05-19317. 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—08/29/2005
20051403	Newell Rubbermaid, Inc	Esselte Group Holdings AB	Esselte BVBA, Esselte Holdings Inc., Goldcup D 892 AB
20051444	Grupo Ferrovial, S.A	Wayne W. Webber	Southern Crushed Concrete, Inc., Webber Management Group, Inc.
20051449	School Specialty, Inc	Wicks Communications & Media Partners, L.P	Delta Education, LLC
20051451	Credit Suisse Group	The PMI Group, Inc	SPS Holding Corp.
20051457	PBI Media Holdings LLC	PRIMEDIA Inc	PRIMEDIA Business Magazine and Media Inc.
20051459	MetroCast Cablevision of New Hampshire, LLC	Paul F. Harron, Jr	Gans Communications, L.P.
20051460	Waste Connections, Inc	Mr. Gregory L. Gibson	Mountain Jack Environmental Services, Inc.
20051466	Starwood Capital Hospitality Fund 1-2, L.P	Groupe Taittinger SA	Groupe Taittinger SA
20051467	The Veritas Capital Fund II, L.P	Mitchell J. Wade	MZM, Inc.
20051468	Alan B. Miller	KEYS Group Holdings LLC	KEYS Group Holdings LLC
20051471	First Reserve Fund X, L.P	Chart Industries, Inc	Chart Industries, Inc.
20051477	GGC Investment Fund II, L.P	CCG Investments BVI, L.P	Concerto Software, Inc.
20051478	GGC Investment Fund II-A, L.P	CCG Investments BVI, L.P	Concerto Software, Inc.
20051480	First Data Corporation	Citigroup Inc	New Payment Services, Inc.
20051485	SSA Global Technologies, Inc	E.piphany, Inc	E.piphany, Inc.
20051486	New York State Catholic Health Plan, Inc	Rayan Community Health Network, Inc	CenterCare, Inc.
20051490	ShoreView Capital Partners, L.P	Protective Industries, LLC	Caplugs, LLC, Niagara Plastics, LLC, Protective Industries, LLC
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/31/2005
20051394	Dover Corporation	Michael Inglis	Harbor Electronics, Inc.
20051406	Invitrogen Corporation	BioSource International, Inc	BioSource International, Inc.
20051407	Oracle Corporation	i-flex Solutions Limited	i-flex Solutions Limited
20051440	Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc	Brazos Equity Fund, L.P	SDI Holding, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/01/2005
20051484	ValueClick, Inc	Fastclick, Inc	Fastclick, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/02/2005
20051476	Grupo Ferrovial, S.A	The Wayne and Joan Webber Foundation	W.W. Webber, Inc.
20051489	E*TRADE Financial Corporation	Bank of Montreal	Harrisdirect LLC
20051494	PAR Investment Partners, L.P	US Airways Group, Inc	US Airways Group, Inc.
20051497	LS Power Equity Partners, L.P	Calpine Corporation	Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P., Calpine Leasing, Inc., Calpine Philadelphia, Inc., Ontelaunee Power Operating Company, Inc., Philadelphia Biogas Supply, Inc.
20051499	QBE Insurance Group Limited	White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd	National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Company
20051501	Spectrum Equity Investors IV, L.P	Mortgagebot LLC	Mortgagebot LLC
20051502	TUI AG	CP Ships Limited	CP Ships Limited
20051509	Sybase, Inc	Extended Systems Incorporated	Extended Systems Incorporated
20051515	Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company	Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group plc	Viking Insurance Company of Wisconsin
Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/06/2005
20051282	Walters Industries, Inc	DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P	Mueller Water Products, Inc.
20051422	Citigroup, Inc	Receivable Management Services Holding Corp	Receivable Management Services Holding Corp.
20051505	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc	Allmerica Financial Corporation	Allmerica Financial Investment Management Services, Inc., Allmerica Financial Life Insurance & Annuity Co.
20051507	Paul G. Allen, c/o Vulcan Ventures Incorporated	Sempra Energy	Energy Center Investments
20051508	Plains All American Pipeline, L.P	Sempra Energy	Energy Center Investments Corp.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/07/2005
20051510	Permira Europe III L.P. 2	Hirschmann Industrial Holdings Ltd	Hirschmann Industrial Holdings Ltd.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/08/2005
20051020	ScanSoft, Inc	Nuance Communications, Inc	Nuance Communications, Inc.
20051435	News Corporation	Scout Media, Inc	Scout Media, Inc.
20051487	American Securities Partners III, L.P	Weasler Holdings LLC	Weasler Engineering, 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.