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—02/21/2006

20060637

SI International, Inc.

Donald E. Reed and Barbara M. Reed

Zen Technology, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/22/2006

20060512

BBA Group PLC

Teresa Allred

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.

20060596

Stork N.V

Ray Theodore Townsend, Jr

Townsend Engineering Company.

20060607

Ventiv Health, Inc

Adheris, Inc

Adheris, Inc.

20060610

Carlyle Venture Partners II, L.P

Brazos Equity Fund, L.P

Comark Building Systems, Inc.

20060621

H.B. Fuller Company

William J. Kyte

Chicago Adhesive Products Co., Roanoke Companies Group, Inc.

20060630

AmeriCredit Corp

Bay View Capital Corporation

Bay View Acceptance Corporation.

20060641

Permira Europe III L.P. 2

Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P

Aearo Technologies Inc.

20060642

Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P

JLL Partners Fund II, L.P

JLL Building Products, LLC.

20060652

Carlyle Europe Partners II, L.P

Water Pik Technologies, Inc

Water Pik Technologies Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/23/2006

20060544

Panolam Holding Co

Nevamar Holdco, LLC

Nevamar Holdco, LLC.

20060603

Crunch Equity Holding, LLC

Henkel KGaA

The Dial Corporation.

20060614

Grifols, S,A

Michael H. Stough and Barbara O. Stough

Plasmacare, Inc.

20060638

Canfor Corporation

New South Companies, Inc

New South Companies, Inc.

20060650

TETRA Technologies, Inc

Julie R. Rodriguez and Roger Rodriguez

Epic Divers, Inc.; Epic Marine, LLC; Epic Oilfield Services LLC; Seahorse Services, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/27/2006

20060575

HIP Foundation, Inc

Group Health Incorporated

Group Health Incorporated.

20060584

Deutsche Post AG

Williams Lea Group Limited

Williams Lea Group Limited.

20060598

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

20060623

MMI Investments, L.P

ANDRX Corporation

ANDRX Corporation.

20060624

MMI Investments, L.P

Dendrite Internation, Inc

Dendrite International, Inc.

20060657

Kanbay International, Inc

Adjoined Consulting, Inc

Adjoined Consulting, Inc.

20060658

ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P

Seitel, Inc

Seitel, Inc.

20060660

Bain Capital Fund VIII, L.P

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Texas Instruments (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.; Texas Instruments (China) Company Limited; Texas Instruments de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.; Texas Instruments Electronicos do Brasil Ltda.; Texas Instruments Holland B.V.; Texas Instruments Hong Kong Limited; Texas Instruments Italia S.p.A.; Texas Instruments Japan Limited; Texas Instruments Korea Limited; Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.; Texas Instruments Semiconductor Tech. (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

20060661

Nuance Communications, Inc

Dictaphone Corporation

Dictaphone Corporation.

20060664

Partners Limited

Maple Timber Acquisition LLC

Rumford Falls Power Company

20060669

GTCR Fund VIII, L.P

Automatic Data Processing, Inc

ADP Claims Services Group, Inc.; ADP Hollander, Inc.; ADP Integrated Medical Solutions, Inc. c/o Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—03/02/2006

20060654

Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp

Koninklijke Phillips Electronics N.V

TPO Hong Kong Holding Ltd.

20060672

Carlyle Venture Partners II, L.P

Vision Research, Inc

Vision Research, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—03/03/2006

20060628

Emerson Electric Co

Artesyn Technologies, Inc

Artesyn Technologies, Inc.

20060639

American Capital Strategies, Ltd

AAMCO Transmissions, Inc

AAMCO Transmissions, Inc.

20060649

Time Warner Inc

The CW Network

The CW Network.

20060663

Sumner Redstone

The CW Network

The CW Network.

20060679

BASF Corporation

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

20060683

Marvell Technology Group Ltd

Bali Investments S.a.r.l

Avago Technologies Imaging IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Avago Technologies Imaging (U.S.A.) Inc.; Avago Technologies India Private Limited.

20060687

Lagardere SCA

Time Warner Inc

iPublish Inc.; Little, Brown and Company (Inc.); Publisher's Advertising LLC; Time Warner Book Group Inc.; TWBG Holdings Inc.; Warner Books, Inc.

20060688

Kenneth D. Peterson, Jr

Choice One Communications Inc

Choice One Communications Inc.

20060692

Wolseley pic

Richard S. Jackson, II

K & A Lumber Company, Inc.

20060693

Wolseley pic

Richard S. Jackson, III

K & A Lumber Company, Inc.

20060695

ArcLight Energy Partners Fund II, L.P

FirstEnergy Corp

MYR Group, Inc.

20060703

Carlyl Partners IV, L.P

Donald Rubin

MultiPlan, Inc.

20060705

Darwin Deason, c/o Affiliated Computer Services, Inc

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.

20060709

Protective Life Corporation

JP Morgan Chase & Co

Chase Insurance Direct, Inc.; Chase Insurance Life & Annuity Company; Chase Life & Annuity Company; Chase Life & Annuity Company of New York; Investors Brokerage Services, Inc.; PMG Asset Management, Inc.; PMG Securities Corporation.

20060717

MarineMax, Inc

Surfside 3 Marina, Inc

Surfside 3 Marina, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sanda 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. 06-2474 Filed 3-14-06; 8:45 am]

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