Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules, 2042-2043 [08-77]

Download as PDF 2042 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 8 / Friday, January 11, 2008 / Notices 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 Trans # 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. Acquiring 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—12/17/2007 20080293 20080322 20080327 20080332 ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... United Stationers, Inc ........................ Rudolph Technologies, Inc ................ Live Nation, Inc ................................. American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. Brazos Equity Fund II, LP ................. Applied Precision Holdings, LLC ....... Mr. Dell R. Furano ............................. Emerson Electric Co ......................... 20080374 ......................... Sun Capital Partners V, L.P .............. Darden Restaurants, Inc ................... 20080380 ......................... 20080383 ......................... Knology, Inc ....................................... William Sauder .................................. C. Christopher Dupree ...................... Pope & Talbot, Inc ............................ 20080385 ......................... 20080387 ......................... Sanofi-Aventis ................................... Valitas Equity LLC ............................. 20080389 ......................... 20080396 ......................... 20080397 ......................... General Electric Company ................ Versa Capital Fund I, LP ................... Nirma Limited .................................... Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc ...... Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, LP. Southwestern Energy Company ....... InPhonic, Inc ...................................... Sun Capital Partners III QP, LP ........ 20080406 ......................... MarkWest Energy Partners, LP ........ MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc .............. ORS Nasco Holding, Inc. Applied Precision Holdings, LLC. Signatures SNI, Inc. Brooks Instrument B.V.; Emerson Electric Co.; Emerson Electric Korea Ltd.; Emerson Japan Ltd.; Emerson Process Management Magyarorszag Kft; Mobrey S.A. GMRI, Inc; GMR Restaurants of Pennsylvania, Inc.; Smokey Bones LLC. Graceba Total Communications, Inc. Pope & Talbot, Inc.; Pope & Talbot Ltd.; Pope & Talbot Lumber Sales, Inc.; Pope & Talbot Spearfish Limited Partnership. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Valitas Health Services, Inc. Arkansas Western Gas Company. InPhonic, Inc. Searles Valley Minerals Inc.; Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/18/2007 20080336 ......................... Getinge AB ........................................ Boston Scientific Corporation ............ 20080337 ......................... Trian Star Trust ................................. 20080355 ......................... 20080407 ......................... Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc ... Odyssey Investment Partners Fund III, LP. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. ParadigmHealth, Inc .......................... American Capital Strategies, Ltd ...... AFx LLC; CardioThoracic Systems LLC; Origin Medsystems LLC. The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. ParadigmHealth, Inc. Ranpak Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/19/2007 20080299 ......................... Deffenbaugh Disposal, Inc ................ 20080357 20080399 20080401 20080405 ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... GCA Holdings Corporation ................ Motorola, Inc ...................................... Borse Dubai Limited .......................... C.R. Bard, Inc .................................... The Ronald D. Deffenbaugh Irrevocable Trust of 2007. Savvian, LLC ..................................... Vertex Standard Co. Ltd ................... The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc ......... Edwards Lifesciences Corporation .... 20080410 ......................... Littlejohn Fund II, LP ......................... Rodney P. Hunt ................................. Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc. Savvian, LLC. Vertex Standard Co. Ltd. The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Edwards Lifesciences A.G.; Edwards Lifesciences LLC. RS Information Systems, LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/20/2007 ebenthall on PRODPC61 with NOTICES 20071179 ......................... Google Inc ......................................... 20071755 20080339 20080341 20080384 20080390 Barry Diller ......................................... VT Group plc ..................................... Donata Holding SE ............................ KS Vista Trust ................................... Robert J. Schlegel ............................. ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:33 Jan 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, LP. Paciolan, Inc ...................................... AEPCO, Inc ....................................... Kelso Investment Associates VII, LP KGen Power Corporation .................. Melton L. Bacon ................................ Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM Click Holding Corp. Paciolan, Inc. AEPCO, Inc. DLI Holding Corp. KGen Power Corporation. AAA Manufacturing Stone, Inc.; Colorado Stone Products of Texas, Inc.; Creative Stone Mfg., Inc.; Desert Pumice, Inc. 11JAN1 2043 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 8 / Friday, January 11, 2008 / Notices Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities 20080419 ......................... GTCR Fund IX/A, LP ........................ Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. Corporate Jets, Inc.; Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, LLC; Piedmont/ Hawthorne Canada, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/21/2007 20080324 20080400 20080414 20080416 20080426 20080427 ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... Leeds Equity Partners IV, LP ............ The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc ......... Macquarie Group Limited .................. Gary Segal ........................................ Wendel Investissement ..................... Regency Energy Partners, LP .......... 20080429 ......................... 20080432 ......................... AT&T Inc ........................................... Liberty Media Corporation ................. GTCO Corporation ............................ Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc ..... Edward Barlow .................................. WDF Services Corporation ............... WESCO International, Inc ................. Carlyle/Riverstone CDM Corp. Holdings II, LLC. Harbor Wireless, LLC ........................ Milestone Partners II, LP ................... 20080437 ......................... Light Tower Holdings LLC ................. Quadrangle Capital Partners LP ....... 20080442 ......................... Halyard Capital Fund II, LP ............... 20080443 ......................... AT&T Inc ........................................... 20080446 ......................... 20080451 ......................... 20080456 ......................... Tangent Fund Shareholders Trust .... Regency Energy Partners LP ........... SUPERVALU Inc ............................... 2000 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, LP. Edge Wireless Holding Company, LLC. Weatherford International Ltd ............ General Electric Company ................ Albertson’s LLC ................................. GTCO Corporation. Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Chesapeake Publishing Corporation. WDF Services Corporation. LADD Industries, LLC. CDM Resource Management, Ltd. Harbor Wireless, LLC. Bodybuilding.com, LLC.; Higher Power Nutrition Common Holdings, LLC. DataNet Communications Group, Inc. HCPro Holdings, Inc. Edge Wireless, LLC. Weatherford International Ltd. FrontStreet Hugoton, LLC. ABS RM Investor LLC.; ABS RM Lease Investor LLC.; Albertson’s LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/26/2007 20080363 ......................... PolyOne Corporation ......................... Great Lakes Synergy Corporation .... GLS Corporation; GLS International, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/28/2007 20080350 ......................... Multiband Corporation ....................... 20080360 ......................... 20080361 ......................... Stichting Gerdau Johannpeter .......... National Oilwell Varco, Inc ................ DirecTECH Holding Company Employee Stock Ownership Trust. Quanex Corporation .......................... H. Lee Welch, Jr ............................... DirecTECH Holding Company, Inc. Quanex Corporation. Welch Power Source, LLC.; Welch Sales and Service, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/31/2007 20080379 20080388 20080411 20080412 20080440 ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... Essentia Health ................................. VeraSun Energy Corporation ............ Trian Star Trust ................................. Trian Partners, LP ............................. Highland Crusader Fund II, Ltd ......... 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. ebenthall on PRODPC61 with NOTICES By direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 08–77 Filed 01–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–M VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:33 Jan 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 Dakota Clinic, Ltd .............................. US BioEnergy Corporation ................ Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifier: CMS–10115] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dakota Clinic, Ltd. US BioEnergy Corporation. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited. collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden. 1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently approved E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1

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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2042-2043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-77]

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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--12/17/2007
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20080293............................. United Stationers, Inc. Brazos Equity Fund II, ORS Nasco Holding, Inc.
LP.
20080322............................. Rudolph Technologies, Applied Precision Applied Precision
Inc. Holdings, LLC. Holdings, LLC.
20080327............................. Live Nation, Inc....... Mr. Dell R. Furano..... Signatures SNI, Inc.
20080332............................. American Industrial Emerson Electric Co.... Brooks Instrument B.V.;
Partners Capital Fund Emerson Electric Co.;
IV, L.P. Emerson Electric Korea
Ltd.; Emerson Japan
Ltd.; Emerson Process
Management
Magyarorszag Kft;
Mobrey S.A.
20080374............................. Sun Capital Partners V, Darden Restaurants, Inc GMRI, Inc; GMR
L.P. Restaurants of
Pennsylvania, Inc.;
Smokey Bones LLC.
20080380............................. Knology, Inc........... C. Christopher Dupree.. Graceba Total
Communications, Inc.
20080383............................. William Sauder......... Pope & Talbot, Inc..... Pope & Talbot, Inc.;
Pope & Talbot Ltd.;
Pope & Talbot Lumber
Sales, Inc.; Pope &
Talbot Spearfish
Limited Partnership.
20080385............................. Sanofi-Aventis......... Regeneron Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20080387............................. Valitas Equity LLC..... Madison Dearborn Valitas Health
Capital Partners, LP. Services, Inc.
20080389............................. General Electric Southwestern Energy Arkansas Western Gas
Company. Company. Company.
20080396............................. Versa Capital Fund I, InPhonic, Inc.......... InPhonic, Inc.
LP.
20080397............................. Nirma Limited.......... Sun Capital Partners Searles Valley Minerals
III QP, LP. Inc.; Searles Valley
Minerals Operations
Inc.
20080406............................. MarkWest Energy MarkWest Hydrocarbon, MarkWest Hydrocarbon,
Partners, LP. Inc. Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/18/2007
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20080336............................. Getinge AB............. Boston Scientific AFx LLC; CardioThoracic
Corporation. Systems LLC; Origin
Medsystems LLC.
20080337............................. Trian Star Trust....... The Cheesecake Factory The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated. Incorporated.
20080355............................. Inverness Medical ParadigmHealth, Inc.... ParadigmHealth, Inc.
Innovations, Inc.
20080407............................. Odyssey Investment American Capital Ranpak Inc.
Partners Fund III, LP. Strategies, Ltd.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/19/2007
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20080299............................. Deffenbaugh Disposal, The Ronald D. Deffenbaugh Industries,
Inc. Deffenbaugh Inc.
Irrevocable Trust of
2007.
20080357............................. GCA Holdings Savvian, LLC........... Savvian, LLC.
Corporation.
20080399............................. Motorola, Inc.......... Vertex Standard Co. Ltd Vertex Standard Co.
Ltd.
20080401............................. Borse Dubai Limited.... The Nasdaq Stock The Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc. Market, Inc.
20080405............................. C.R. Bard, Inc......... Edwards Lifesciences Edwards Lifesciences
Corporation. A.G.; Edwards
Lifesciences LLC.
20080410............................. Littlejohn Fund II, LP. Rodney P. Hunt......... RS Information Systems,
LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/20/2007
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20071179............................. Google Inc............. Hellman & Friedman Click Holding Corp.
Capital Partners V, LP.
20071755............................. Barry Diller........... Paciolan, Inc.......... Paciolan, Inc.
20080339............................. VT Group plc........... AEPCO, Inc............. AEPCO, Inc.
20080341............................. Donata Holding SE...... Kelso Investment DLI Holding Corp.
Associates VII, LP.
20080384............................. KS Vista Trust......... KGen Power Corporation. KGen Power Corporation.
20080390............................. Robert J. Schlegel..... Melton L. Bacon........ AAA Manufacturing
Stone, Inc.; Colorado
Stone Products of
Texas, Inc.; Creative
Stone Mfg., Inc.;
Desert Pumice, Inc.

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20080419............................. GTCR Fund IX/A, LP..... Dubai Aerospace Corporate Jets, Inc.;
Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. Piedmont Hawthorne
Aviation, LLC;
Piedmont/Hawthorne
Canada, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/21/2007
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20080324............................. Leeds Equity Partners GTCO Corporation....... GTCO Corporation.
IV, LP.
20080400............................. The Nasdaq Stock Philadelphia Stock Philadelphia Stock
Market, Inc. Exchange, Inc. Exchange, Inc.
20080414............................. Macquarie Group Limited Edward Barlow.......... Chesapeake Publishing
Corporation.
20080416............................. Gary Segal............. WDF Services WDF Services
Corporation. Corporation.
20080426............................. Wendel Investissement.. WESCO International, LADD Industries, LLC.
Inc.
20080427............................. Regency Energy Carlyle/Riverstone CDM CDM Resource
Partners, LP. Corp. Holdings II, LLC. Management, Ltd.
20080429............................. AT&T Inc............... Harbor Wireless, LLC... Harbor Wireless, LLC.
20080432............................. Liberty Media Milestone Partners II, Bodybuilding.com, LLC.;
Corporation. LP. Higher Power Nutrition
Common Holdings, LLC.
20080437............................. Light Tower Holdings Quadrangle Capital DataNet Communications
LLC. Partners LP. Group, Inc.
20080442............................. Halyard Capital Fund 2000 Riverside Capital HCPro Holdings, Inc.
II, LP. Appreciation Fund, LP.
20080443............................. AT&T Inc............... Edge Wireless Holding Edge Wireless, LLC.
Company, LLC.
20080446............................. Tangent Fund Weatherford Weatherford
Shareholders Trust. International Ltd. International Ltd.
20080451............................. Regency Energy Partners General Electric FrontStreet Hugoton,
LP. Company. LLC.
20080456............................. SUPERVALU Inc.......... Albertson's LLC........ ABS RM Investor LLC.;
ABS RM Lease Investor
LLC.; Albertson's LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/26/2007
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20080363............................. PolyOne Corporation.... Great Lakes Synergy GLS Corporation; GLS
Corporation. International, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/28/2007
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20080350............................. Multiband Corporation.. DirecTECH Holding DirecTECH Holding
Company Employee Stock Company, Inc.
Ownership Trust.
20080360............................. Stichting Gerdau Quanex Corporation..... Quanex Corporation.
Johannpeter.
20080361............................. National Oilwell Varco, H. Lee Welch, Jr....... Welch Power Source,
Inc. LLC.; Welch Sales and
Service, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/31/2007
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20080379............................. Essentia Health........ Dakota Clinic, Ltd..... Dakota Clinic, Ltd.
20080388............................. VeraSun Energy US BioEnergy US BioEnergy
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
20080411............................. Trian Star Trust....... Marsh & McLennan Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc. Companies, Inc.
20080412............................. Trian Partners, LP..... Marsh & McLennan Marsh & McLennan
Companies, Inc. Companies, Inc.
20080440............................. Highland Crusader Fund ICO Global ICO Global
II, Ltd. Communications Communications
(Holdings) Limited. (Holdings) 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. 08-77 Filed 01-10-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M

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