06-4406. Grant 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—04/19/2006
20060799	Abbott Laboratories	Boston Scientific Corporation	Boston Scientific Corporation.
20060822	Armor Holdings, Inc	Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc	Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
20060845	Hanson PLC	General Dynamics Corporation	Material Service Corporation.
20060874	Dell Inc	Allenware Corporation	Allenware Corporation.
20060906	AO-ASIF Foundation	Synthes, Inc	Synthes, Inc.
20060907	Synthes, Inc	AO-ASIF Foundation	AO-ASIF Foundation.
20060915	AG Private Equity Partners III, L.P	Marks and Spencer Group p.l.c	Kings Super Markets, Inc., Marks and Spencer Finance Inc.
20060923	Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P	The Lightyear Fund, L.P	LY Telmar Holdings Corp.
20060925	Boston Scientific Corporation	Guidant Corporation	Guidant Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/20/2006
20060920	EQT IV No. 1 LP	Gambro AB	Gambro AB.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/21/2006
20060850	Verisign, Inc	m-Qube, Inc	m-Qube, Inc.
20060921	U.S. Premium Beef, LLC	Brawley Beef, LLC	Brawley Beef, LLC.
20060933	AT&T Inc	Deutsche Telekom AG	T-Mobile USA, Inc.
20060934	Deutsche Telekom AG	AT&T Inc	Cingular Wireless LLC.
20060941	William H. Gates III	Magnum Coal Company	Magnum Coal Company.
20060943	Macquarie Bank Limited	Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund A	Macquarie North American Infrastructure Inc.
20060944	Macquarie Bank Limited	Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund B	Macquarie North American Infrastructure Inc.
20060954	Wolseley plc	Steve Menzies	DSI Inc., Efficient Enterprises, Inc., United Plumbing, LLC.
20060956	Quincy Newspapers, Inc	Raycom Media, Inc	KWWL License Subsidiary, LLC, KWWL, LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/24/2006
20060939	Cerberus FIM Investors, LLC	General Motors Corporation	General Motors Acceptance Corporation, LLC.
20060955	Pogo Producing Company	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII	Latigo Petroleum, Inc.
20060957	President and Fellows of Harvard College	Sempra Energy	Energy Pacific Glendale, Energy Pacific Las Vegas, Sempra Facilities Management.
20060966	Nautic Partners V, L.P	Paul & Pamela Roy	Big Train, Inc.
20060967	Nautic Partners V, L.P	Craig Meyers and Francine Meyers	Big Train, Inc.
20060974	CHS Private Equity V, LP	Allied Capital Corporation	STS Operating, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/25/2006
20060871	Linsalata Capital Partners Fund IV, L.P	W. Randall Holloway	Holloway Group, Inc., Holloway Sportswear, Inc.
20060887	Fisher Scientific International Inc	Clintrak Pharmaceutical Services, LLC	Clintrak Pharmaceutical Services, LLC.
20060919	SAP AG	Virsa Systems, Inc	Virsa Systems, Inc.
20060927	Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust	Loving Enterprises, Inc	Loving Enterprises, Inc.
20060940	Mr. William J. McEnery	Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc	CSNO, L.L.C., IOC Holdings, L.L.C., Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Partnership, LRGP Holdings, L.L.C., Riverboat Corporation of Mississippi-Vicksburg.
20060950	Red Hat, Inc	JBoss Inc	JBoss Inc.
20060951	Marc Fleury	Red Hat, Inc	Red Hat, Inc.
20060968	L'Oreal S.A	The Body Shop International PLC	The Body Shop International PLC.
20060972	Arctic Glacier Income Fund	Steven C. Gabriel and Dana M. Gabriel	Diamond Newport Corporation, Mountain Water Ice Company.
20060976	Camcem, S.A. de C.V	Floyd R. Hardesty	Alliance Transportation, Inc., The Hardesty Company, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/26/2006
20060883	Northern Border Partners, L.P	Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C	Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
20060913	James F. McCann	Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc	Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc.
20060952	FC-THC Acquisition LLC	Behrman Capital II L.P	Tandem Health Care, Inc.
20060965	Parametric Technology Corporation	Edison Venture Fund IV, L.P	Mathsoft Corporate Holdings, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/28/2006
20060958	Li & Fung Limtied	Oxford Industries, Inc	Oxford Industries, Inc.
20060978	The Southern Company	Progress Energy, Inc	DeSoto County Generating Company, LLC.
20060984	Kohlberg Investors V, L.P	KIPB Group Holdings, LLC	KIPB Group Holdings, LLC.
20060985	TPG Partners II, L.P	LSI Logic Corporation	LSI Logic Corporation.
20060999	Smart Hydrogen Inc	Plug Power Inc	Plug Power 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.