E9-240. 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—12/15/2008
20090154	Eli Lilly and Company	United Therapeutics Corporation	United Therapeutics Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/16/2008
20090194	BB&T Corporation	Mr. Tapley 0. Johnson, III	Charleston Premium Finance Company.
			Charleston Premium Finance Company of California, Inc. TAPCO Underwriters, Inc.
20090195	Mr. Tapley 0. Johnson, III	BB&T Corporation	BB&T Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/17/2008
20090181	Lifespan Corporation	Care New England Health System	Care New England Health System.
20090204	State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company	HBK Offshore Fund Ltd.	Rockhill Holding Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/18/2008
20090171	Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P	Bruce E. Toll and Robbi S. Toll	National Renal Alliance, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/19/2008
20081575	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20090203	Nelson Peltz	Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.	Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.
20090205	United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited	Stuart Utgaard	Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/24/2008
20081692	King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Alpharma, Inc.	Alpharma, Inc.
20090185	Wells Fargo & Company	New Omaha Holdings L.P.	Wells Fargo Merchant Services, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/30/2008
20090206	Wilton Re Holdings Limited	MetLife, Inc	Cova Corporation.
20090218	Bank of America Corporation	Yum! Brands, Inc	Pizza Hut, Inc.
20090222	NuVision Federal Credit Union	El Financial Credit Union	El Financial Credit Union.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/31/2008
20090221	MiTAC Inter-national Corporation	Magellan Investors LLC.	Magellan Navigation, Inc.

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, [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.