LLC US Airways Group, Inc. Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P., Calpine Leasing, Inc., Calpine Philadelphia, Inc., Ontelaunee Power Operating Company, Inc., Philadelphia Biogas Supply, Inc. National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Company Mortgagebot LLC Fmt 4703 28SEN1 VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:02 Sep 27, 2005 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28SEN1.SGM W.W. Webber, Inc. 56706 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 20051502 ................ 20051509 ................ 20051515 ................ TUI AG ................................................. Sybase, Inc .......................................... Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company CP Ships Limited ................................. Extended Systems Incorporated .......... Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group plc. CP Ships Limited Extended Systems Incorporated Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/06/2005 20051282 ................ 20051422 ................ Walters Industries, Inc ......................... Citigroup, Inc ........................................ 20051505 ................ The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc .......... 20051507 ................ Paul G. Allen, c/o Vulcan Ventures Incorporated. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P ........ 20051508 ................ DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P Receivable Management Services Holding Corp. Allmerica Financial Corporation ........... Sempra Energy .................................... Mueller Water Products, Inc. Receivable Management Services Holding Corp. Allmerica Financial Investment Management Services, Inc., Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Co. Energy Center Investments Sempra Energy .................................... Energy Center Investments Corp. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/07/2005 20051510 ................ Permira Europe III L.P. 2 ..................... Hirschmann Industrial Holdings Ltd ..... Hirschmann Industrial Holdings Ltd. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/08/2005 20051020 ................ 20051435 ................ 20051487 ................ ScanSoft, Inc ........................................ News Corporation ................................ American Securities Partners III, L.P ... 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. 05–19317 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby given of the eighth meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on October 19, 2005 and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 20, 2005 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will be webcast. The first half of the meeting will be devoted to the issue of large population studies of genetic variation, the VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:02 Sep 27, 2005 Jkt 205001 Nuance Communications, Inc .............. Scout Media, Inc .................................. Weasler Holdings LLC ......................... environment and common disease. The Committee is working to identify salient scientific, ethical, and policy issues and questions associated with such studies and processes that could be employed to address them. On October 19, the Committee will gather input from several leaders in science and bioethics about the policy issues and how to address them, including mechanisms for engaging the general public. October 20th will be devoted to the further exploration of current issues in pharmacogenomics. The Committee is developing a report to the Secretary on this topic, and at this meeting they will explore the financial and economic considerations involved in integrating pharmacogenomics into clinical practice as well as delve more deeply into certain ethical, legal and social issues raised by pharmacogenomics. Time will be provided each day for public comments, and the public is encouraged to provide its perspectives to the Committee on these topics or any others related to the development and use of genetic technologies. Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the development and use of genetic technologies and, as warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGHS, including information about access to the webcast, PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Nuance Communications, Inc. Scout Media, Inc. Weasler Engineering, Inc. will be available at the following Web site: https://www.od.nih.gov/oba/ sacghs.htm. The Committee would welcome hearing from anyone wishing to provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment or who plan to attend the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at (301) 496–9838 or e-mail at sc112c@nih.gov. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Dated: September 21, 2005. Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 05–19388 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 2005N–0148] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Extralabel Drug Use in Animals AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. E:\FR\FM\28SEN1.SGM 28SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56705-56706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19317]


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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                    Acquiring                  Acquired                  Entities
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/29/2005
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20051403.........................  Newell Rubbermaid, Inc...  Esselte Group Holdings    Esselte BVBA, Esselte
                                                               AB.                       Holdings Inc., Goldcup
                                                                                         D 892 AB
20051444.........................  Grupo Ferrovial, S.A.....  Wayne W. Webber.........  Southern Crushed
                                                                                         Concrete, Inc., Webber
                                                                                         Management Group, Inc.
20051449.........................  School Specialty, Inc....  Wicks Communications &    Delta Education, LLC
                                                               Media Partners, L.P.
20051451.........................  Credit Suisse Group......  The PMI Group, Inc......  SPS Holding Corp.
20051457.........................  PBI Media Holdings LLC...  PRIMEDIA Inc............  PRIMEDIA Business
                                                                                         Magazine and Media Inc.
20051459.........................  MetroCast Cablevision of   Paul F. Harron, Jr......  Gans Communications,
                                    New Hampshire, LLC.                                  L.P.
20051460.........................  Waste Connections, Inc...  Mr. Gregory L. Gibson...  Mountain Jack
                                                                                         Environmental Services,
                                                                                         Inc.
20051466.........................  Starwood Capital           Groupe Taittinger SA....  Groupe Taittinger SA
                                    Hospitality Fund 1-2,
                                    L.P.
20051467.........................  The Veritas Capital Fund   Mitchell J. Wade........  MZM, Inc.
                                    II, L.P.
20051468.........................  Alan B. Miller...........  KEYS Group Holdings LLC.  KEYS Group Holdings LLC
20051471.........................  First Reserve Fund X, L.P  Chart Industries, Inc...  Chart Industries, Inc.
20051477.........................  GGC Investment Fund II,    CCG Investments BVI, L.P  Concerto Software, Inc.
                                    L.P.
20051478.........................  GGC Investment Fund II-A,  CCG Investments BVI, L.P  Concerto Software, Inc.
                                    L.P.
20051480.........................  First Data Corporation...  Citigroup Inc...........  New Payment Services,
                                                                                         Inc.
20051485.........................  SSA Global Technologies,   E.piphany, Inc..........  E.piphany, Inc.
                                    Inc.
20051486.........................  New York State Catholic    Rayan Community Health    CenterCare, Inc.
                                    Health Plan, Inc.          Network, Inc.
20051490.........................  ShoreView Capital          Protective Industries,    Caplugs, LLC, Niagara
                                    Partners, L.P.             LLC.                      Plastics, LLC,
                                                                                         Protective Industries,
                                                                                         LLC
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/31/2005
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20051394.........................  Dover Corporation........  Michael Inglis..........  Harbor Electronics, Inc.
20051406.........................  Invitrogen Corporation...  BioSource International,  BioSource International,
                                                               Inc.                      Inc.
20051407.........................  Oracle Corporation.......  i-flex Solutions Limited  i-flex Solutions Limited
20051440.........................  Beacon Roofing Supply,     Brazos Equity Fund, L.P.  SDI Holding, Inc.
                                    Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/01/2005
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20051484.........................  ValueClick, Inc..........  Fastclick, Inc..........  Fastclick, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/02/2005
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20051476.........................  Grupo Ferrovial, S.A.....  The Wayne and Joan        W.W. Webber, Inc.
                                                               Webber Foundation.
20051489.........................  E*TRADE Financial          Bank of Montreal........  Harrisdirect LLC
                                    Corporation.
20051494.........................  PAR Investment Partners,   US Airways Group, Inc...  US Airways Group, Inc.
                                    L.P.
20051497.........................  LS Power Equity Partners,  Calpine Corporation.....  Calpine Construction
                                    L.P.                                                 Finance Company, L.P.,
                                                                                         Calpine Leasing, Inc.,
                                                                                         Calpine Philadelphia,
                                                                                         Inc., Ontelaunee Power
                                                                                         Operating Company,
                                                                                         Inc., Philadelphia
                                                                                         Biogas Supply, Inc.
20051499.........................  QBE Insurance Group        White Mountains           National Farmers Union
                                    Limited.                   Insurance Group, Ltd.     Property and Casualty
                                                                                         Company
20051501.........................  Spectrum Equity Investors  Mortgagebot LLC.........  Mortgagebot LLC
                                    IV, L.P.

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20051502.........................  TUI AG...................  CP Ships Limited........  CP Ships Limited
20051509.........................  Sybase, Inc..............  Extended Systems          Extended Systems
                                                               Incorporated.             Incorporated
20051515.........................  Sentry Insurance, a        Royal & SunAlliance       Viking Insurance Company
                                    Mutual Company.            Insurance Group plc.      of Wisconsin
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/06/2005
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20051282.........................  Walters Industries, Inc..  DLJ Merchant Banking      Mueller Water Products,
                                                               Partners II, L.P.         Inc.
20051422.........................  Citigroup, Inc...........  Receivable Management     Receivable Management
                                                               Services Holding Corp.    Services Holding Corp.
20051505.........................  The Goldman Sachs Group,   Allmerica Financial       Allmerica Financial
                                    Inc.                       Corporation.              Investment Management
                                                                                         Services, Inc.,
                                                                                         Allmerica Financial
                                                                                         Life Insurance &
                                                                                         Annuity Co.
20051507.........................  Paul G. Allen, c/o Vulcan  Sempra Energy...........  Energy Center
                                    Ventures Incorporated.                               Investments
20051508.........................  Plains All American        Sempra Energy...........  Energy Center
                                    Pipeline, L.P.                                       Investments Corp.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/07/2005
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20051510.........................  Permira Europe III L.P. 2  Hirschmann Industrial     Hirschmann Industrial
                                                               Holdings Ltd.             Holdings Ltd.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/08/2005
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20051020.........................  ScanSoft, Inc............  Nuance Communications,    Nuance Communications,
                                                               Inc.                      Inc.
20051435.........................  News Corporation.........  Scout Media, Inc........  Scout Media, Inc.
20051487.........................  American Securities        Weasler Holdings LLC....  Weasler Engineering,
                                    Partners III, L.P.                                   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. 05-19317 Filed 9-27-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
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