E8-24649. 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—06/16/2008
20081021	CME Group Inc.	NYMEX Holdings, Inc.	NYMEX Holdings, Inc.
20081281	The Hearst Family Trust	NewCo, LLC	NewCo, LLC.
20081312	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Caxton-Iseman (NAHP), L.P.	Caxton-Iseman (NAHP), L.P.
20081315	First BanCorp	CG Investor, LLC	DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Caribbean, LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/17/2008
20081274	Illinois Tool Works, Inc.	Coller International Partners IV-D, L.P	QSA Global, Inc.
20081275	ING Groep N.V.	State Street Corporation	CitiStreet LLC.
20081276	ING Groep N.V.	Citigroup Inc.	CitiStreet LLC.
20081310	Bain Capital X, L.P.	American Capital Strategies, Ltd.	Contec Holdings, Ltd.
20081313	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Bank of America Corporation	CIVC Partners IIA, L.P.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/18/2008
20081308	Sageview Capital Master, L.P.	EverBank Financial Corp	EverBank Financial Corp.
20081327	Providence Equity Partners V L.P.	Education Management Corporation	Education Management Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/20/2008
20081306	Lehman Brothers Partners IV L.P.	Angelica Corporation	Angelica Corporation.
20081317	S.A.C. Private Equity Investors, L.P.	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.	MedQuist Inc.
20081319	Carousel Capital Partners Ill L.P.	Xinhua Finance Limited	Mergent, Inc.
20081320	Great Wisconsin Credit Union	Summit Credit Union	Summit Credit Union.
20081324	Leeds Equity Partners IV, L.P.	Education Management Corporation	Education Management Corporation.
20081326	Newhouse Broadcasting Corporation	Discovery Communications, Inc.	Discovery Communications, Inc.
20081328	GS Capital Partners V, L.P.	Education Management Corporation	Education Management Corporation.
20081332	Emerson Electric Co.	General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc	General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
20081339	Wellspring Capital Partners IV, L.P.	NC Limited Partner Holdings, LLC	Cleaver-Holdings, Inc.
20081344	Johnson Controls, Inc.	Julie Nguyen Brown	Plastic Engineered Products, Inc.
20081348	Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated	Staubach Holdings, Inc.	Staubach Holdings, Inc.
20081349	TP Group 2007-B, L.P.	Walter S. Lutz, Jr.	Signicast Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/23/2008
20081242	Cablevision Systems Corporation	NMG Company, LLC	NMG Company, LLC.
20081279	SPO Partners II, L.P.	Reilly Family Limited Partnership	Lamar Advertising Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/24/2008
20081272	Ashland Inc.	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
20081298	USRG Power & Biofuels Fund II, L.P	Renewable Energy Group, Inc.	Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
20081307	XTO Energy Inc.	Timothy C. Headington	Headington Oil Company LLC. Nesson Gathering System, LLC.
20081316	Macquarie Group Limited	Express Energy Services Holding, LP	Express Energy Services Holding, LP.
20081323	Hologic, Inc.	Third Wave Technologies, Inc.	Third Wave Technologies, Inc.
20081330	Phillip Ean Cohen	Value Financial Services, Inc.	Value Financial Services, Inc.
20081335	Sierra Pacific Resources	Reliant Energy, Inc.	Reliant Energy Asset Management, LLC. Reliant Energy Wholesale Generation, LLC.
20081336	Societe Cooperative Agricole Champagne Cereales	Archer-Daniels-Midland Company	ADM Malting, LLC.
20081361	Olympus Growth Fund IV, L.P	Ernest Edward & Ann Zinke	Ann's House of Nuts, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/25/2008
20081305	GulfMark Offshore, Inc.	Rigdon Marine Holdings, L.L.C.	Rigdon Marine Corporation.
20081342	TPF II, L.P.	Dynegy Inc.	Rolling Hills Generating, LLC.
20081352	Burger King Holdings, Inc.	Michael Simmonds and Linda Simmonds	Simmonds Restaurant Management, Inc. SRF Holdings L.L.C. SR of Iowa, L.L.C.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/26/2008
20080269	Banner Health	Sun Health Corporation	Sun Health Corporation. Sun Health Research Institute.
20081333	FTI Consulting, Inc.	TOP-2005, LLC	Attenex Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/27/2008
20081257	Comtech Telecommunications Corp.	Radyne Corporation	Radyne 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, [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.