# 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%3AE9-11249 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** May 14, 2009 - **Citation:** 74 FR 22745 ## 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 # 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] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3AE9-11249. Public record. Not legal advice.