04-26938. 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 #	Acquiring	Acquired	Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/01/2004
20050086	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P	Parthenon Investors II, L.P	Spheris Inc.
20050097	FS Equity Partners V, L.P	Gregg Appliances Inc	Gregg Appliances Inc.
20050103	Sumner M. Redstone	Raul Alarcon, Jr	Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.
20050121	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P	Spheris Holding III, Inc	Spheris Holding III, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/03/2004
20050090	Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited	BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc	BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/03/2004
20050050	Henkel KGaA	The Clorox Company	Splitco
20050051	Cooper Cameron Corporation	Precision Castparts	AOP Industries, Inc., CW Valves Services Co., Inc., PCC Flow Technologies LP, PCC Valves & Controls, Inc.
20050081	William Sauder	Riverside Forest Products Limited	Riverside Forest Products Limited.
20050094	Wellspring Capital Partners III, LLP	The Stanley Works	The Stanley Works.
20050102	Computershare Limited	DST Systems, Inc	EquiServe, Inc.
20050108	Computer Associates International, Inc	Netegrity, Inc	Netegrity, Inc.
20050117	Estate of Ernest L. Samuel	Mr. Charles E. Pompea	Primac Corp., Primary Steel, Inc., Primtech LLC
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/04/2004
20050020	PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc	American Medical Security Group, Inc	American Medical Security Group, Inc.
20050039	J. W. Childs Equity Partners, III, L.P	Vestar Capital Partners, III, L.P	Sheridan Holdings, Inc.
20050069	AFFC Holdings, Inc	BP p.l.c	Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Company, BP Corporation North America Inc.
20050087	ViroPharma Incorporated	Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/05/2004
20050073	Worley Group Limited	Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan	Parsons E&C Corporation
20050104	Raul Alarcon, Jr	Sumner M. Redstone	Infinity Broadcasting Corporation of San Francisco
20050105	CompuCredit Corporation	Dennis M. Mathisen	BANKFIRST.
20050114	Atlantic Power Corporation	Teton Power Holdings, LLC	Onondaga Cogeneration Limited Partnership, Split Rock Holdings, LLC, Topsham Hydroelectric Generating Facility.
20050115	Atlantic Power Corporation	ArcLight Energy Partners Fund II, L.P	Umatilla Power Funding, LLC
20050122	Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II L.P	Stone Canyon Entertainment Corp	Stone Canyon Entertainment Corp.
20050129	Ryerson Tull, Inc	Alcoa Inc	Integris Metals, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/08/2004
20050113	Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc	David Taub	Darmart Enterprises, Inc., Gallo Wines Distributors, L.L.C. d/b/a, Premier Wines & Spirit, New York Depot Distributing Co., LLC.
20050125	United Online, Inc	Classmates Online, Inc	Classmates Online, Inc.
20050126	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P	Avicis, Inc	Avicis, Inc.
20050127	World Directories S.a.r.l. (“WDS”)	VNU N.V	VNU World Directories Inc.
20050128	Ryerson Tull, Inc	BHP Billiton Pic	Integris Metals, Inc.
20050130	Rush Enterprises, Inc	Jesse and Milo Kirk	American Truck Source, Inc.
20050131	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co	Michael Hirtenstein	WestCom Corporation
20050133	Centene Corporation	Swope Community Enterprises	FirstGuard Health Plan, Inc., FirstGuard, Inc.
20050134	Auto Sueco, Lda	Aktiebolaget Volvo	SABA Holding Company.
20050135	CharterMac	Capri Realty Capital, LLC	Capri Capital Limited Partnership
20050138	KeyCorp	American Express Company	American Express Business Finance Corporation
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—11/09/2004
20050066	Armor Holdings, Inc	The Specialty Group, Inc	The Specialty Group, Inc.
20050120	Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd	Arch Chemicals, Inc	Arch Chemical Specialties Products, Inc., Arch Electronic Chemicals, Inc., Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant, 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.