70 FR 83 pgs. 22658-22661 - Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 83Pages: 22658 - 22661
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-8618 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
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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.

Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/14/2005
20050670 Perry Partners L.P Regions Financial Corporation Capital Factors Holding, Inc.
20050681 Brian C. Rogers T. Rowe Price Group, Inc T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
20050682 Alion Science and Technology Corporation John J. McMullen Associates, Inc John J. McMullen Associates, Inc.
20050683 TelCove, Inc KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc KMC Financial Services LLC, KMC Telecom II Inc., KMC Telecom II LLC, KMC Telecom LLC, KMC Telecom of Virginia, Inc.
20050686 Century Tel, Inc KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc KMC Financial Services LLC, KMC Telecom III LLC, KMC Telecom II Inc., KMC Telecom LLC, KMC Telecom of Virginia, Inc.
20050687 SAP AG Retek, Inc Retek, Inc.
20050689 BCE Inc Craig O. McCaw Clearwire Corporation.
20050697 Charterhouse Equity Partners IV, L.P Amerifit Nutrition, Inc Amerifit Nutrition, Inc.
20050698 BLB Investors, L.L.C Wembley, plc Wembley Inc.
20050699 News Corporation Cablevision Systems Corporation Cablevision Systems Corporation.
20050708 Cablevision Systems Corporation Cablevision Systems Corporation Regional Programming Partners.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/15/2005
20050613 Nanometrics Incorporated August Technology Corporation August Technology Corporation.
20050694 H.J. Heinz Company George E. King Appetizers And, Inc.
20050695 H.J. Heinz Company Patricia J. Domanik Appetizers And, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/16/2005
20050674 J.P. Morgan Chase Co Progress Energy, Inc Progress Metal Reclamation Company, Progress Rail Services Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/17/2005
20050623 Ingram Industries Inc Riverway Co Riverway Harbor Service St. Louis, Inc.
20050693 Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P Hughes Network Systems, LLC Hughes Network Systems, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/18/2005
20050676 Dyson, Dyson Dunn, Inc McGard, Inc D.J.P. Realty Associates LLC, L.D. McCauley, Inc., McGard Deutschland GmbH, McGard, Inc.
20050684 Onex Partner L.P The Boeing Company The Boeing Company.
20050700 SECOM Co., Ltd Cortec Group Fund II, L.P Switchcraft, Inc.
20050709 Henry Samueli The Walt Disney Company DCSR, Inc., Mighty Ducks Hockey Club, Inc.
20050710 St. Jude Medical, Inc Velocimed LLC Velocimed DMC, Inc. Velocimed, Inc., Velocimed PFO, Inc.
20050713 Oracle Corporation Retek Inc Retek Inc.
20050714 GGC Investment Fund II, L.P Blue Martini Software, Inc Blue Martini Software, Inc.
20050716 Johnson Johnson TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20050718 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc James D. Power III J.D. Power and Associates.
20050719 GTEL Holdings, Inc ATT Corp TCG Payphones, Inc., TCG Public Communications, Inc.
20050721 Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P New Breed, Inc New Breed, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/21/2005
20050632 Danielson Holding Corporation American Ref-Fuel Holdings Corp American Ref-Fuel Holdings Corp.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/22/2005
20050690 Partners Limited Verizon Communications Inc Verizon Communications Inc.
20050691 Emera Inc Verizon Communications Verizon Communications Inc.
20050703 Esmark Incorporated Brian R. Williamson Miami Valley Steel Service Inc.
20050711 U.S. Equity Partners II (U.S. Parallel), L.P Global Hyatt Corporation Bassett Ready-Mix Co., Inc., Meyer Material Company, Paveloc Industries, Inc.
20050722 First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation Andrx Corporation Andrx EU Ltd., Andrx Laboratories, Inc., Andrx Laboratories (NJ), Inc., Andrx Labs, LLC.
20050725 Monitor Clipper Equity Partners II, L.P HIG-MSC, Inc MSC Acquisition, Inc.
20050733 BBT Corporation Sterling Capital Management LLC New Sterling LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/23/2005
20050701 Barry Diller Cornerstone Brands, Inc Cornerstone Brands, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/24/2005
20050644 Monsanto Company HMTF Equity Fund IV (1999) Cayman, L.P Emergent Genetics, Inc.
20050724 Crimson Velocity Fund, L.P R. T. Groos, LLC Tyden Group, Inc.
20050731 A.A. Mordashov Lucchini S.p.A Lucchini S.p.A.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/25/2005
20050723 New Mountain Partners II, L.P Kenneth E. and Tena R. deLaski Deltek Systems, Inc.
20050727 Spectrum Equity Investors IV, L.P Pegasus Partners II, L.P Classic Media, Inc.
20050735 Yitzkah Sharon-shareholder of The Delek Group Rosemore, Inc La Gloria Oil and Gas Company, MPC Land Acquisition, Inc., MPC Pipeline Acquisition, Inc.
20050736 BT Group plc Reuters Group PLC Radianz Ltd.
20050739 Thoma Cressey Fund VII, L.P Datatel, Inc Datatel, Inc.
20050747 Behrman Capital III L.P 2000 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, L.P Selig Holdings Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/29/2005
20050688 Chiquita Brands International, Inc Performance Food Group Company Fresh Advantage, Inc.,
Fresh International Corp., K.C. Salad Holdings, Inc., Redi-Cut Foods, Inc.
20050732 Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P Energy Transfer Partners, L.P ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd.
20050742 Partners Limited Weyerhaeuser Company Weyerhaeuser Company Limited.
20050743 Cenex Finance Association, Inc CHS Inc Fin-Ag, Inc.
20050745 Industrial Growth Partner II, L.P Wingate Partners III, L.P AmerCable Incorporated.
20050751 VF Corporation SPC Partners II, L.P Reef Holdings Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-03/30/2005
20050738 Verizon Communications Inc MetroPCS, Inc GWI PCS1, Inc.
20050740 Brown Shoe Company, Inc Heritage Fund III, L.P Bennett Footwear Holdings, LLC, Bennett Investment Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-04/01/2005
20050749 Belgacom S.A Belgacom International Carrier Services, S.A Belgacom International Carrier Services, S.A.
20050753 Erich Wesjohann GmbH Co. KG Aviagen International Group, Inc Aviagen International Group, Inc.
2005070 Gilead Sciences, Inc Japan Tobacco, Inc Japan Tobacco, Inc.
20050761 Global Private Equity IV Limited Partnership Peterson Capital II, LLC Making Memories Wholesale, Inc.
20050765 Icelandic Group plc Sjovik ehf Sjovik ehf.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-04/04/2005
20050706 Boston Scientific Corporation TriVascular, Inc TriVascular, Inc.
20050771 Boston Scientific Corporation Cryo Vascular Systems, Inc Cryo Vascular Systems, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-04/05/2005
20050755 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc Selim K. Zilkha Zilkha Renewable Energy, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-04/07/2005
20050712 J.P. Morgan Chase Co SAVVIS Communications Corporation SAVVIS Communications Corporation.
20050766 International Business Machines Corporation Ascential Software Corporation Ascential Software Corporation.
20050767 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc.

For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay, Contract Representative, or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant, 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. 05-8618 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]

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