E8-29119. 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—11/17/2008
20090082	Bank of America Corporation	BlackRock, Inc	BlackRock, Inc.
20090098	Gemalto N.V	Wavecom S.A	Wavecom S.A.
20090101	Redpoint Ventures I, L.P	HomeAway, Inc	HomeAway, Inc.
20090102	Electric Power Development Company, Ltd	Harbinger Independent Power Fund II	Equus GP Holdco LLP.
			Equus LP Holdco LLC.
			Equus Power I, LP.
			HD Freeport LLC.
			Pinelawn Power LLC.
20090103	Manulife Financial Corporation	Harbinger Independent Power Fund II, LLC	Equus GP Holdco LLC.
			Equus GP Holdco LLP.
			Equus Power I, LP.
			HD Freeport LLC.
			Pinelawn Power LLC.
20090104	Golden Gate Capital Opportunity Fund, L.P	Harbinger Capital Partners Offshore Fund, I, Ltd	USS Holdings, Inc.
20090112	Trian Star Trust	Wendy's/Arby's Group. Inc	Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.
20090113	Trian Partners, L.P	Wendy's/Arby Group, Inc	Wendy's/Arby Group, Inc.
20090118	Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant Banking Fund Services, Inc	Republic Services, Inc	Republic Services, Inc.
20090119	Dayton-Cox Trust A	Comcast Corporation	SpectrumCo LLC.
20090120	Madrone Partners, LP	Solyndra, Inc	Solyndra, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/18/2008
20090095	Walgreen Co	McKesson Corporation	ivpcare, inc.
			McKesson Specialty Pharmaceuticals LLC.
20090096	Novartis AG	Nektar Therapeutics	NektarTherapeutics.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/21/2008
20090116	CHS Inc	Agri Co-op	Agri Co-op.
20090121	CenturyTel, Inc	Embarq Corporation	Embarq Corporation.
20090126	Plains Capital Corporation	First Southwest Partners, Ltd	First Southwest Holdings, Inc.
20090128	Eldorado Resorts, LLC	Tropicana Entertainment Holdings, LLC	Aztar Indiana Gaming Company, LLC.
20090129	Giorgio Armani S.p.A	Ong Beng Seng	Presidio Holdings Limited.
20090130	GenStar Capital Partners V, L.P	LTCG Holdings Corp	Long Term Care Group, Inc.
			Nation's Care, LLC.
20090133	Citigroup, Inc.	Schafer Corporation	Schafer Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION 11/24/2008
20090123	Bank of America Corporation	Markit Group Holdings Limited	Markit Group Holdings Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/26/2008
20090125	Lloyds TSB Group plc	HBOS plc	HBOS plc.
20090132	Affymetrix, Inc	Panomics, Inc	Panomics, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/28/2008
20090135	Green Equity Investors Side V, L.P	Whole Foods Market, Inc	Whole Foods Market, Inc.
20090136	Green Equity Investors V, L.P	Whole Foods Market, Inc	Whole Foods Market, 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.