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—06/16/2008

20081021

CME Group Inc.

NYMEX Holdings, Inc.

NYMEX Holdings, Inc.

20081281

The Hearst Family Trust

NewCo, LLC

NewCo, LLC.

20081312

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Caxton-Iseman (NAHP), L.P.

Caxton-Iseman (NAHP), L.P.

20081315

First BanCorp

CG Investor, LLC

DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Caribbean, LLC.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/17/2008

20081274

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

Coller International Partners IV-D, L.P

QSA Global, Inc.

20081275

ING Groep N.V.

State Street Corporation

CitiStreet LLC.

20081276

ING Groep N.V.

Citigroup Inc.

CitiStreet LLC.

20081310

Bain Capital X, L.P.

American Capital Strategies, Ltd.

Contec Holdings, Ltd.

20081313

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Bank of America Corporation

CIVC Partners IIA, L.P.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/18/2008

20081308

Sageview Capital Master, L.P.

EverBank Financial Corp

EverBank Financial Corp.

20081327

Providence Equity Partners V L.P.

Education Management Corporation

Education Management Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/20/2008

20081306

Lehman Brothers Partners IV L.P.

Angelica Corporation

Angelica Corporation.

20081317

S.A.C. Private Equity Investors, L.P.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

MedQuist Inc.

20081319

Carousel Capital Partners Ill L.P.

Xinhua Finance Limited

Mergent, Inc.

20081320

Great Wisconsin Credit Union

Summit Credit Union

Summit Credit Union.

20081324

Leeds Equity Partners IV, L.P.

Education Management Corporation

Education Management Corporation.

20081326

Newhouse Broadcasting Corporation

Discovery Communications, Inc.

Discovery Communications, Inc.

20081328

GS Capital Partners V, L.P.

Education Management Corporation

Education Management Corporation.

20081332

Emerson Electric Co.

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc

General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.

20081339

Wellspring Capital Partners IV, L.P.

NC Limited Partner Holdings, LLC

Cleaver-Holdings, Inc.

20081344

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Julie Nguyen Brown

Plastic Engineered Products, Inc.

20081348

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated

Staubach Holdings, Inc.

Staubach Holdings, Inc.

20081349

TP Group 2007-B, L.P.

Walter S. Lutz, Jr.

Signicast Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/23/2008

20081242

Cablevision Systems Corporation

NMG Company, LLC

NMG Company, LLC.

20081279

SPO Partners II, L.P.

Reilly Family Limited Partnership

Lamar Advertising Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/24/2008

20081272

Ashland Inc.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

20081298

USRG Power & Biofuels Fund II, L.P

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

20081307

XTO Energy Inc.

Timothy C. Headington

Headington Oil Company LLC.

Nesson Gathering System, LLC.

20081316

Macquarie Group Limited

Express Energy Services Holding, LP

Express Energy Services Holding, LP.

20081323

Hologic, Inc.

Third Wave Technologies, Inc.

Third Wave Technologies, Inc.

20081330

Phillip Ean Cohen

Value Financial Services, Inc.

Value Financial Services, Inc.

20081335

Sierra Pacific Resources

Reliant Energy, Inc.

Reliant Energy Asset Management, LLC.

Reliant Energy Wholesale Generation, LLC.

20081336

Societe Cooperative Agricole Champagne Cereales

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

ADM Malting, LLC.

20081361

Olympus Growth Fund IV, L.P

Ernest Edward & Ann Zinke

Ann's House of Nuts, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/25/2008

20081305

GulfMark Offshore, Inc.

Rigdon Marine Holdings, L.L.C.

Rigdon Marine Corporation.

20081342

TPF II, L.P.

Dynegy Inc.

Rolling Hills Generating, LLC.

20081352

Burger King Holdings, Inc.

Michael Simmonds and Linda Simmonds

Simmonds Restaurant Management, Inc.

SRF Holdings L.L.C.

SR of Iowa, L.L.C.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/26/2008

20080269

Banner Health

Sun Health Corporation

Sun Health Corporation.

Sun Health Research Institute.

20081333

FTI Consulting, Inc.

TOP-2005, LLC

Attenex Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/27/2008

20081257

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

Radyne Corporation

Radyne 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. E8-24649 Filed 10-17-08; 8:45 am]

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