E8-28164. 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—11/03/2008
20081712	General Dynamics Corporation	Permira Europe III L.P. 2	Jet Aviation Holding AG
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/05/2008
20090015	eBay Inc.	Bill Me Later	Bill Me Later
20090075	Russell A. Gerdin	Heartland Express, Inc.	Heartland Express, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/07/2008
20090041	Atlantic Power Corporation	ArcLight Energy Partners Fund I, L.P	Auburndale Holdings, LLC
20090074	Mercury General Corporation	Aon Corporation	AIS Management Corporation
20090084	GlaxoSmithKline plc	Affiris GmbH	Affiris GmbH
20090091	First Reserve Fund XII, L.P	Reliant Energy, Inc.	Reliant Energy, Inc.
20090093	TPF II, L.P.	MACH Gen, LLC	New Covert Generating Company, LLC
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/07/2008
20090038	Hewlett-Packard Company	LeftHand Networks, Inc.	LeftHand Networks, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/10/2008
20081739	Teradyne, Inc.	Eagle Test Systems, Inc	Eagle Test Systems, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/12/2008
20090081	Biovitrum AB (publ)	Amgen Inc.	Amgen Inc.
20090089	United Technologies Corporation	OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund II, L.P	Noresco Acquisition, Inc.
20090094	West Corporation	Silver Lake Partners II, L.P	IPC Information Systems Holdings, Inc.
20090099	Commerzbank AG	Allianz SE	Dresdner Bank AG
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/13/2008
20090078	New Mountain Partners III, L.P	Camber Corporation	Camber Corporation
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/14/2008
20081781	Aon Corporation	Benfield Group Limited	Benfield Group Limited
20090090	Spectrum Equity Investors IV, L.P	RiskMetrics Group, Inc.	RiskMetrics Group, 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.