# Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A06-2474 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** March 15, 2006 - **Citation:** 71 FR 13400 ## Text 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] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A06-2474. Public record. Not legal advice.