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—09/12/2005

20051463

Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P

Donald N. Smith

The Restaurant Holding Corporation.

20051504

Grupo Ferrovial, S.A

SWT Lux S.A

SWT Lux S.A

20051514

Polar North America Income Fund

Code, Hennessy & Simmons IV, L.P

WNA Holding Company.

20051516

SCP Pool Corporation

David E. and Linda L. Lange

Automatic Rain Company.

20051520

Li & Fung Limited

Bradley D. Egna

Briefly Stated Holdings, Inc.

20051526

WESCO International, Inc

CGW Southeast Partners IV, L.P

Carlton-Bates Company.

20051527

Health Care Service Corporation

Group Health Service of Oklahoma, Inc.

GHS Holding Company, Inc., Group Health Service of Oklahoma, Inc.

20051535

Popular, Inc

E-LOAN, Inc

E-LOAN, Inc.

20051537

Vector Capital III, L.P

Register.com, Inc

Register.com, Inc.

20051539

BEA Systems, Inc

Plumtree Software, Inc

Plumtree Software, Inc.

20051543

LIN TV Corp

Jeffrey H. Smulyan

Emmis Communications Corporation, Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P., Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P., Emmis Television License, LLC.

20051545

Journal Communications, Inc

Jeffrey H. Smulyan

Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P., Emmis Television License, LLC.

20051547

Gray Television, Inc

Jeffrey H. Smulyan

Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P., Emmis Television License, LLC.

20051558

Macquire Bank Limited

Gregory L. Craig

Cook Inlet Energy Supply LLC.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/14/2005

20051461

Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P

Dynegy Inc

Dynegy Midstream Services, Limited Partnership.

20051529

Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc

Eastern Holding Company, Ltd

Eastern Holding Company, Ltd.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/15/2005

20051500

Rexam PLC

Stonebridge Partners Equity Fund III, L.P

Delta Plastics Holdings, Inc.

20051533

Ashtead Group plc

Howard and Sue Groff

Northride Equipment Company.

20051552

Alliance Data Systems Corp

Bigfoot Interactive, Inc

Bigfoot Interactive, Inc.

20051559

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/16/2005

20051464

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative

Imperial Sugar Company

Holly Sugar Company.

20051493

Sonic Healthcare Limited

Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc

Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc

20051566

Sprint Nextel Corporation

EATELCORP, Inc

Gulf Coast Wireless Limited Partnership.

20051567

Aleris International, Inc

Sun Capital Partners II, LP

ALSCO Holdings, Inc.

20051584

Green Equity Investors IV, L.P

Craig Nickoloff

Claim Jumper Restaurants, LLC.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/19/2005

20051546

TCV V, L.P

INFONXX, Inc

INFONXX, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/20/2005

20051503

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P

Almedica International Inc

Almedical International Inc.

20051523

Dover Corporation

Doughty Hanson & Limited

Knowles Electronics Holdings, Inc.

20051586

Sprint Nextel Corporation

IWO Holdings, Inc

IWO Holdings, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/21/2005

20051544

Vallourec SA

Virginia L. Shaw

ShawCor Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/22/2005

20051563

Hiroshi Mikitani

LinkShare Corporation

LinkShare Corporation.

20051582

Colam Entreprendre S.A

Stuart C. Irby Company

Stuart C. Irby Company.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/23/2005

20051496

Welsh Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII, L.P

William A. Fickling, Jr

Beech Street Corporation.

20051506

Credit Suisse Group

Dexia S.A

SPS Holding Corp.

20051551

Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P

KRG Capital Fund II, L.P

Chronic Care Solutions, Inc.

20051553

Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P

Charterhouse Equity Partners III, L.P

MPTC Holdings, Inc.

20051576

Willis Stein & Partners III, L.P

Lincolnshire Equity Fund II, L.P

Nexcycle SMI Holding Corp.

20051585

Hiland Partners, L.P

Hiland Partners, LLC

Hiland Partners, LLC.

20051591

Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc

James C. Beckwith III

Beckwith Machinery Company.

20051596

Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc

G. Nicholas Beckwith III

Beckwith Machinery Company.

20051598

News Corporation

IGN Entertainment, Inc

IGN Entertainment, Inc.

20051604

Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P

Secure Computing Corporation

Secure Computing Corporation.

20051607

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

First Reservice Fund IX, L.P

Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control, Inc.

20051609

Nautic Partners V, L.P

Carter D. Pope

Imaging Technologies Services, Inc.

20051620

EXCO Holdings II, Inc

EXCO Acquisition, LLC

EXCO Holdings Inc.

20051624

Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P

Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P

Topco Associates Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/26/2005

20051532

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc

HCA Inc

Charleston Hospital, Inc., Clinch Valley Endocrinology, LLC, Clinch Valley Valley Pulmonology, LLC, Clinch Valley Urology, LLC, Columbia-S.J. Ventures Properties, Limited Partnership, Columbia-St. Joseph's Healthcare System, Limited Partnership, CVMC Property, LLC, Galen-Med, Inc., Orthopedics of Southwest Virginia, LLC, Raleigh General Hospital, Teays Valley Health Services, Inc., West Virginia Management Services Organization, Inc.

20051540

Layne Christensen Company

Reynolds, Inc

Reynolds, Inc.

20051593

Sun Capital Partners IV, L.P

Sterling Group Partners I, L.P

Exopack Holding Corp.

20051611

Argos Acquisition Pte. Ltd

Agilent Technologies, Inc

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

20051619

Cendant Corporation

Wind Hotels Holdings Inc

GH-Galveston, Inc., Grand Bay Management Company, Performance Hospitality Management Company, WHC Franchise Corporation, W. Isla, LLC, Wyndham 58th Street, L.L.C., Wyndham (Bermuda) Management Company, Ltd., Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (Aruba) N.V., Wyndham International Inc., Wyndham International Operating Partnership, L.P., Wyndham IP Corporation, Wyndham Management Corporation.

20051629

Omnicom Group Inc

Ford Motor Company

The Beanstalk Group, LLC.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/27/2005

20051557

Triad Hospitals, Inc

Baptist Health System, Inc

Baptist Montclair Medical Center.

20051571

Illinois Tool Works Inc

Kirtland Capital Partners III L.P

Instron Corporation.

20051572

American Electric Power Company, Inc

Reliant Energy, Inc

Twelvepole Creek, LLC.

20051573

J. Kent McNew

BP p.l.c

BP Products North American Inc.

20051590

Financiere F.L

UNOVA, Inc

UNOVA, Inc.

20051594

Superior Plus Income Fund

Wellspring Capital Partners III, L.P

JW Aluminum Company.

20051599

Manulife Financial Corporation

President and Fellows of Harvard College

Cathlamet Timber Company, LLC, CNI Timber Hold Co., ETT Company, LLC, ETT, L.P., Rainier Mineral Company, LLC, Rainier Timber Company, LLC, Walden Forest Investments, L.P.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/28/2005

20051568

Per-Se Technologies, Inc

NDCHealth Corporation

NDCHealth Corporation.

20051575

Wolters Kluwer nv

NDCHealth Corporation

NDC Health Information Service (Arizona) Inc.

20051616

ACCESS Co., Ltd

PalmSource, Inc

PalmSource, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/29/2005

20050639

The Proctor & Gamble Company

The Gillette Company

The Gillette Company.

20051524

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc

The Henry B. Fowler Trust

Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte, Inc.

20051531

Symantec Corporation

Sygate Technologies, Inc

Sygate Technologies, Inc.

20051608

O'Neal Steel, Inc

Superior Group, Inc

TW Metals, Inc.

20051612

AMETEK, Inc

HCC Industries Inc

HCC Industries Inc.

20051615

Carlyle Partners IV, L.P

AxleTech International Holdings, Inc

AxleTech International Holdings, Inc.

20051617

Building Material Holding Corporation

Robert R. Thomas, Trustee o/t R.R. Thomas Trust dated 4/4/99

HnR Framing Systems, Inc., Home Building Components, Inc.

20051618

Harris Corporation

Leitech Technology Corporation

Leitech Technology Corporation.

20051622

Almatis Investments 2 Limited

Rhone Offshore Partners II, L.P

Almatis Investment Holding S.a.r.l.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/30/2005

20051623

OCE N.V

Imagistics International Inc

Imagistics International Inc.

20051631

American Electric Power Company, Inc

Allegheny Energy, Inc

Monogahela Power Company.

20051638

Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited

iDirect, Inc

iDirect, Inc.

20051642

ALLTEL Corporation

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust

USCC Newco, LLC.

20051645

Charterhouse Equity Partners IV, L.P

Towne Holdings, Inc

Towne Holdings, Inc.

20051654

Sun Capital Partners IV, LP

Honewell International, Inc

Indalex Inc., Indalex Limited.

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. 05-23048 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]

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