Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

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—11/15/2004

20050145

Albert Frere

Rosemore, Inc

Crown Central Petroleum Corporation

20050152

Leonard Riggio

Barnes & Noble, Inc

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

20050158

Seaport Capital Partners, II, L.P

Robert and Kathleen Titsch

National Training Institute, Ltd.; Taurus Publishing Inc.; Virgo Publishing, Inc.

20050168

MBNA Corporation

AmSouth Bancorporation

AmSouth Bank.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/16/2004

20050146

Baton Holdco I L.L.C

H. Wayne Huizenga

Boca Resorts, Inc.

20050160

Cruise Luxco 1 S.a.r.l

EQT II

Thule AB

20050161

Mitsui & Co., Ltd

Cornerstone Nutritional Labs, L.C

Cornerstone Nutritional Labs, L.C.

20050163

American Capital Strategies, Ltd

Lafayette Investment Parallel Fund, L.P

Hospitality Mints LLC

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/18/2004

20050157

Odyssey Investment Partners Fund, L.P

Ronald V. Valenta

Portosan Company, L.L.C.; Redwood Sanitary Services, Inc.

20050164

Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, L.P

Glenn W. Johnson III

Aircast Incorporated.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/19/2004

20050101

Bayer A.G

Robert Taub

Opperbas Holdings B.V.

20050166

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund V, L.P

Charlesbank Equity Fund V, Limited Partnership

Regency Gas Services LLC

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/22/2004

20050175

Wilh. Werhahn KG

Mr. Dal LaMagna

Tweezerman Corporation

20050178

Schering-Plough Corporation

ViroPharma Incorporated

ViroPharma Incorporated.

20050179

Bayer AG

Roche Holding Ltd

Bayer-Roche LLC

20050181

Onex Partners LP

Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc

BMP/CEI Holdings, Inc.

20050182

Genstar Capital Partners III, L.P

Colfax Corporation

Colfax Corporation.

20050186

Les Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) S.C.A

The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd

The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.

20050188

Platinum Equity Capital Partners, L.P

General Electric Company

GE IT Solutions, Inc.

20050206

Media/Communications Partners III Limited Partnership

Roy Mayers

Merrimack M&R Realty LLC; Options Publishing, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/23/2004

20050187

Questor Partners Fund II, L.P

Polar Corporation

Polar Corporation.

20050190

First Horizon National Corporation

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, L.P.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/24/2004

20041154

Kenneth R. Thomson

Information Holdings Inc

Information Holdings Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/26/2004

20050212

Regis Corporation

Hair Club Group Inc

Hair Club Group Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/29/2004

20050211

Mr. Francisco Riberas Pampliega

MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P

Oxford Automotive Alabama, Inc.; Oxford Automotive, Inc.

20050219

BP p.l.c

Salvay S.A

BP Solvay Olefins, L.P.; BP Solvay Polyethylene North America

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/30/2004

20050192

Cajun Holding Company

AFC Enterprises, Inc

AFC Enterprises, Inc.

20050201

Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P

Futuris Corporation Ltd

Air International (US) Inc.

20050207

AMERIGROUP Corporation

Careplus, LLC

Careplus, LLC.

20050214

Thayer Equity Investors V, L.P

Wind Point Partners III, L.P

Qualitor, Inc.

20050217

Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) IV, L.P

Glass Holdings Limited

Gerrresheimer Beteiligungs GmbH

20050223

Richard B. Handler

Jefferies Group, Inc

Jefferies Group, Inc.

20050224

Legg Mason, Inc

Deutsche Bank AG

Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc.

20050230

Jones Apparel Group, Inc

Barneys New York, Inc

Barneys New York, Inc.

20050235

Enbridge Inc

Royal Dutch Petroleum Company

Mississippi Canyon Gas Pipeline, LLC; Shell Gas Gathering, LLC.

20050236

Francisco Partners, L.P

WRQ, Inc

WRQ, Inc.

20050237

Olympus Growth Fund IV, L.P

K. Brent McGruder

K-Mac Enterprises, Inc.

20050241

GATX Corporation

General Motors Corporation

Locomotive Leasing Partners, LLC.

20050254

ALLTEL Corporation

ALLTEL Corporation

Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah MSA Limited Partnership.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/02/2004

20050148

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Carlyle Partners III, L.P

Sippican Holdings Inc.

20050205

Time Warner Inc

Gateway, Inc

Gateway, Inc.

20050220

Novo Nordisk Foundation

Aradigm Corporation

Aradigm Corporation.

20050240

Celerity Holding Company, Inc

Kinetics Holdings, LLC

Celerity Group, Inc.; FTS Systems, Inc.; Kinetic Chempure Systems, Inc.

20050243

GTRC Fund VII, L.P

NewQuest LLC

GulfQuest, L.P.; HealthSpring Management, Inc.; HealthSpring of Alabama, Inc.; HealthSpring of Illinois I, Inc.; HealthSpring USA, LLC; HouQuest, LLC; New Quest Management of Alabama, LLC; NewQuest Management of Illinois, LLC; Signature Health Alliance, Inc.; Texas HealthSpring I, LLC; TexQuest, LLC.

20050247

Firmenich International SA

Noville, Inc

Noville, Inc.

20050258

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation

Vestar Capital Partners III, L.P

Cluett Peabody & Co., Inc.; Cluett Peabody Resources Corporation

Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/03/2004

20050216

Omnicare, Inc

Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc

Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc.

20050231

Alberto-Culver Company

John Tobias

Innovations Successful Salon Services, Inc.

20050232

Alberto-Culver Company

Samuel Licursi

Innovations Successful Salon Services, Inc.

20050233

Rentech, Inc

Royster-Clark Group, Inc

Royster-Clark Group, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, Contact 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. 04-27851 Filed 12-20-04; 8:45 am]

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