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 #

Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/20/2009

20090390

Sterling Capital Partners III, L.P

Nova Records Management, LLC

Capital Records Management, Incorporated; Garden State Consulting, LLC; Nova Records, Inc.; Nova Records, LLC; Records Management Corporation; Release of Information Solutions, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/21/2009

20090380

Deloitte LLP

BearingPoint, Inc

BearingPoint, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/22/2009

20090378

Sanofi-Aventis

BiPar Sciences, Inc

BiPar Sciences, Inc.

20090386

James R. Leininger, M.D.

BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc

BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/24/2009

20090393

Williams Companies, Inc

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P

Atlas Pipeline McKean, LLC; Atlas Pipeline New York, LLC.

20090396

Advent-Kong Blocker Corp

Fifth Third Bancorp

Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC.

20090400

Spectra Energy Corp.

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P

Atlas Pipeline Pennsylvania, LLC; Laurel Mountain Midstream Operating, LLC; Atlas Arkansas Pipeline LLC; Mid-Continent Arkansas Pipeline, LLC; NOARK PIPELINE System, Limited Partnership; Ozark Gas Gathering, LLC; Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC.

20090407

Rosa Anna Magno Garavoglia

Pemod Ricard S.A

Austin Nichols & Co., Inc.; Pemod Ricard USA, LLC.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/27/2009

20090254

Big Rivers Electric Corporation

E.ON AG

LG&E Energy Marketing Inc.; Western Kentucky Energy Corp.

20090408

Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP

Hammerstein Properties LLC

Hammerstein Properties LLC.

20090414

Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP

Richard Rodgers Family Trust

Richard Rodgers Family Trust

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/28/2009

20090368

Community Health Systems, Inc

Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Inc

Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/29/2009

20090329

INS, Inc.

VenSign, Inc

VenSign, Inc.

20090367

National Oilwell Varco, Inc

Lee Barberito

Dynamic Drilling Fluids, LLP; Spirit Completion Fluids, Ltd.; Spirit Drilling Fluids, Ltd.; Spirit Drilling Fluids Sub, LLC; Spirit Minerals, L.P.

20090413

Hudson Clean Energy Partners, L.P

Calisolar Inc

Calisolar Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—05/01/2009

20090415

MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners III L.P

D.E. Shaw Composite International Fund

Foamex International, Inc.

20090420

GS Capital Partners VI, L.P

Global Hyatt Corporation

Global Hyatt 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. E9-11249 Filed 5-13-09; 8:45 am]

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