05-17753. Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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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.Start Printed Page 53365
Start Further InfoTrans # Acquiring Acquired Entities TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/08/2005 20051354 CHS Inc Dean Foods Company Dean Intellectual Property Services, L.P. Dean Intellectual Property Services II, L.P. Morningstar Services, Inc. Morningstar Foods, LLC. White Wave Food Company. 20051355 Mitsui & Co., Ltd Dean Foods Company Dean Intellectual Property Services II, L.P. Dean Intellectual Property Services, L.P. Morningstar Foods, LLC. Morningstar Services, Inc. White Wave Foods Company. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/09/2005 20051279 Omnicare, Inc James S. Karp Making Distribution Intelligent, L.L.C. RxCrossroads, L.L.C. Rxinnovations, L.L.C. 20051312 Microsoft Corporation FrontBridge Technologies, Inc FrontBridge Technologies, Inc. 20051351 XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc WCS Wireless, Inc WCS Wireless, Inc. 20051363 Green Field II, LLC Health Resource Partners, LLC NAMM Holdings, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/11/2005 20051290 Duke Energy Construction Cinergy Corp Cinergy Corp. 20051291 Cinergy Corp Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy Corporation. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/12/2005 20051365 CCG Investments BVI, L.P Aspect Communications Corporations Aspect Communications Corporations. 20051366 FPL Group, Inc Alliant Energy Corporation Duane Arnold Energy Center. Interstate Power and Light Company. Iowa Land and Building Company. 20051376 Mohawk Industries, Inc Cigales SAK Unilin Holding NV. 20051377 Thomson S.A PRN Corporation PRN Corporation 20051379 Blackstone Capital Partners (Cayman) IV L.P Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen LEGOLAND California LLC. LEGOLAND Estates AG. 20051382 Spohn Cement GmbH Heidelberg Cement AG HeidelbergCement AG. 20051383 Chesapeake Corporation Aurora Equity Partners L.P Impaxx Pharmaceutical Packaging, Inc. 20051386 Gannett Co., Inc Knight-Ridder, Inc Knight Ridder Digital. KR USA, Inc. Tallahassee Democrat, Inc. 20051387 Knight-Ridder, Inc Gannett Co., Inc Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. Federated Publications, Inc. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Media West-FPI, Inc. 20051389 International Business Machines Corporation DWL (USA) Inc DWL (USA) Inc. 20051390 American Pacific Corporation GenCorp Inc Aerojet Fine Chemicals LLC. Aerojet-General Corporation. 20051391 MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP Loral Space & Communications Ltd Loral Space & Communications Inc. 20051392 MHR Institutional Partners LP Loral Space & Communications Ltd Laral Space & Communications Inc. 20051393 Aberdeen Asset Management PLC Deutsche Bank AG Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Investment Management. Scudder Trust Company. 20051397 President and Fellows of Harvard College VarTec Telecom, Inc. (Debtor-in-possession) Excelcom, Inc. Excel Communications Marketing, Inc. Excel Management Service, Inc. Excel Products, Inc. Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Excel Telecommunications of Virginia, Inc. Excel Teleservices, Inc. Telco Communications Group, Inc. Telco Network Services, Inc. VarTec Business Trust. Start Printed Page 53366 VarTec Properties, Inc. VarTec Resource Services, Inc. VarTec Solutions, Inc. VarTec Telecom Holding Company. VarTel Telecom International Holding Company. VarTec Telecom of Virginia, Inc. 20051399 GUS plc Mark and Karen Hill, husband and wife Baker Hill Corporation. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/15/2005 20051317 Legg Mason, Inc Citigroup Inc Citibank Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong). Citicorp Chile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. (Chile). Citi FCP S.A. (Luxembourg). Citigroup Advisors Co., Ltd. (Japan). Citigroup Asset Management Limited (United Kingdom). Citigroup Investment Management (Luxembourg) S.A. Citi Islamic Portfolios S.A. (Luxembourg). CitiMoney S.A. (Luxembourg). Handlowy Zarzadzanie Aktywami S.A. (Poland). Solomon Brotherds Asset Management Asia Pacific Limited. Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. (Delaware, USA). Salomon Brothers Asset Management (Ireland). Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (Delaware, USA). Smith Barney Global Capital Management, Inc. The Travelers Investment Management Company. Towarzstwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych BH S.A. (Poland). 20051318 Citigroup Inc Legg Mason, Inc Howard Weil Financial Corporation (Louisiana). Legg Mason, Inc. Legg Mason Insurance Agency, Inc. (Maryland). Legg Mason Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. Legg Mason Insurance Agency of Texas, Inc. (Texas). Legg Mason Limited UK Corporation (United Kingdom). Legg Mason Mortgage Capital Corporation (Maryland). Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. (Maryland). LM Falcon Investment Strategies, Inc. (Maryland). Orchard Financial Services, Inc. (Maryland). Peregrine Investment LLC (Maryland). 20051388 Evergreen Pacific Partners, L.P Clear Channel Communications, Inc Citicasters Co. 20051401 Brockway Moran & Partners Fund II, LP Long Point Capital/Fund, L.P Colibri Holding Corporation. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/16/2005 20051327 Novartis AG Bristol Myers Squibb Company Bristol Myers Squibb Company. 20051374 Schneider Electric SA BEI Technologies, Inc BEI Technologies, Inc. 20051378 American Capital Strategies, Ltd Halifax Capital Partners L.P Soil Safe Holding, Inc. 20051396 Oracle Corporation i-flex Solutions Limited i-flex Solutions Limited. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/17/2005 20051347 CIT Group Inc Itochu Corporation Healthcare Business Credit Corporation. 20051369 El Paso Corporation Chevron Corporation Four Star Oil & Gas Company. Start Printed Page 53367 20051398 Apollo Investment Fund V, L.P Cendant Corporation Cendant International Holding Ltd. Cendant Marketing Group, LLC. 20051408 Hughes Supply, Inc TVESCO, Inc TVESCO, Inc. 20051412 Ares Corporation Opportunities Fund, L.P National Bedding Holdings, Inc National Bedding Company, L.L.C. Star LP. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/19/2005 20051352 DPS Credit Union Safeway Rocky Mountain Federal Credit Union Safeway Rocky Mountain Federal Credit Union. 20051409 Cobb Electric Membership Corporation The Southern Company Southern Company Gas, LLC. 20051411 American Capital Strategies, Ltd Carol F. and Ralph A. Venuto, Sr Hollywood Tanning Systems, Inc. 20051414 PolyMedia Corporation Robert M. Haft National Diabetic Pharmacies, Inc. 20051415 General Electric Company Babcock & Brown Limited Kumeyaay Wind LLC. 20051416 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Peter J. Liegl Forest River Housing, Inc. Forest River, Inc. Forest River Warranty Company. FR Texas Group, LP. Linnae Corporation. Mapletree Transportation, Inc. Vanguard, LLC. 20051420 Yucaipa American Alliance Fund I, LP Pathmark Stores, Inc Pathmark Stores, Inc. 20051427 GS Holdings Co Carlyle Partners III, L.P Panolam Industries Holdings, Inc. 20051430 QinetiQ Holdings Limited Arlington Capital Partners Apogen Technologies, Inc. 20051431 Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IV, L.P National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 20051436 Atlantic Equity Partners III, L.P Precision Parts International, LLC MPI International Holdings, Inc. Precision Gear Holdings, Inc. Precision Parts International Services Corp. Skill Tool & Die Holdings Corp. 20051438 News Corporation Intermix Media, Inc Intermix Media, Inc. 20051443 Carlyle Partners IV, L.P SS&C Technologies, Inc SS&C Technologies, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/22/2005 20051450 Silver Lake Partners II TSA, L.P National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/23/2005 20050993 Cal Dive International, Inc Torch Offshore Inc Torch Offshore Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/24/2005 20051402 Bunzl plc Royal Ahold U.S. Foodservice, Inc. 20051428 Veolia Environment S.A National Express Group, PLC ATC/Vancom, Inc. 20051434 MCI, Inc Totality Corporation Totality Corporation. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATIONS—8/25/2005 20051395 Parker Hannifin Corporation domnick hunter group plc domnick hunter group plc. 20051400 Engelhard Corporation Rhone Capital LLC Almatis AC, Inc. 20051429 SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc., f/k/a Triton PCS Holdings Urban Communicators PCS Ltd Partnership, Debtor-in-Possession Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession. 20051437 UniCredito Italiano SpA Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—8/26/2005 20051380 TA IX L.P Henry L. Hillman SCCI Health Services Corporation. 20051405 Bandai Co., Ltd Namco Limited Namco Limited. 20051439 General Dynamics Corporation CCG Investment Fund, L.P New Itronix Holdings Corporation. 20051458 The Procter & Gamble Company The Gillette Company The Gillette Company. 20051462 SkyWest, Inc Delta Air Lines, Inc Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. 20051469 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P Mr. and Mrs. John H. and Jean Kung Jessen Electronic Evidence Discovery, Incorporated. 20051481 Brockway Moran & Partners Fund II, L.P Morgenthaler Partners VI, L.P GED Holdings, Inc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant.
Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Start Printed Page 53368Competition, Room H-303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.
Start SignatureBy direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-17753 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
Document Information
- Published:
- 09/08/2005
- Department:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 05-17753
- Pages:
- 53364-53368 (5 pages)
- PDF File:
- 05-17753.pdf