# 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%3A07-6234 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** December 31, 2007 - **Citation:** 72 FR 74289 ## 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 # Acquiring Acquired Entities Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/05/2007 20080136 H.I.G. Capital Partners IV, L.P Raytheon Company Flight Options LLC, Newco. 20080150 Saw Mill Capital Partners, L.P Bessemer Securities LLC AdMart Attractions, Inc., Business Stationery LLC, Graphics Systems, Inc., Identity Group, LLC, IDG, LLC, Redi-Tag Corporation, Scott Sign Systems, Inc., SigLet, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/06/2007 20080077 SPO Partners II, L.P Martin Marietta Materials, Inc Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 20080113 Morgan Stanley Royal Ahold Tops Markets, LLC. 20080117 SAP AG Business Objects S.A Business Objects S.A. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/07/2007 20080075 Platinum Equity Capital Partners II, L.P PPG Industries, Inc PPG Industries, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/08/2007 20080081 2151000 Ontario Inc Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. 20080140 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation marketRx, Inc marketRx, Inc. 20080141 E.ON AG NTR plc Airtricity, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/09/2007 20080157 WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation American Home Mortgage Corp., American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. 20080170 Partners Limited Redding Management, Inc Redding Management, Inc. 20080174 Permira IV L.P.2 Arysta Life ScienceCorporation Arysta Life ScienceCorporation. 20080175 USPF III Leveraged Feeder, L.P Michigan Cogeneration Systems, Inc Michigan Cogeneration Systems, Inc. 20080177 Sheridan Production Partners I-B, L.P Helios Energy Partners I L.P Aethon I L.P. 20080179 Dennis R. Washington Washington Group International, Inc Washington Group International, Inc. 20080182 Mr. Fayez Sarofim eHarmony.com eHarmony.com. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/13/2007 20080180 Willbros Group, Inc Integrated Service Company, LLC Integrated Service Company, LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/14/2007 20080109 Halkos Holdings, LLC Olin Corporation A.J. Oster Caribe, Inc., A.J. Oster Company, A.J. Oster Foils, Inc., A.J. Oster West, Inc., Bryan Metals, Inc., Chase Brass & Copper Company, Incorporated, Chase Industries, Inc., LTC Reserve Corp., Olin Corporation, Olin Fabricated Metal Products, Inc., Waterburg Rolling Mills, Inc. 20080135 Nuance Communications, Inc Thoma Cressey Fund VI, L.P Viecore, Inc. 20080178 Discovery Holding Company HowStuffWorks, Inc HowStuffWorks, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/15/2007 20071065 Schering-Plough Corporation Akzo Nobel N.V Organon BioSciences N.V. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/19/2007 20080176 Williams Partners L.P The Williams Companies Inc Wamsutter LLC. 20080183 Cisco Systems, Inc Navini Networks, Inc Navini Networks, Inc. 20080189 2003 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, L.P Mr. Timothy R. Buhl Aerco International, Inc. 20080190 2003 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, L.P Mr. Basem L. Hismeh Aerco International, Inc. 20080119 Darwin Deason Affiliated Computer Services, Inc Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. 20080201 CHS Private Equity V L.P Richard C. Morgan, Jr ALC Licensing Group, LLC, ALC-Partner, Inc., American Aesthetic Equipment, LLC, American Laser Centers, LLC, AmeriPure, LLC. 20080203 The Providence Service Corporation Charterhouse Equity Partners IV, L.P Charter LCI Corporation. 20080205 Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI, L.P Goodman Global, Inc Goodman Global, Inc. 200801210 ESCO Technologies Inc The Frank C. Doble Wife's Trust Doble Engineering Company. 20080211 EnCana Corporation Thomas S. Kaplan Leor Energy (Amoruso) LLC, Leor Energy (Amoruso Ranch) Holdings LLC, Leor Energy (Brazos) LLC, Leor Energy (Houston) LLC, Leor Energy (Navasota Resources) LLC. 20080213 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc Albridge Solutions, Inc Albridge Solutions, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/20/2007 20080123 Leeds Equity Partners IV, L.P David Meek Campus Management Corp. 20080144 Carl C. Icahn Motricity, Inc Motricity, Inc. 20080196 Linsalata Capital Partners Fund V, L.P Lund International Holdings, Inc Autotron Accessories, Inc., Belmor Products, Inc., Deflect-A-Shield Accessories, Inc., Lund International Holdings, Inc., Lund International, Inc. 20080204 Transfield Services Limited Michael Sullivan, Sr Horizon National Commercial Services, LLC, Horizon National Contract Services, LLC, Horizon National Services, LLC, Horizon Western Contract Services, LLC. 20080206 Brian C. Rogers T. Rowe Price Group, Inc T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 20080214 CSS Industries, Inc C.R. Gibson, Inc C.R. Gibson, Inc. 20080215 Harron Sharing Partners, L.P Boston Ventures Limited Partnership VI Vista III Media, LLC. 20080218 Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P Radiation Therapy Services, Inc Radiation Therapy Services, Inc. 20080232 Genstar Capital Partners V, L.P John Klaeb Westline Corporation. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/21/2007 20080126 AT&T Inc Aloha Partners, L.P Aloha Partners, L.P., HIWIRE, LLC. 20080128 Stora Enso Oyj NewPage Investments LLC NewPage Group, Inc. 20080129 NewPage Investments LLC Stora Enso Oyj Stora Enso North America Inc. 20080172 EnergySouth, Inc Theo B. Bean, Jr Mississippi Hub, LLC. 20080194 Symantec Corporation Vontu, Inc Vontu, Inc. 20080212 HFA Holdings Limited Sean G. McGould Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC. 20080225 Iron Mountain Incorporated Stratify, Inc Stratify, Inc. 20080227 HBK Offshore Fund Ltd RTW, Inc RTW, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/23/2007 20080234 Gaz de France SUEZ SUEZ. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/27/2007 20080166 David H. Murdock Gene Haas Inland Logistics 2, LLC. 20080167 David H. Murdock William J. Hendricksen and Patricia Hendricksen Inland Logistics, LLC. 20080193 The Clorox Company HSBC Holdings plc Burt's Bees, Inc. 20080209 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Saber Holdings, Inc Saber Holdings, Inc. 20080220 Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board Puget Energy, Inc Puget Energy, Inc. 20080221 Dubai Holding LLC Rhone Offshore Capital Partners II, L.P Almatis Holdings 3 B.V. 20080237 GS Maritime Holding LLC TECO Energy, Inc TECO Transport Corporation. 20080242 Time Warner Inc Jonathan Burton TT Games Limited. 20080248 AIF VI Euro Holdings L.P The Marilyn Carlson nelson 1998 GST Family Trust Celtic Pacific Holdings (UK) Limited, Golden Ocean Line Limited, Newco LLC, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Inc., Regent Seven Seas Cruises UK Limited. 20080249 AIF VI Euro Holdings L.P The Barbara Carlson Gage 1998 GST Family Trust Celtic Pacific Holdings (UK) Limited, Golden Ocean Line Limited, Newco LLC, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Inc., Regent Seven Seas Cruises UK Limited. 20080025 PODS Holding, Inc PODS, Inc PODS, Inc. 20080254 Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd Quiksilver, Inc Roger Cleveland Golf Company, Inc. 20080259 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc USAble Life. 20080260 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield USAble Life. 20080275 Sector Performance Fund, L.P LaSalle Capital Group, L.P Advanced H2O Holdings LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/28/2007 20081838 Barry O'Callaghan Reed Elsevier NV Achieve Data Solutions LLC, Classroom Connect Inc., Foundation Marine Animal Husbandry Inc., Greenwood Publishing Group Inc., Harcourt Inc., HRW Distributors Inc., Reed Elsevier UK Ltd., Steck-Vaughn Publishing LLC. 20080152 The Doctors Company, an Interinsurance Exchange SCPIE Holdings, Inc SCPIE Holdings, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/29/2007 20080192 Oak Hill Capital Partners III, L.P Forgings International L.P Forgings International L.P. 20080240 Cooper Industries, Ltd SurePower, Inc SurePower, Inc. 20080241 O. Bruton Smith Robert P. Bahre New Hampshire Speedway, Inc. 20080263 Providence Equity Partners VI L.P Donald W. Jones J&B DS LLC, J&B Sales Corp., Jones and Bartlett Publishers Business Trust, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. 20080279 Computer Sciences Corporation First Consulting Group, Inc First Consulting Group, Inc. 20080281 Spherion Corporation Charlesbank Equity Fund V, Limited Partnership Intellimark Holdings, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/03/2007 20080278 SAS Rue La Boetie Societe Generale S.A Fimat International Banque S.A. 20080280 Societe Generale S.A SAS Rue La Boetie Calyon North America Holdings, Inc. 20080292 ABX Air, Inc Cargo Holdings International, Inc Cargo Holdings International, Inc. 20080297 Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, LLC Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, LLC 20080298 Youngor Group Co. Ltd Kellwood Company Smart Apparel Group Limited, Xin Ma Apparel International Ltd. 20080301 Mr. George David United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Corporation. 20080306 Hewlett-Packard Company TA IX L.P EYP Mission Critical Facilities, Inc. 20080314 Millennium Digital Media Holdings, L.L.C Golden Tree Asset Management, LLC James Cable, LLC. 20080315 American Securities Partners IV, L.P Silver Point Capital Offshore Fund, Ltd FiberMark North America, Inc., FiberMark Red Bridge International Ltd. 20080318 Bilfinger Berger Industrial Services AG Churchill Equity and ESOP Capital Partners II, L.P TSC Holding Company, LLC. 20080319 International Business Machines Corporation Cognos Incorporated Cognos Incorporated. 20080331 AT&T Inc Ingenio, Inc Ingenio, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/04/2007 20080187 Honeywell International Inc HKW Capital partners II, L.P Maxon Corporation. 20080230 Robert Price Ford Motor Company Automotive Componenets Holdings, LLC. 20080246 CCC Steel GmbH & Co. KG MAN AG Ferrostaal Metals GmbH. 20080258 Albert G. Lowenthal Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC World Markets Corp. 20080291 The Bear Stearns Companies Inc Knight Holdco LLC KN Cogeneration, Inc., KN Thermo Acquisition, Inc. 20080300 KMG Chemicals, Inc Air Products and Chemicals, Inc Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 20080312 Iberdrola, S.A Denham Commodity Partners Fund IV L.P Freebird Assets, Inc., Freebird SHA, LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/05/2007 20080184 Nokia Inc. NAVTEQ Corporation NAVTEQ Corporation. 20080202 Omniture, Inc. Visual Sciences, Inc. Visual Sciences, Inc. 20080290 Nycomed S.C.A. SICAR Daniel Glassman Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20080295 CHRISTUS Health McKenna Health System McKenna Health System. 20080307 Providence Equity Partners V L.P. Donald L. Merrill AMR/Arlington Medical Resources, Inc. 20080308 Providence Equity Partners V L.P. K. Paul Ferris AMR/Arlington Medical Resources, Inc. 20080320 Wicks Communications & Media Partners III, L.P. The Gordian Group, Inc. ESOP and Trust The Gordian Group, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/06/2007 20080256 ON Semiconductor Corporation Analog Devices, Inc. Analog Devices, Inc. 20080271 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd Littlejohn Fund II, L.P. ULT Holdings, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/07/2007 20080329 Macrovision Corporation Yucaipa One-Stop Partners, L.P. All Media Guide Holdings, Inc. 20080334 Trust f/b/o Lee Bordes u/a FIVE o/t Will of Peter A. Bordes Lincoln National Corporation Lincoln Financial Media Company of North Carolina. 20080346 Prudential Financial Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. Union Bank of California, N.A. 20080353 The Nutting Company, Inc. Nutting 1997 Trust The Nutting Newspapers, Inc. 20080369 Citadel Kensington Global Strategies Fund Ltd E*TRADE Financial Corporation E*TRADE Financial Corporation. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/10/2007 20080143 Motricity, Inc. InfoSpace, Inc. InfoSpace, Inc. 20080265 GSS Contract Services XXI, Inc. Broadway Generating Company, LLC Bosque Power Company, LLC, LSP Bosque Blocker II, Inc., LSP Bosque Blocker I, Inc. 20080283 Hilltop Holdings Inc. Downey Financial Corp Downey Financial Corp. 20080342 Fidelity Capital Operating Limited Partnership HD Supply, Inc. Cox Lumber Corp., Madison LLC, Park LLC, Williams Bros. Lumber Co., LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/11/2007 20080282 The Day & Zimmermann Group, Inc. SOC-SMG, Inc. SOC-SMG, Inc. 20080287 Valve (RMG) LuxCo S.a.r.l Gareth Y. Hudson Mercury Instruments, Inc. 20080333 Highland Crusader Fund II, Ltd Solutia Inc. Solutia Inc. 20080335 Astellas Pharma Inc. Agensys, Inc. Agensys, Inc. 20080340 Silver Lake Partners III, L.P. Gerson Lehman Group, Inc. Gerson Lehman Group, Inc. 20080348 Nustar Energy, L.P. Petroleos De Venezuela, S.A Citgo Asphalt Refining Company. 20080356 Fundacion MAPFRE The Commerce Group, Inc. The Commerce Group, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/12/2007 20080231 Falcon Mezzanine Partners II Roy K. Landgren Sunrise Electric Supply, Inc. 20080349 Genesis Energy, L.P. Denbury Resources Inc. Denbury Onshore L.L.C. 20080359 Iconix Brand Group, Inc. Phillip H. Knight Exeter Brands Group LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/13/2007 20080253 Nokia Corporation Atrica, Inc. Atrica, Inc. 20080266 Genstar Capital Partners V, L.P. TravelCLICK Holdings, Inc. TravelCLICK Holdings, Inc. 20080311 GlaxoSmithKline plc Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20080344 Macquarie Group Limited C. Gregory Evans, II Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. 20080370 The Resolute Fund, L.P. Haas TCM Inc. Haas TCM Inc. 20080371 The Resolute Fund II, L.P. Haas TCM Inc. Haas TCM Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/14/2007 20080273 Agilent Technologies, Inc. Velocity11 Velocity11. 20080289 Catholic Healthcare Partners Tennessee Baptist Convention The Baptist Health System of East Tennessee, Inc. 20080364 SPO Partners II, L.P. Calpine Corporation Calpine Corporation. 20080366 Luminum Energy Partners QP, L.P. Calpine Corporation Calpine Corporation. 20080367 LS Power Equity Partners, L.P. Calpine Corporation Calpine Corporation. 20080368 San Francisco Partners II, L.P. Calpine Corporation Calpine Corporation. 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. 07-6234 Filed 12-28-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A07-6234. Public record. Not legal advice.