E8-26037. 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—10/01/2008
20081732	Robert B. Cohen	Dufry AG	Dufry AG.
20081805	GTEL Holding LLC	GTEL Holdings, Inc	GTEL Holdings, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/03/2008
20081590	Donald E. Graham	General Electric Company	NBC Stations Management II, Inc., NBC Subsidiary, (WTVJ-TV), Inc., NBC Universal, Inc.
20081749	Arch Chemicals, Inc	Rockwood Holdings, Inc	Advantis Technologies, Inc.
20081804	EPCOR Power L.P	Mitsubishi Corporation	Morris Cogeneration, LLC.
20081807	Opnext, Inc	StrataLight Communications, Inc	StrataLight Communications, Inc.
20081808	Rock Hill Telephone Company	Citizens Telephone Company	Citizens Telephone Company.
20081810	ES Media Works Fund I, LP	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	First State Media Group Limited.
20081813	DSMUS Trust	Robert C. McNair	Stonerside Stable LLC.
20081826	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc	Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/06/2008
20081747	H&R Block, Inc	Michael Dean Merriman 1965-A Trust	Block Management, LLC, H&R Block, LLC, HRBO III, LLC, HRBO, LLC.
20081748	H&R Block, Inc	Pamela Jo Merriman 1965-A Trust	Block Management, LLC, H&R Block, LLC, HRBO III, LLC, HRBO, LLC.
20081754	H&R Block, Inc	H&R Block of Houston, LLC	Houston Block, L.C.
20081761	John K. Delaney	CapitalSource Inc	CapitalSource Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/07/2008
20081792	USPF III Leveraged Feeder, L.P	Peter H. Zeliff, Sr	Innovative Energy Systems, LLC.
20081799	IHS Inc	Joseph E. Kasputys	Global Insight, Inc.
20081818	William S. Morris III and Mary Sue Ellis Morris	Rocco B. Commisso	SplitCo.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/09/2008
20081786	Inversion Corporativa I.C., S.A	DTN Holding Company, Inc	DTN Holding Company, Inc.
20081789	Zimmer Holdings, Inc	Abbott Laboratories	Abbott Spine, Inc.
20081816	ASP IV Alternative Investments, L.P	Liberty Tire Services, LLC	Liberty Tire Services, LLC.
20090021	Wells Fargo & Company	Wachovia Corporation	Wachovia Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/10/2008
20081830	Sappi Limited	Metsaliitto Cooperative	M-real Corporation.
20081831	Foot Locker, Inc	dELIA's, Inc	dELIA's, Inc.
20081832	Enterprise Products Partners L. P	EnCana Corporation	Great Divide Gathering, LLC.
20090013	GHL Acquisition Corp	Iridium Holdings LLC	Iridium Holdings LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/14/2008
20081763	GDF SUEZ	FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc	FirstLight Power Enterprises, Inc.
20081822	Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation	Russell Enterprises, Inc	Standard Car Truck Company.
20081827	Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/15/2008
20081800	Kuwait Petroleum Corporation	K-Dow Petrochemicals C.V	K-Dow Petrochemicals C.V.
20081823	Cameron International Corporation	Kenneth L. Bums, II	Burnsco Blowout Preventer Sales & Service, Inc., Hitech, Inc. Kencoy, Inc., Melco Blowout Preventer Specialties, Inc., Townsend International BOPs, Inc.
20090006	McAfee, Inc	Secure Computing Corporation	Secure Computing Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/16/2008
20081793	Altria Group, Inc	UST Inc	UST Inc.
20081794	The Voting Trust	Morgan Stanley	Cournot Financial Products LLC.
20090012	Equity Investor Acquisition LLC	Estate of Anthony A. Martino	Hatboro Cosmollision, Inc., Maaco Enterprises, Inc.
20090020	BTG plc	Protherics plc	Protherics plc.

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.