# 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%3AE8-24649 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** October 20, 2008 - **Citation:** 73 FR 62294 ## 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 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] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AE8-24649. Public record. Not legal advice.