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 No.

Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/21/2008

20081459

Prism Holding Corporation

Passport Holding Corporation

Passport Holding Corporation.

20081464

Quicksilver Resources Inc

The Perot Investment Trust I

Hillwood Oil Gas, L.P

Nortex Minerals, L.P.

20081469

Duke Energy Corporation

Diamond Castle Partners IV, L.P

Catamount Energy Corporation.

20081487

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd

Alleghany Corporation

Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc.

20081490

Health Care Service Corporation

MEDecision, Inc

MEDecision, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/22/2008

20081403

NTR plc

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.

20081430

Flowers Foods, Inc

Lloyd Edward Eisele, Jr

Holsum Bakery, Inc.

20081433

Sageview Capital Master, L.P

Invitrogen Corporation

Invitrogen Corporation.

20081434

Flowers Foods, Inc

C&G Holdings, Inc

C&G Holdings, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/24/2008

20081470

LTX Corporation

Credence Systems Corp

Credence Systems Corp.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/28/2008

20081437

Parexel International Corporation

ClinPhone plc

ClinPhone plc.

20081438

Newco

David H. Domsife

Gillig Corporation Herrick-Pacific Corporation.

20081439

Newco

Dorothy H. Jernstedt

Gillig Corporation Herrick-Pacific Corporation.

20081443

AT&T Inc

Dennis L. O'Neill

MilkyWay Broadband, LLC.

20081457

GTCR Fund VII, L.P

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc

GTC Biotherapeutics, Inc.

20081488

EGI-Fund (08-10) Investors, L.L.C

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc

MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

20081495

Audax Private Equity Fund III, L.P

Hamid Mirafzali and Shadan Mirafzali

MiraMed Global Services, Inc.

20081504

K.K. BCJ-1

D&M Holdings Inc

D&M Holdings Inc

Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/29/2008

20081476

Sageview Capital Master, L.P

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

20081502

Wyeth

The Procter & Gamble Company

The Procter & Gamble Company.

20081503

Progress Software Corporation

IONA Technologies PLC

IONA Technologies PLC.

20081508

Wind Point

Glenn W. Hasse Partners VI, L.P

International Assembly LLC, Ryt-way Industries, LLC, T&G Transport LLC.

20081510

Edward L. Maletis

CoHo Distributing LLC

CoHo Distributing LLC.

20081513

HKW Capital Partners III, L.P

David R. Porter & Angela L. Porter

FURGOPet, Inc., FURminator, Inc., Shed Shack, Inc.

20081516

Exterran Holdings, Inc

Joe Scott

EMIT Water Discharge Technology, LLC.

20081523

OHS Inc

Cenex Finance Association, Inc

Cofina Financial, LLC.

20081531

United Drug plc

Superior Group, Inc

Sharp Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/30/2008

20081299

Honeywell International Inc

Intelligent Automation Corporation

Intelligent Automation Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/01/2008

20081478

TowerBrook Investors II, L.P

Broadlane, Inc

Broadlane, Inc.

20081497

Harding Energy Partners, LLC

Exxon Mobil Corporation

DDJET Limited LLP.

20081501

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc

Henry L. Hillman

Bay Advanced Technologes, LLC, Carolina Fluid Components, LLC, DTS Fluid Power, LLC, Fluid Power Resource, LLC, FluidTech, LLC, H.E.B., LLC, Hughes-HiTech, LLC, Hydro Air, LLC, Mach V, Inc.

20081507

Hicks Acquisition Company I, Inc

Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund L.P

GPO Capital Corp. II.

20081509

J. Luther King, Jr

Industrial Distribution Group, Inc

Industrial Distribution Group, Inc.

20081519

P. Morgan McCague

BCE Inc

BCE Inc.

20081521

BBN Holdings, Inc

Landmark Communications, Inc

Landmark Communications, Inc.

20081526

Puget Holdings LLC

Puget Energy, Inc

Puget Energy, Inc.

20081528

Snow Phipps Group, L.P

ACC Holdco, Inc

ACC Holdco, Inc.

20081545

Odyssey Investment Partners Fund III, L.P

EAG Limited

EAG Limited.

20081555

Diamond Castle Partners IV, L.P

Landmark Communications, Inc

NewsChannel 5 Network, LLC.

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. E8-22567 Filed 9-25-08; 8:45 am]

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