06-417. 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 permit 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—12/27/2005
20060278	Valeant Pharmaceutical International	InterMune, Inc	InterMune, Inc.
20060380	Fortis SA/NV	The William F. O'Connor Foundation	O'Connor & Company L.L.C.
20060381	Fortis N.V	The William F. O'Connor Foundation	O'Connor & Company L.L.C.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—12/30/2005
20060281	Cisco Systems, Inc	Scientific-Atlanta, Inc	Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
20060364	Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P	Linens 'n Things, Inc	Linens 'n Things, Inc.
20060368	Thunder FZE	Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company	Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
20060367	Kenneth R. Thomson	Quantitative Analytics Inc	Quantitative Analytics Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—1/03/2006
20060265	CCG Investments BVI, L.P	Geac Computer Corporation Limited	Geac Computer Corporation Limited.
20060334	CCG Investments BVI, L.P	InTriCage Holdco S.a.r.l	InTriCage Holdco S.a.r.l.
20060389	Nokia Corporation	Intellisync Corporation	Intellisync Corporation.
20060391	Gannett Co., Inc	Mr. Fred Eychaner	Channel 20 TV Company.
20060394	Electronic Arts Inc	JAMDAT Mobile, Inc	JAMDAT Mobile, Inc.
20060398	Wachovia Corporation	Ernest S. Rady	Western Consumer Products.
			Westran Services Corp.
			WFS Receivables Corporation 2.
			WFS Receivables Corporation 4.
20060399	Ernest S. Rady	Wachovia Corporation	Wachovia Corporation.
20060400	ALLTEL Holding Corp	Valor Communications Group, Inc	Valor Communications Group, Inc.
20060407	General Electric Group	Belk, Inc	Belk, Inc.
20060408	Avista Capital Partners, LP	Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P	WideOpen West Cleveland, Inc.
			WideOpen West Illinois, Inc.
			WideOpen West Networks, Inc.
			WideOpen West Ohio, Inc.
20060416	Lafarge, S.A	Rein, Schultz & Dahl of Illinois, Inc	Rein, Schultz & Dahl of Illinois, Inc.
20060419	Sprint Nextel Corporation	Don E. Bond	Enterprise Communications Partnership.
20060420	Sprint Nextel Corporation	W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr. and Genelle Jennings	Enterprise Communications Partnership.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/04/2006
20060392	Brady Corporation	SKM Equity Fund III, L.P	AIO Holdings, Inc.
20060393	E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company	Gilles Vicard	Neptune Environmental Technologies, Inc.
20060418	BCT Coffee Acquisition Holdings, Inc	Pernod Ricard S.A	Dunkin' Brands, Inc.
20060426	EarthLink, Inc	New Edge Holding Company	New Edge Holding Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/05/2006
20060357	Buckeye Partners, L.P	BP plc	BP Pipelines (North America) Inc.
20060370	MCP-TPI Holdings, LLC	EquaTerra, Inc	EquaTerra, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/06/2006
20060344	Castlerigg International Limited	Wendy's International, Inc	Wendy's International, Inc.
20060348	Trian Star Trust	Wendy's International, Inc	Wendy's International, Inc.
20060406	Toyota Tsusho Corporation	Tomen Corporation	Tomen Corporation.
20060430	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co	CareMore Medical Group	CareMore Medical Enterprises.

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.