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—10/01/2008

20081732

Robert B. Cohen

Dufry AG

Dufry AG.

20081805

GTEL Holding LLC

GTEL Holdings, Inc

GTEL Holdings, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/03/2008

20081590

Donald E. Graham

General Electric Company

NBC Stations Management II, Inc., NBC Subsidiary, (WTVJ-TV), Inc., NBC Universal, Inc.

20081749

Arch Chemicals, Inc

Rockwood Holdings, Inc

Advantis Technologies, Inc.

20081804

EPCOR Power L.P

Mitsubishi Corporation

Morris Cogeneration, LLC.

20081807

Opnext, Inc

StrataLight Communications, Inc

StrataLight Communications, Inc.

20081808

Rock Hill Telephone Company

Citizens Telephone Company

Citizens Telephone Company.

20081810

ES Media Works Fund I, LP

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

First State Media Group Limited.

20081813

DSMUS Trust

Robert C. McNair

Stonerside Stable LLC.

20081826

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/06/2008

20081747

H&R Block, Inc

Michael Dean Merriman 1965-A Trust

Block Management, LLC, H&R Block, LLC, HRBO III, LLC, HRBO, LLC.

20081748

H&R Block, Inc

Pamela Jo Merriman 1965-A Trust

Block Management, LLC, H&R Block, LLC, HRBO III, LLC, HRBO, LLC.

20081754

H&R Block, Inc

H&R Block of Houston, LLC

Houston Block, L.C.

20081761

John K. Delaney

CapitalSource Inc

CapitalSource Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/07/2008

20081792

USPF III Leveraged Feeder, L.P

Peter H. Zeliff, Sr

Innovative Energy Systems, LLC.

20081799

IHS Inc

Joseph E. Kasputys

Global Insight, Inc.

20081818

William S. Morris III and Mary Sue Ellis Morris

Rocco B. Commisso

SplitCo.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/09/2008

20081786

Inversion Corporativa I.C., S.A

DTN Holding Company, Inc

DTN Holding Company, Inc.

20081789

Zimmer Holdings, Inc

Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Spine, Inc.

20081816

ASP IV Alternative Investments, L.P

Liberty Tire Services, LLC

Liberty Tire Services, LLC.

20090021

Wells Fargo & Company

Wachovia Corporation

Wachovia Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/10/2008

20081830

Sappi Limited

Metsaliitto Cooperative

M-real Corporation.

20081831

Foot Locker, Inc

dELIA's, Inc

dELIA's, Inc.

20081832

Enterprise Products Partners L. P

EnCana Corporation

Great Divide Gathering, LLC.

20090013

GHL Acquisition Corp

Iridium Holdings LLC

Iridium Holdings LLC.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/14/2008

20081763

GDF SUEZ

FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc

FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc.

20081822

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

Russell Enterprises, Inc

Standard Car Truck Company.

20081827

Bank of America Corporation

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/15/2008

20081800

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

K-Dow Petrochemicals C.V

K-Dow Petrochemicals C.V.

20081823

Cameron International Corporation

Kenneth L. Bums, II

Burnsco Blowout Preventer Sales & Service, Inc., Hitech, Inc. Kencoy, Inc., Melco Blowout Preventer Specialties, Inc., Townsend International BOPs, Inc.

20090006

McAfee, Inc

Secure Computing Corporation

Secure Computing Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/16/2008

20081793

Altria Group, Inc

UST Inc

UST Inc.

20081794

The Voting Trust

Morgan Stanley

Cournot Financial Products LLC.

20090012

Equity Investor Acquisition LLC

Estate of Anthony A. Martino

Hatboro Cosmollision, Inc., Maaco Enterprises, Inc.

20090020

BTG plc

Protherics plc

Protherics plc.

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. E8-26037 Filed 10-30-08; 8:45 am]

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