# 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%3AE8-26037 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** October 31, 2008 - **Citation:** 73 FR 64952 ## 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—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] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AE8-26037. Public record. Not legal advice.