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—12/18/2006

20070345

GTCR Fund IX/A, L.P

3M Company

3M Innovative Properties Company.

Riker Laboratories, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/19/2006

20070341

Cadent Energy Partners I, L.P

George W. Mullane, Jr

Logan Oil Tools, Inc.

20070371

Green Equity Investors IV, L.P

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc.

20070378

Cooper Industries, Ltd

Wire-Pro, Inc

Viking Electronics, Inc., Wire-Pro, Inc., WPI-Boston Division, Inc., WPI-Sarasota Division, Inc., WPI-Viking Division, S.A. de C.V.

20070391

United Technologies Corporation

Longville Group Ltd

Longville Group Ltd.

20070411

Blum Strategic Partners III, L.P

Kinetic Concepts, Inc

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

20070438

Sterling Investment Partner II, L.P

Fairway Operating Corp

Fairway Operating Corp.

20070441

Deutsche Post AG

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc

Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.

20070465

Hewlett-Packard Company

Knightsbridge Solutions Holdings Corp

Knightsbridge Solutions Holding Corp.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/20/2006

20070168

H.I.G. TestAmerica, Inc

Severn Trent Plc

Aerotech Holdings, Inc., En Novative Technologies, Inc., Severn Trent Laboratories, Inc.

20070383

Carylyle Partners IV, L.P

Sharon Tube Corporation

Sharon Tube Corporation.

20070392

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation

Bear Lake Acquisition Corp

Bear Lake Acquisition Corp.

20070440

Tullett Prebon plc

C&W Corporate Securities LLC

Chapdelaine Corporate Securities & Co.

20070442

Oak Hill Capital Partners II, L.P

Frank A. Critz, M.D

Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia.

20070443

Lonza Group Limited

Cambrex Corporation

Cambrex Corporation.

20070448

Lawrence Flinn, Jr

Barry O'Callaghan

HM Rivergroup, PLC.

20070455

Edward W. Stack

Golf Galaxy, Inc

Golf Galaxy, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/21/2006

20070397

Group 1 Automotive, Inc

A. Baron Cass III

Baron Development Company, LLC, Baron Motorwerks, LLC, Baron Volkswagen, Inc.

20070398

Group 1 Automotive, Inc

Barton J. Cohen

Baron Development Company, LLC, Baron Motowerks, LLC, Baron Volkswagen, Inc.

20070407

Partners HealthCare System, Inc

Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Inc

Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Inc.

20070410

Partners HealthCare System, Inc

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Nantucket Cottage Hospital.

20070431

Third Point Offshore Fund, Ltd

Pogo Producing Company

Pogo Producing Company.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/22/2006

20070367

Medstead Luxco S.a.r.l

Permira Europe II L.P.2

Ferretti S.p.A.

20070369

Bain Capital (OSI) IX, L.P

OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc

OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc.

20070400

Sonoco Products Company

Snyder Investment Holdings LLC

Clear Pack Company.

20070403

Goldstein Group, Inc

Velia Samuels Common Stock Trust

Samuels Recycling Company.

20070415

Starwood Capital Hospitality Fund I-2, L.P

elevenseven Holdings, L.L.C

elevenseven Holdings, L.L.C.

20070425

Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold Inc

Phelps Dodge Corporation

Phelps Dodge Corporation.

20070427

Glide Buy-Out Fund III CV

Rockwood Holdings, Inc

Gruop Novasep SAS.

20070429

ArcLight Energy Partners Fund III, L.P

AltairStrickland Group, Inc

AltairStrickland Group, Inc.

20070457

Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Fund I, Ltd

Calpine Corporation

MEP Pleasant Hill, LLC.

20070460

Mr. Jostein Eikeland

Fiat S.p.A

Meridian Technologies, Inc.

20070467

Behrman Capital III L.P

The Jerry L. Hayden Trust dated April 22, 1994

Peacock Engineering Company.

20070468

Geodis S.A

TNT N.V

TNT Freight Management Holdings.

20070474

Marubeni Corporation

Mark J. Vallely

Intragrated Resources Holdings, Inc.

20070475

Colam Entreprendre S.A

Crawford Electric Supply Company, Ltd

Crawford Electric Supply Company, Ltd.

20070477

Standex International Corporation

Associated American Industries, Inc

Associated American Industries, Inc.

20070480

General Motors Corporation

Con-way Inc

Vector SCM, LLC.

20070482

GS Capital Partners V, L.P

McJunkin Corporation

McJunkin Corporation.

20070483

General Electric Company

Moseley Associates, Inc

Microwave Data Systems, Inc.

20070484

Graeme Hart

International Paper Company

International Paper Company.

20070485

Veritas Capital Fund III, L.P

Pearson plc

NCS Pearson Venezuela, NCS Services de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Pearson Analytic Solutions, Inc., Pearson Canada Solutions Limited, Pearson Government Solution, Inc., Pearson Soluciones S.A., Soluciones Pearson Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

20070489

Cardiovascular Hospitals of America, LLC

St. Francis Health Care System of Hawaii

Hawaii Health Ventures, LLC, SFMC Joint Ventures, LLC, St. Francis Imaging, LLC, St. Francis Medical Center, St. Francis Medical Center—West.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/26/2006

20070478

Scott Sheridan

INVESTools, Inc

INVESTools Inc.

20070479

Tom Sosnoff

INVESTools Inc

INVESTools Inc.

20070488

Motorola, Inc

Netopia, Inc

Netopia, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/28/2006

20060776

General Dynamics Corporation

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc

SNC Technologies Corp., SNC Technologies Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/29/2006

20061812

The TriZetto Group, Inc

Quality Care Solutions, Inc

Quality Care Solutions, 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. 07-81 Filed 1-11-07: 8:45 am]

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