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 #

Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/20/2007

20071881

Mr. Ronny Pecik

Springwater MWZ Holdings S.a.r.l.

MWZ Beteiligungs-GmbH.

20071882

Mag. Georg Stumpf

Springwater MWZ Holdings S.a.r.l.

MWZ Beteiligungs-GmbH.

20071921

Hewlett-Packard Company

Opsware Inc

Opsware Inc.

20071934

Intel Corporation

EMC Corporation

VMware, Inc.

20071941

Chrestview Partners, L.P

Ronald I. Dozeretz, M.D

FHC Health Systems, Inc.

20071945

Cisco Systems, Inc

EMC Corporation

VMware, Inc.

20071947

Gordon W. Ommen

US BioEnergy Corporation

US BioEnergy Corporation.

20071957

EMC Corporation

BusinessEdge Solutions Inc

BusinessEdge Solutions Inc.

20071961

Concur Technologies, Inc

Jupiter Partners L.P

H-G Holdings, Inc.

20071974

HBK Fund, L.P

Blackstone ECC Communications Partners, L.P

Montecito Television License Corp. of Topeka, Montecito Television License Corp. of Wichita, SJL of Kansas Corp., Topeka Television Corp.

20071976

Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

20071986

Sector Performance Fund, LP

Joseph D. Kestenbaum

Unitek USA, LLC.

20071994

Anil Ambani

Yipes Holdings, Inc

Yipes Holdings, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/21/2007

20071931

Waste Connections, Inc

Dominick DiVello

BroadAcre Landfill, Inc., U.S. Waste Industries, Inc.

20071932

Waste Connections, Inc

Victor DiVello

BroadAcre Landfill, Inc., U.S. Waste Industries, Inc.

20071968

Wolseley plc

Davidson Pipe Company Inc

Davidson Pipe Company Inc.

20071972

F5 Networks, Inc

Acopia Networks, Inc

Acopia Networks, Inc.

20071980

Bank of America Corporation

ABN AMRO Holdings N.V

ABN AMRO North America Holding Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/22/2007

20071346

Rockwood Holdings, Inc

Elementis plc

Elementis Holdings Ltd.

20071939

Harold L. Rosbottom, Jr

W. Barry Milner

Exploreco Energy, Inc., Exploreco Pipe LLC.

20071940

Harold L. Rosbottom, Jr

Don K. Milner

Exploreco Energy, Inc., Exploreco Pipe LLC.

20071942

HTS Stiftung

Austria Metall Aktiengesellschaft

Austria Metall Aktiengesellschaft.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/23/2007

20071853

Carl C. Icahn

Biogen Idec Inc

Biogen Idec Inc.

20071854

Ichan Partners Master Fund LP

Biogen Idec Inc

Biogen Idec Inc.

20071855

Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P

Biogen Idec Inc

Biogen Idec Inc.

20071856

Icahn Partners L.P

Biogen Idec Inc

Biogen Idec Inc.

20071936

BBA Aviation PLC

Landow Aviation Limited Partnership

Landow Aviation Limited Partnership.

20071943

Citigroup Inc

Ameriquest Capital Corporation

ACC Capital Holdings Corporation, AMC Mortgage Services, Inc., Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Argent Mortgage Company LLC.

20071969

IHOP Corp

Applebee's International, Inc

Applebee's International, Inc.

20071970

Ristretto Holdings SCA

Williams Scotsman International, Inc

Williams Scotsman International, Inc.

20071981

ZM Private Equity Fund I, L.P

EAC Holdings, L.L.C

Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/24/2007

20071804

Cenveo, Inc

Ira B. Kristel

Commercial Envelope Manufacturing Co., Inc.

20071848

Mr. Leonardo Del Vecchio

Jim H. Jannard

Oakley Inc.

20071891

GS Global Infrastructure Partners I, L.P

Trust of Fred R. Smith and Ouida M. Smith

FRS Capital Corp.

20071904

Time Warner Inc

Tacoda, Inc

Tacoda, Inc.

20071935

Veolia Environnement S.A

Allied Waste Industries, Inc

Allied Services, LLC, Allied Waste Transportation, Inc., Awin Leasing, Inc., BFI Waste Services, LLC, Blue Ridge Landfill General Partnership, E Leasing Company, LLC, Golden Waste Disposal, Inc., H. Leasing Company, LLC, Local Sanitation of Rowen County, L.L.C., Packerton Land Company, L.L.C., Wayne County Landfill IL, Inc.

20071937

Richard L. Duobossois

DHP Acquisition Corp

DESA Europe B.V., DESA Heating, LLC, DESA Industries of Canada, Inc., DESA LLC, DESA, LLC, DESA Speacialty, LLC, DESA (UK) Limited, Heath Company Limited, HIG-DHP Barbados, Ltd.

20071952

MMI Investments, L.P

The Brink's Company

The Brink's Company.

20071957

Castlerigg International Limited

Plains Exploration & Production Company

Plains Exploration & Production Company.

20071965

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Oliver Rubber Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/27/2007

20071641

Ceradyne, Inc

EaglePicher Corporation

EaglePicher Boron, LLC.

20071873

Great Plains Energy Incorporated

Aquila, Inc

Aquila, Inc.

20071919

Black Hills Corporation

Aquila, Inc

Aquila, Inc.

20071951

Pella Corporation

EFCO Corporation

EFCO Corporation.

20071984

AT&T Inc

Deutsche Telekom AG

AT&T Mobility LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc.

20071985

Deutsche Telekom AG

AT&T Inc

AT&T Mobility LLC.

20071989

RoundTable HealthCare Partners II, L.P

Michael C. Bieker

MarketLab, Inc.

20071991

Bain Capital Fund IX, L.P

American Standard Companies Inc

American Standard Philippines L.L.C., American Standard B&K Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., American Standard B&K (Thailand) Public Company Limited, American Standard Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., American Standard Foreign Trading Limited, American Standard Korea, Inc., American Standard Philippines II L.L.C., American Standard (U.K.) Co., A-S Thai Holdings Ltd., CAPP Holdings Limited, Ceramic Sanitaryware Pte. Ltd., Edwards Logistics Limited, Egyptian American Industrial Plastics Co., S.A.E., Ideal Standard Beteiligungus-GmbH, Ideal Standard Bulgaria AD, Ideal Standard do Brasil Industia e Comercio, Ideal Standard Equipamentos Sanitarios LDA., Ideal Standard Financial Services SPRL, Ideal Standard GmbH, Ideal Standard Group, S. de R.L. de C.V., Ideal Standard Holding Italia S.r.l., Ideal Standard Industries France SAS, Ideal Standard Polska Sp. Z.o.o., Ideal Standard Porcher (U.K.) Limited, Ideal Standard S.A.I., Ideal Standard Scandinavia A/S, Ideal Standard S.L.U., Ideal Standard s.r.o, Ideal Standard (Thailand) Ltd., Ideal Standard Verwaltungs GmbH, Ideal Standard-Vidima AD, Jado Iberia-Produtos Metalurgicos, S.A., PT American Standard Indonesia, SAU Corp., SCI Saint Didier, Sorosa, Venborgh Holding B.V., Wabco Standard French Holdings SAS, Wabco Wedneday Ltd.

20071996

Perot Systems Corporation

J.J. Wild Holdings, Inc

J.J. Wild Holdings, Inc.

20071997

Security Benefit Mutual Holding Company

2003 Dynamic Irrevocable Trust

Rydex Holdings, Inc.

20071998

Security Benefit Mutual Holding Company

The Skip Viragh Foundation, Inc

Investment Capital Technologies, LLC.

20072000

The Bear Stearns Companies Inc

Deb Shops, Inc

Deb Shops, Inc.

20072001

Schneider Electric SA

Davis McDonald

Pelco.

20072002

International Business Machines Corporation

Princeton Softech, Inc

Princeton Softech, Inc.

20072003

Sageview Capital Master, L.P

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.

20072004

General Electric Company

NRDC Equity Partners Fund III, LLC

Lord & Taylor LLC.

20072005

Andrew Intrater

Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P

White Energy, Inc.

20072006

TCV VI, L.P

TradingScreen Inc

TradingScreen Inc.

20072007

Merck & Co., Inc

ev3 Inc

ev3 Inc.

20072010

Swedish Match AB

Cigars International Holding Company, Inc

Cigars International Holding Company, Inc.

20072017

Leandro P. Rizzuto

Allegro Mfg. Inc

Allegro Mfg. Inc.

20072020

GSI Commerce, Inc

J. Michael Cline

Accretive Commerce, Inc.

20072021

Azim H. Premji

Infocrossing, Inc

Infocrossing, Inc.

20072023

Koch Industries, Inc

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/28/2007

20071993

Highland Crusader Fund II, Ltd

PDL BioPharma, Inc

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

20072016

News Corporation

Dow Jones & Company, Inc

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/29/2007

20071983

Sageview Capital Master, L.P

WENDEL Investissement

WENDEL Investissement.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/30/2007

20071913

Star Atlantic Waste Holdings, L.P

American International Group, Inc

ADStar Waste Holdings Corp.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/31/2007

20071916

MFG HOLDINGS SA

DSI International Sarl

DSI Holdings GmbH.

20071944

Ram Holdings Company, LLC

United Rentals, Inc

United Rentals, Inc

20071964

Amedisys, Inc

IntegriCare, Inc

IntegriCare, Inc.

20071978

Hejoassu Administracao S.A

The Brian Mahoney 2007 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust

American Gunite, Inc., American Gunite Management Co., Inc., Champion Truck Leasing, Inc., Prestige Gunite, Inc., Prestige Gunite Management Company, North Carolina, Inc., Prestige Gunite-NC, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ft. Myers, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ft. Pierce, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Melbourne, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ocala, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Orlando, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ormond Beach, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Pt. Charlotte, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Tampa, Inc., Prestige Gunite of West Palm Beach, Inc., Prestige Gunite Management Company South, Inc., Prestige Mobile Concrete, Inc., Prestige Mobile Concrete of Orlando, Inc.

20071979

Hejoassu Administracao S.A

Mr. Beat Kahli

K&M Properties of Florida, LLC, K&M Properties of North Carolina, LLC, Prestige AB Block of Ft. Pierce, LLC, Prestige AB Block Plant, LLC, Prestige/AB Management Co., LLC, Prestige AB Management Co. of North Carolina, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Alafaya, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Davenport, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Daytona, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Ft. Pierce, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Greensboro, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Kissimmee, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Melbourne, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of North Carolina, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Winston-Salem, LLC.

20071995

Castlerigg International Limited

Sybase, Inc

Sybase, Inc.

20072011

Strength Capital Partners II, L.P

Charles I. Lunsford

Smith Mountain Industries, Inc.

20072012

Strength Capital Partners II, L.P

Harren Investors, L.P

Smith Mountain Industries, Inc.

20072024

Spartech Corporation

Mason Wells Leveraged Buyout Fund I, LP

Creative Forming, Inc.

20072029

Ulysses L. Bridgeman, Jr

Brinker International, Inc

Brinker Indiana, Inc., Brinker Ohio, Inc., Brinker Restaurant Corporation, Chili's of Minnesota, Inc.

20072033

DXP Enterprises, Inc

Dennis P. Circo

Precision Industries, Inc.

20072034

Citrix Systems, Inc

XenSource, Inc

XenSource, Inc.

20072036

KeyCorp

Tuition Management Systems, Inc

Tuition Management Systems, Inc.

20072038

Informa plc

William Cohen

The Haworth Press, Inc.

20072041

RCN Corporation

NEON Communications Group, Inc

NEON Communications Group, Inc.

20072048

Capital One Financial Corporation

Oak Investment Partners X, L.P

NetSpend Holdings, Inc.

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. 07-4619 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]

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