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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.
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The following transactions were
granted early termination of the waiting
period provided by law and the
premerger notification rules. The grants
Trans. No.
were made by the Federal Trade
Commission and the Assistant Attorney
General for the Antitrust Division of the
Department of Justice. Neither agency
Acquiring
intends to take any action with respect
to these proposed acquisitions during
the applicable waiting period.
Acquired
Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/14/2008
20080479 .........
20080494 .........
20080569 .........
Amazon.com, Inc ....................................
Duke Energy Corporation .......................
CML Healthcare Income Fund ...............
Bill Me Later, Inc .....................................
Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc ...
ARS Holding, Inc ....................................
Bill Me Later, Inc.
Saluda River Electric Cooperative, Inc.
ARS Holding Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/15/2008
20080462 .........
Ms. Esther Koplowitz Romero de Juseu
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft ....................
20080469 .........
20080552 .........
Teradyne, Inc ..........................................
Providence Equity Partners IV L.P .........
Nextest Systems Corporation .................
William L. Adamany ................................
Hydrocarbon Recovery Services, Inc.
International Petroleum Corp. of Delaware.
Nextest Systems Corporation.
AGT Enterprises, Inc.
Star-Iowa, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/16/2008
20080470 .........
Eisai Co., Ltd ..........................................
MGI Pharma, Inc ....................................
MGI Pharma, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/17/2008
20080495 .........
KASLION S.a.r.L .....................................
20080519 .........
20080586 .........
Appolo Investment Fund VI, L.P ............
Pfizer Inc .................................................
Atlantic Bridge Ventures Holdings Limited.
GA Industries, Inc ...................................
The Biotech Settlement ..........................
GloNav Inc.
GA Industries, Inc.
CovX Research LLC.
CovX Technologies Ireland Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/18/2008
20080537
20080564
20080587
20080588
20080590
20080598
20080606
20080608
.........
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Financiere Asteel S.A. ............................
Eli Lilly and Company .............................
Alfa Mutual Insurance Company ............
Alfa Mutual Fire Insurance Company .....
Long Point Capital Fund, II, L.P .............
Gryphon Partners III, L.P ........................
Lake Capital Partners II LP ....................
Epicor Software Corporation ..................
Flash Electronics International ...............
BioMS Medical Corp ...............................
Alfa Corporation ......................................
Alfa Corporation ......................................
Avadhesh and Umarani Agarwal ............
Accelerated Health Systems, LLC ..........
Gary L. Fish ............................................
NSB Retail Systems PLC .......................
Flash Electronics Holding.
BioMS Medical Corp.
Alfa Corporation.
Alfa Corporation.
UMS Enterprises, Inc.
Accelerated Health Systems, LLC.
FishNet Security Holdings, Inc.
NSB Retail Systems PLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/22/2008
20080522
20080563
20080568
20080591
.........
.........
.........
.........
JANA Offshore Partners, Ltd ..................
WuXi Pharma Tech (Cayman) Inc .........
BlueScope Steel Ltd ...............................
IFM Infrastructure Funds ........................
CNET Networks, Inc ...............................
AppTec Laboratory Services, Inc ...........
San Faustin N.V .....................................
Consolidated Edison, Inc ........................
20080595 .........
20080597 .........
Murat Ulker .............................................
Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P ............
Campbell Soup Company .......................
News Corporation ...................................
20080602 .........
20080611 .........
20080612 .........
Oracle Healthcare Acquisition Corp .......
Linn Energy, LLC ....................................
Linn Energy, LLC ....................................
Precision Therapeutics, Inc ....................
Gary W. and Constance S. Lewis ..........
Stanley J. and Sabrina L. Miller .............
CNET Networks, Inc.
AppTec Laboratory Services, Inc.
Imsa Steel Corp.
CED Generation Holding Company,
LLC.
CED Rock Springs, LLC.
Consolidated Edison Energy.
Massachusetts, LLC.
Newington Energy, LLC.
Ocean Peaking Power, LLC.
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
Fox Television Stations, Inc.
New World Communications of Kansas
City, Inc.
Precision Therapeutics, Inc.
Lamamco Drilling Company.
Lamamco Drilling Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/23/2008
20080609 .........
Intuit Inc ..................................................
Electronic Clearing House, Inc ...............
Electronic Clearing House, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/24/2008
20080576
20080578
20080582
20080600
20080603
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American Securities Partners IV, L.P .....
MHR Institutional Partners III LP ............
Owl Creek Overseas Fund, Ltd ..............
Jose Maria Rubiralta ...............................
Quik-Way Retail Associates Holdings II,
Ltd.
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Horizon Global Technology, Inc .............
Leap Wireless International, Inc .............
Leap Wireless International, Inc .............
Inova Diagnostics, Inc ............................
Royal Dutch Shell plc .............................
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Leap Wireless International, Inc.
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
Inova Diagnostics, Inc.
Motiva Enterprises LLC.
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Trans. No.
Acquiring
Acquired
20080604 .........
Quik-Way Retail Associates Holdings II,
Ltd.
Rock-Tenn Company ..............................
Aramco Services Company ....................
Motiva Enterprises LLC.
Steven Grossman ...................................
Southern Container Corporation.
20080625 .........
Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/25/2008
20080571 .........
20080580 .........
20080607 .........
Leucadia National Corporation ...............
Brush Engineered Materials, Inc ............
U.S. Bancorp ..........................................
AmeriCredit Corp ....................................
Techni-Met, Inc .......................................
Gray M. Eng ...........................................
AmeriCredit Corp.
Techni-Met, Inc.
Southern DataComm, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/28/2008
20080561
20080584
20080585
20080592
20080632
.........
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Ralcorp Holdings, Inc .............................
Georg Fischer AG ...................................
Georg Fischer AG ...................................
Castlerigg International Limited ..............
Hudson Group Holdings, Inc ..................
Kraft Foods Inc .......................................
Phillip M. Pourchot ..................................
Robert L. Pourchot .................................
CNET Networks, Inc ...............................
Robert B. Cohen .....................................
20080643 .........
A.B.C. Learning Centres Limited ............
Richard Sodja .........................................
20080644 .........
A.B.C. Learning Centres Limited ............
Cheryl L. Sodja .......................................
Cable Holco, Inc.
Central Plastics Company.
Central Plastics Company.
CNET Networks, Inc.
Airport Management Services LLC.
Hudson News Company.
Hudson Retail Dallas LP.
Hudson Retail Neu LaGuardia LP.
CA-III, LLC.
Capital Academic, LLC.
T.T. McKellips, LLC.
CA-III, LLC.
Capital Academic, LLC.
T.T. McKellips, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/29/2008
20080618 .........
HMTBP Holdings Inc ..............................
Robert W. Block, III and Nancy Block ....
20080635
20080638
20080651
20080657
The AES Corporation .............................
The Crawford Group, Inc ........................
Bourse de Montreal, Inc .........................
Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft.
Natural Gas Partners VIII, L.P ................
Steward Ventures, Inc ............................
Boston Options Exchange Group, LLC ..
Aon Corporation ......................................
Windjammer Senior Equity Fund III, L.P
American Capital Strategies, Ltd ............
.........
.........
.........
.........
20080662 .........
Paragon Tank and Equipment, Inc.
Pasadena Tank Corporation.
Mountain View Power Partners, LLC.
Steward Ventures, Inc.
Boston Options Exchange Group, LLC.
Olympic Health Management Systems,
Inc.
Sterling Life Insurance Company.
Pasternack Holdings, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/30/2008
20080596 .........
20080599
20080601
20080622
20080628
20080634
20080641
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Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore
Fund I, Ltd.
Koninklijke Phillips Electronics N.V ........
Genzyne Corporation ..............................
DTE Energy Company ............................
SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P ............
Sun Capital Partners V, L.P ...................
ArcLight Energy Partners Fund III, L.P ..
The New York Times Company .............
The New York Times Company.
Respironics, Inc ......................................
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc ........................
Shenango Incorporated ..........................
SemGroup, L.P .......................................
Kellwood Company .................................
Robert E. Parker .....................................
Respironics, Inc.
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Shenango Incorporated.
SemMaterials Energy Partners, L.L.C.
Kellwood Company.
R.E. Parker Equipment, Co.
Repcon, Inc.
Repcon International Inc.
Repcon Properties, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/31/2008
20080629 .........
20080636 .........
Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited ...........
ETIRC Aviation, S.a.r.l. ...........................
Trane Inc .................................................
Eclipse Aviation Corporation ..................
Trane Inc.
Eclipse Aviation Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/01/2008
Cobham plc .............................................
BAE Systems plc ....................................
20080639 .........
20080647 .........
20080661 .........
Kirk Kerkorian .........................................
EMCORE Corporation ............................
ACE Limited ............................................
Delta Petroleum Corporation ..................
Intel Corporation .....................................
Aon Corporation ......................................
20080664 .........
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20080575 .........
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc .............
Unitrin, Inc ...............................................
20080665 .........
Elisabeth Murdoch ..................................
Ben Silverman ........................................
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BAE Systems Information & Electronic
Systems Integration Inc.
Delta Petroleum Corporation.
Intel Corporation.
Combined Insurance Company of America.
Milwaukee Casualty Insurance Co.
Security National Insurance Company.
Trinity Lloyd’s Corporation.
Trinity Lloyd’s Insurance Company.
Trinity Universal Insuance Company of
Kansas, Inc.
Ben Silverman Productions LLC.
Reveille, LLC.
Reveille Motion Pictures, LLC.
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Trans. No.
Acquiring
Acquired
Entities
20080671 .........
20080675 .........
Kenan Advantage Group Holdings Corp
ConAgra Foods, Inc ................................
John V. Crowe III ....................................
Donald R. Watts .....................................
20080676 .........
20080678 .........
20080685 .........
E Com Ventures, Inc ..............................
North American Insurance Leaders, Inc.
GSI Commerce, Inc ................................
Model Reorg, Inc ....................................
David J. and Teresa Disiere ...................
e-Dialog, Inc ............................................
Transport Service Co.
Watts Brothers Farming, LLC.
Watts Brothers Farms, LLC.
Watts Brothers Fertilizer, Inc.
Model Reorg., Inc.
Deep South Holding, L.P.
e-Dialog, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/04/2008
20080579
20080593
20080659
20080666
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Husky Energy Inc ...................................
E. Merck OGH ........................................
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated ...........
Marc S. Hermelin ....................................
Toledo Refinery LLC ...............................
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc .....................
Three Rivers Holdings, Inc .....................
Hologic, Inc .............................................
Toledo Refinery LLC.
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Three Rivers Holdings, Inc.
Cytyc Prenatal Products Corp.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/05/2008
20080645 .........
20080654 .........
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ............
Owl Creek Overseas Fund, Ltd ..............
Total System Services, Inc .....................
MetroPCS Communications, Inc ............
Total System Services, Inc.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/06/2008
20080637 .........
Owl Creek Overseas Fund, Ltd ..............
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc ...............
Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/07/2008
20080621 .........
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft ....................
20080623 .........
20080673 .........
Cooper Industries, Ltd ............................
Sun Microsystems, Inc ...........................
Morgan Construction Company Voting
Trust.
MTL Instruments Group plc ....................
MySQL AB ..............................................
Morgan Construction Company.
MTL Instruments Group plc.
MySQL AB.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/11/2008
20080073
20080694
20080701
20080702
20080716
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Oglebay Norton Company ......................
Ronsenblum Cellars, Inc. .......................
Pandora Jewelry America ApS ...............
Alto Dairy Cooperative ............................
Charter Brokerage Holdings, LLC ..........
Oglebay Norton Company.
Ronsenblum Cellars, Inc.
Pandora Jewely america ApS.
Alto Dairy Cooperative.
Charter Brokerage Holdings, LLC.
20080718 .........
Carmeuse Holding S.A. ..........................
Diageo plc ...............................................
Axcel III K/S 2 .........................................
Saputo Inc ...............................................
Arsenal Capital Partners Qualified Purchaser II LP.
Vestar Capital Partners, V, L.P ..............
American Securities Partners III, L.P .....
20080720 .........
Wilmington Trust Corporation .................
George & Renee Karfunkel ....................
20080721 .........
20080723 .........
Bain Capital Fund X, L.P ........................
Wilmington Trust Corporation .................
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc ....
Michael Karfunkel & Leah Karfunkel ......
c/o American Securities Capital Partners, LLC.
PGA HOLDINGS, INC.
AST Capital Trust Company of Delaware.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
AST Capital Trust Company of Delaware.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/12/2008
20080653 .........
20080689 .........
Bayside Opportunity Fund, L.P ..............
Edward J. Ivy and Kimberly H. Cohen ...
HD Supply, Inc ........................................
Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc ...........
Williams Bros. Lumber Co., LLC.
Auto-C, LLC.
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/13/2008
20080452
20080686
20080715
20080717
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M & F Worldwide Corp ...........................
Blum Strategic Partners IV, L.P .............
The Timken Company ............................
Pace Micro Technology PLC ..................
Pearson plc .............................................
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc ...................
Charles K. Elder, III ................................
Koninklijkle Philips Electronics N.V ........
Newco LLC.
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.
Boring Specialties, Inc.
Philips Home Networks France S.A.S.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/15/2008
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20080726 .........
Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries 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–
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CoGenesys, Inc.
By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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[FR Doc No: 08-832]
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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.
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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--01/14/2008
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20080479........... Amazon.com, Inc. Bill Me Later, Bill Me Later,
Inc. Inc.
20080494........... Duke Energy Saluda River Saluda River
Corporation. Electric Electric
Cooperative, Cooperative,
Inc. Inc.
20080569........... CML Healthcare ARS Holding, Inc ARS Holding
Income Fund. Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/15/2008
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20080462........... Ms. Esther Siemens Hydrocarbon
Koplowitz Aktiengesellsch Recovery
Romero de Juseu. aft. Services, Inc.
International
Petroleum
Corp. of
Delaware.
20080469........... Teradyne, Inc... Nextest Systems Nextest Systems
Corporation. Corporation.
20080552........... Providence William L. AGT
Equity Partners Adamany. Enterprises,
IV L.P. Inc.
Star-Iowa, LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/16/2008
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20080470........... Eisai Co., Ltd.. MGI Pharma, Inc. MGI Pharma,
Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/17/2008
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20080495........... KASLION S.a.r.L. Atlantic Bridge GloNav Inc.
Ventures
Holdings
Limited.
20080519........... Appolo GA Industries, GA Industries,
Investment Fund Inc. Inc.
VI, L.P.
20080586........... Pfizer Inc...... The Biotech CovX Research
Settlement. LLC.
CovX
Technologies
Ireland
Limited.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/18/2008
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20080537........... Financiere Flash Flash
Asteel S.A.. Electronics Electronics
International. Holding.
20080564........... Eli Lilly and BioMS Medical BioMS Medical
Company. Corp. Corp.
20080587........... Alfa Mutual Alfa Corporation Alfa
Insurance Corporation.
Company.
20080588........... Alfa Mutual Fire Alfa Corporation Alfa
Insurance Corporation.
Company.
20080590........... Long Point Avadhesh and UMS
Capital Fund, Umarani Agarwal. Enterprises,
II, L.P. Inc.
20080598........... Gryphon Partners Accelerated Accelerated
III, L.P. Health Systems, Health
LLC. Systems, LLC.
20080606........... Lake Capital Gary L. Fish.... FishNet
Partners II LP. Security
Holdings, Inc.
20080608........... Epicor Software NSB Retail NSB Retail
Corporation. Systems PLC. Systems PLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/22/2008
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20080522........... JANA Offshore CNET Networks, CNET Networks,
Partners, Ltd. Inc. Inc.
20080563........... WuXi Pharma Tech AppTec AppTec
(Cayman) Inc. Laboratory Laboratory
Services, Inc. Services, Inc.
20080568........... BlueScope Steel San Faustin N.V. Imsa Steel
Ltd. Corp.
20080591........... IFM Consolidated CED Generation
Infrastructure Edison, Inc. Holding
Funds. Company, LLC.
CED Rock
Springs, LLC.
Consolidated
Edison Energy.
Massachusetts,
LLC.
Newington
Energy, LLC.
Ocean Peaking
Power, LLC.
20080595........... Murat Ulker..... Campbell Soup Godiva
Company. Chocolatier,
Inc.
20080597........... Oak Hill Capital News Corporation Fox Television
Partners III, Stations, Inc.
L.P.
New World
Communications
of Kansas
City, Inc.
20080602........... Oracle Precision Precision
Healthcare Therapeutics, Therapeutics,
Acquisition Inc. Inc.
Corp.
20080611........... Linn Energy, LLC Gary W. and Lamamco
Constance S. Drilling
Lewis. Company.
20080612........... Linn Energy, LLC Stanley J. and Lamamco
Sabrina L. Drilling
Miller. Company.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/23/2008
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20080609........... Intuit Inc...... Electronic Electronic
Clearing House, Clearing
Inc. House, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/24/2008
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20080576........... American Horizon Global Horizon Global
Securities Technology, Inc. Technology,
Partners IV, Inc.
L.P.
20080578........... MHR Leap Wireless Leap Wireless
Institutional International, International,
Partners III LP. Inc. Inc.
20080582........... Owl Creek Leap Wireless Leap Wireless
Overseas Fund, International, International,
Ltd. Inc. Inc.
20080600........... Jose Maria Inova Inova
Rubiralta. Diagnostics, Diagnostics,
Inc. Inc.
20080603........... Quik-Way Retail Royal Dutch Motiva
Associates Shell plc. Enterprises
Holdings II, LLC.
Ltd.
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20080604........... Quik-Way Retail Aramco Services Motiva
Associates Company. Enterprises
Holdings II, LLC.
Ltd.
20080625........... Rock-Tenn Steven Grossman. Southern
Company. Container
Corporation.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/25/2008
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20080571........... Leucadia AmeriCredit Corp AmeriCredit
National Corp.
Corporation.
20080580........... Brush Engineered Techni-Met, Inc. Techni-Met,
Materials, Inc. Inc.
20080607........... U.S. Bancorp.... Gray M. Eng..... Southern
DataComm, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/28/2008
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20080561........... Ralcorp Kraft Foods Inc. Cable Holco,
Holdings, Inc. Inc.
20080584........... Georg Fischer AG Phillip M. Central
Pourchot. Plastics
Company.
20080585........... Georg Fischer AG Robert L. Central
Pourchot. Plastics
Company.
20080592........... Castlerigg CNET Networks, CNET Networks,
International Inc. Inc.
Limited.
20080632........... Hudson Group Robert B. Cohen. Airport
Holdings, Inc. Management
Services LLC.
Hudson News
Company.
Hudson Retail
Dallas LP.
Hudson Retail
Neu LaGuardia
LP.
20080643........... A.B.C. Learning Richard Sodja... CA-III, LLC.
Centres Limited.
Capital
Academic, LLC.
T.T. McKellips,
LLC.
20080644........... A.B.C. Learning Cheryl L. Sodja. CA-III, LLC.
Centres Limited.
Capital
Academic, LLC.
T.T. McKellips,
LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/29/2008
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20080618........... HMTBP Holdings Robert W. Block, Paragon Tank
Inc. III and Nancy and Equipment,
Block. Inc.
Pasadena Tank
Corporation.
20080635........... The AES Natural Gas Mountain View
Corporation. Partners VIII, Power
L.P. Partners, LLC.
20080638........... The Crawford Steward Steward
Group, Inc. Ventures, Inc. Ventures, Inc.
20080651........... Bourse de Boston Options Boston Options
Montreal, Inc. Exchange Group, Exchange
LLC. Group, LLC.
20080657........... Munchener Aon Corporation. Olympic Health
Ruckversicherun Management
gs-Gesellschaft. Systems, Inc.
Sterling Life
Insurance
Company.
20080662........... Windjammer American Capital Pasternack
Senior Equity Strategies, Ltd. Holdings, Inc.
Fund III, L.P.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/30/2008
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20080596........... Harbinger The New York The New York
Capital Times Company. Times Company.
Partners
Offshore Fund
I, Ltd.
20080599........... Koninklijke Respironics, Inc Respironics,
Phillips Inc.
Electronics N.V.
20080601........... Genzyne Isis Isis
Corporation. Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical
, Inc. s, Inc.
20080622........... DTE Energy Shenango Shenango
Company. Incorporated. Incorporated.
20080628........... SemGroup Energy SemGroup, L.P... SemMaterials
Partners, L.P. Energy
Partners,
L.L.C.
20080634........... Sun Capital Kellwood Company Kellwood
Partners V, L.P. Company.
20080641........... ArcLight Energy Robert E. Parker R.E. Parker
Partners Fund Equipment, Co.
III, L.P.
Repcon, Inc.
Repcon
International
Inc.
Repcon
Properties,
LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/31/2008
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20080629........... Ingersoll-Rand Trane Inc....... Trane Inc.
Company Limited.
20080636........... ETIRC Aviation, Eclipse Aviation Eclipse
S.a.r.l.. Corporation. Aviation
Corporation.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/01/2008
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20080575........... Cobham plc...... BAE Systems plc. BAE Systems
Information &
Electronic
Systems
Integration
Inc.
20080639........... Kirk Kerkorian.. Delta Petroleum Delta Petroleum
Corporation. Corporation.
20080647........... EMCORE Intel Intel
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
20080661........... ACE Limited..... Aon Corporation. Combined
Insurance
Company of
America.
20080664........... AmTrust Unitrin, Inc.... Milwaukee
Financial Casualty
Services, Inc. Insurance Co.
Security
National
Insurance
Company.
Trinity Lloyd's
Corporation.
Trinity Lloyd's
Insurance
Company.
Trinity
Universal
Insuance
Company of
Kansas, Inc.
20080665........... Elisabeth Ben Silverman... Ben Silverman
Murdoch. Productions
LLC.
Reveille, LLC.
Reveille Motion
Pictures, LLC.
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20080671........... Kenan Advantage John V. Crowe Transport
Group Holdings III. Service Co.
Corp.
20080675........... ConAgra Foods, Donald R. Watts. Watts Brothers
Inc. Farming, LLC.
Watts Brothers
Farms, LLC.
Watts Brothers
Fertilizer,
Inc.
20080676........... E Com Ventures, Model Reorg, Inc Model Reorg.,
Inc. Inc.
20080678........... North American David J. and Deep South
Insurance Teresa Disiere. Holding, L.P.
Leaders, Inc..
20080685........... GSI Commerce, e-Dialog, Inc... e-Dialog, Inc.
Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/04/2008
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20080579........... Husky Energy Inc Toledo Refinery Toledo Refinery
LLC. LLC.
20080593........... E. Merck OGH.... Idera Idera
Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical
, Inc. s, Inc.
20080659........... UnitedHealth Three Rivers Three Rivers
Group Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
Incorporated.
20080666........... Marc S. Hermelin Hologic, Inc.... Cytyc Prenatal
Products Corp.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/05/2008
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20080645........... The Goldman Total System Total System
Sachs Group, Services, Inc. Services, Inc.
Inc..
20080654........... Owl Creek MetroPCS MetroPCS
Overseas Fund, Communications, Communications
Ltd. Inc. , Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/06/2008
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20080637........... Owl Creek Foundation Coal Foundation Coal
Overseas Fund, Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
Ltd.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/07/2008
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20080621........... Siemens Morgan Morgan
Aktiengesellsch Construction Construction
aft. Company Voting Company.
Trust.
20080623........... Cooper MTL Instruments MTL Instruments
Industries, Ltd. Group plc. Group plc.
20080673........... Sun MySQL AB........ MySQL AB.
Microsystems,
Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/11/2008
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20080073........... Carmeuse Holding Oglebay Norton Oglebay Norton
S.A.. Company. Company.
20080694........... Diageo plc...... Ronsenblum Ronsenblum
Cellars, Inc.. Cellars, Inc.
20080701........... Axcel III K/S 2. Pandora Jewelry Pandora Jewely
America ApS. america ApS.
20080702........... Saputo Inc...... Alto Dairy Alto Dairy
Cooperative. Cooperative.
20080716........... Arsenal Capital Charter Charter
Partners Brokerage Brokerage
Qualified Holdings, LLC. Holdings, LLC.
Purchaser II LP.
20080718........... Vestar Capital American c/o American
Partners, V, Securities Securities
L.P. Partners III, Capital
L.P. Partners, LLC.
PGA HOLDINGS,
INC.
20080720........... Wilmington Trust George & Renee AST Capital
Corporation. Karfunkel. Trust Company
of Delaware.
20080721........... Bain Capital Bright Horizons Bright Horizons
Fund X, L.P. Family Family
Solutions, Inc. Solutions,
Inc.
20080723........... Wilmington Trust Michael AST Capital
Corporation. Karfunkel & Trust Company
Leah Karfunkel. of Delaware.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/12/2008
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20080653........... Bayside HD Supply, Inc.. Williams Bros.
Opportunity Lumber Co.,
Fund, L.P. LLC.
20080689........... Edward J. Ivy Commercial Auto-C, LLC.
and Kimberly H. Markets Holdco,
Cohen. Inc.
JohnsonDiversey
, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/13/2008
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20080452........... M & F Worldwide Pearson plc..... Newco LLC.
Corp.
20080686........... Blum Strategic CB Richard Ellis CB Richard
Partners IV, Group, Inc. Ellis Group,
L.P. Inc.
20080715........... The Timken Charles K. Boring
Company. Elder, III. Specialties,
Inc.
20080717........... Pace Micro Koninklijkle Philips Home
Technology PLC. Philips Networks
Electronics N.V. France S.A.S.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/15/2008
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20080726........... Teva CoGenesys, Inc.. CoGenesys, Inc.
Pharmaceuticals
Industries Ltd.
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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. 08-832 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
