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—09/24/2007

20072076

UniCredito Italiano S.p.A

Capitalia S.p.A

Capitalia S.p.A.

20072122

Explorer Pipeline Company

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.

20072129

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC

Pioneer Natural Resources Company

Pioneer Natural Resources Canada Inc.

20072145

Great Hill Equity Partners III, L.P

Mark Towfiq and Carol Nakahara

InteleNet Communications, Inc.

20072152

Eugene M. Isenberg

Nabors Industries Ltd

Nabors Industries Ltd.

20072153

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P

MSCP IV CRDI, LLC

Canyon Gas Resources, LLC

20072155

Copano Energy, L.L.C

MSCP IV CRDI, LLC

Cantera Natural Gas, LLC

Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/25/2007

20072101

Infineon Technologies AG

LSI Corporation

LSI Corporation

20072109

Audax Private Equity Fund II, L.P

Bill D. Brady, as Trustee of the Bill D. Brady Trust

Brady Holdings, LLC

20072136

S-Process Equipment International S.a.r.l

Schenck Process SA

Schenck Process Holding GmbH

20072156

AEGON N.V

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company, ML Life Insurance Company of New York

20072160

FleetCor Technologies, Inc

Chevron Corporation

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

20072163

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co

Sud Chemie AG

Sud Chemie AG

20072165

NTR plc

Edgewater Growth Capital Partners, LP

Recycled Holdings Corporation

20072167

Babcock & Brown Limited

Bill Sjolander

CMC Industries, Inc., CMC Railroad, Inc.

20072168

Lydian Capital Partners LP

Trilogy Investors, LLC

Trilogy Investors, LLC

20072171

Management Consulting Group PLC

Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc

Kurt Salmon Associates, Inc.

20072185

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Priority Air Holdings Corp

Priority Air Holdings Corp.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/26/2007

20071496

Mylan Laboratories Inc

E. Merck oHG

EMD, Inc., Merck dura GmbH, Merck Genericos S.L., Merck Generics Belgium B.V.B.A., Merck Generics Group B.V.

20072098

RF Micro Devices, Inc

Sirenza Microdevices, Inc

Sirenza Microdevices, Inc.

20072166

Knoll, Inc

Mr. John Edelman

Teddy & Arthur Edelman, Limited

20072172

Industrial Growth Partners III, L.P

Russell W. and Pamela C. Lane

Atlas Material Testing Technology, LLC

20072174

New Mountain Lake Holdings, LLC

U.S. Express Enterprises, Inc

U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc.

20072188

Gildan Activewear Inc

V.I. Prewett & Son, Inc.

V.I. Prewett & Son, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/27/2007

20070861

FirstGroup plc

Laidlaw International, Inc

Laidlaw International, Inc.

20071415

Maruha Group Inc

Nichiro Corporation

Nichiro Corporation

Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/28/2007

20072179

BB&T Corporation

Collateral Holdings, Ltd

Collateral Management, LLC, Collateral Real Estate Capital, LLC

20072184

Carlyle Europe Partners III, L.P

Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. (“Abgar”)

APPLUS Servicios Technologicos, S.L.

20072186

Iconix Brand Group, Inc

Official Pillowtex, LLC

Official Pillowtex, LLC

20072187

Yahoo!, Inc

Zimbra, Inc

Zimbra, Inc.

20072190

American Capital Strategies, Ltd

Wells Fargo & Company

Imperial Supplies LLC

20072195

Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P

Integra Telecom, Inc.

Integra Telecom, Inc

20072198

Pfingsten Executive QP Fund III, L.P

Tropitone Furniture Co., Inc

Tropitone Furniture Co., Inc.

20072201

ABRY Partners V, L.P

EHR Holdings, LLC

Executive Health Resources, Inc.

20072204

GSCP Sigma (Lux) S.a.r.l

Sajjan Kumar Agarwal

Gampak Products Corporation, Roemed Holdings, Inc., Semco Electric Private Limited, Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corporation, Ultratech Metals (India) Private Limited

20072205

SECOM Co., LTD

Gordon Crane

Apple & Eve, LLC

20072208

SECOM Co., LTD

Weston Presidio Capital III, LP

Apple & Eve, LLC

20072212

Francois Pinault

United Retail Group, Inc.

United Retail Group, 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. 07-4969 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]

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