[Federal Register: March 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 41)]
[Notices]
[Page 9403-9405]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
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.
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Trans Acquiring Acquired Entities
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/26/2009
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20090260............................. Turin Networks, Inc.... Force10 Networks, Inc.. Force10 Networks, Inc.
20090261............................. Munchener American International HSB Group, Inc.
Ruckversicherungs- Group, Inc.
Gesellschaft AG in.
20090262............................. Local TV Holdings LLC Community
Raycom Media, Inc. Television of Alabama
License, LLC,
Community Television
of Alabama, LLC, FoxCo
Acquisition, LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/27/2009
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20090241............................. Medtronic, Inc......... Ablation Frontiers, Inc Ablation Frontiers,
Inc.
20090258............................. Warburg Pincus Private Nuance Communications, Nuance Communications,
Equity X, L.P. Inc. Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/28/2009
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20090238............................. JP Morgan Chase & Co... DC Chemical Co., Ltd... Columbian Chemicals
Holding LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/29/2009
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20081828 Getinge AB.................. Datascope Corp......... Datascope Corp.........
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/02/2009
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20090271............................. Lions Gate Macrovision Solutions TV Guide Entertainment
Entertainment Corp. Corporation. Group, Inc.
20090278............................. NPG Mistream & MarkWest Liberty MarkWest Liberty
Resources, L.P. Midstream & Resources, Midstream & Resources,
L.L.C. L.L.C.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/04/2009
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20090243............................. Glen A. Taylor......... Golden Oval Eggs, LLC.. AEI, LLC, GOEMCA, Inc.,
Golden Oval Eggs, LLC,
Midwest Investors of
Iowa.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/05/2009
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20090264............................. Electricit[eacute] de Constellation Energy ACE Cogeneration
France S.A. Group, Inc. Company, CER
Generation II, LLC,
Constellation Power
Source Generation,
Inc., Handsome Lake
Energy LLC, Inter-
Power/Ahlcon Partners
L.P., Panther Creek
Partners, Safe Harbor
Water Power
Corporation, Sunnyside
Cogeneration
Associates.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/09/2009
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20090281............................. Autonomy Corporation Interwoven, Inc........ Interwoven, Inc.
PLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/10/2009
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20090277 Morgan Stanley.............. Morgan Stanley Smith Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney LLC. Barney LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/12/2009
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20090272............................. Olympus Growth Fund V, Kocher-Plastik H. Holopack International
LP. Bohmer GmbH & Co. KG. Corp.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/13/2009
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20090284............................. Unilever N.V........... Mascolo Brothers .......................
Limited Mascolo
Brothers Limited.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/17/2009
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20090286............................. JLL Partners Fund VI, PharmaNet Development PharmaNet Development
L.P. Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
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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. (202) 326-3100.
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By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-4381 Filed 3-3-09; 8:45 am]
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