Notices. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
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BILLING CODE 1610-01-M 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. Trans. No. Acquiring Acquired Entities TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/05/2006 20061262 GKN plc Carlyle Strategic Partners, L.P Stellex Aerostructures, Inc. 20061637 The Sage Group plc Emdeon Corporation Emdeon Practice Services, Inc. 20061640 Pegasus Partners III International Holdings, L.P ConocoPhillips Chevron Phillips Chemical Puerto Rico Core, Inc. 20061641 Pegasus Partners III International Holdings, L.P Chevron Corporation Chevron Phillips Chemical Puerto Rico Core, Inc. 20061644 Randal D.
Boyd KINO Management, LLC KINO Holdings, Inc. 20061649 RMK Acquisition Corporation ARAMARK Corporation ARAMARK Corporation. 20061653 Resources Services Holdings S.a.r.l Longyear Global Holdings, Inc Longyear Global Holdings, Inc. 20061655 Michael J. Gaughan Boyd Gaming Corporation Silverado South Strip, LLC. 20061656 Sumner M. Redstone Atom Entertainment, Inc Atom Entertainment, Inc. 20061659 Eos Capital Partners III, L.P W. Andrew Wright, III Addus HealthCare, Inc. 20061662 Wells Fargo & Company James B.
Freedman Barrington Associates. 20061663 Wireless Facilities, Inc John L. Stallworth Madison Research Corporation. 20061668 Mars, Incorporated MMI Holdings, Inc MMI Holdings, Inc. 20061679 2003 Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund, L.P. Jeffrey R. Twyman GreenLine Foods, Inc. 20061680 Jess Stonestreet Jackson AIC Capital Partners, LLC The Legacy Estate Group LLC. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/06/2006 20061148 VeriFone Holdings, Inc. Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd Lipman Electronic Engineering Ltd TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/07/2006 20061646 SemGroup, L.P Energy Spectrum Partners IV LP Dornick Hills Midstream, Ltd. 20061667 Newco Michaels Stores, Inc Michaels Stores, Inc. 20061678 Morgan Stanley Saxon Capital, Inc Saxon Capital, Inc. 20061687 General Electric Company Kinder Morgan, Inc Administracion y Operacion de Infraestructura, S.A. de D.V.
Kinder Morgan Retail Energy Services Company. KM Retail LLC. K N Energy International, Inc. K N Gas Supply Services, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/12/2006 20061620 Pershing Square, L.P McDonald's Corporation McDonald's Corporation. 20061622 Pershing Square International, Lrd McDonald's Corporation McDonald's Corporation. 20061623 Pershing Square III, L.P. McDonald's Corporation McDonald's Corporation. 20061669 DQE Holdings LLC Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. 20061686 SCOR S.A WINSOR Verwaltung-AG Revios Ruckversicherung AG. 20061691 infoUSA Inc Opinion Research Corpration Opinion Research Corporation. 20061692 Lone Star Fund V (U.S.
) L.P Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. 20061695 Transaction Systems Architects, Inc P&H Solutions Inc P&H Solutions Inc. 20061696 J.P. Morgan Chase & Company Owens Corning. Owens Corning. 20061698 Brentwood Associates Private Equity IV, L.P Thomas M. Rollins The Teaching Company Limited Partnership. 20061707 Associated Hospital Holdings, Inc LifePoint Hospitals, Inc Lakeland Community Hospital, L.L.C. Lakeland Physician Practices, LLC. MRI Center of Northwest Alabama, LLC.
Northwest Medical Center-Winfield, LLC. NWMC-Winfield Physician Practice, LLC. Russellville Hospital, LLC. Russellville Physician Practices, LLC. 20061708 Automatic Data Processing, Inc Employease, Inc Employease, Inc. 20061710 General Electric Company John A. Williams and Carolyn S. Wiliams Invesco Enterprises, Inc. The Memphis Group, Inc. 20061711 Lone Star Fund V (U.S.), L.P B-Line, LLC B-Line, LLC. 20061712 Gryphon Partners III, L.P George K. Baum Capital Partners, L.P Staffing Now, Inc. 20061714 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Tenet Healthcare Corporation TCC Partners. 20061722 Energy Capital Partners I, LP Northeast Utilities Holyoke Water Power Company.
Northeast Generation Company. Northeast Generation Services Company. Northeast Utilities Services Company. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/13/2006 20061666 Littlejohn Fund III, L.P American Industrial Partners Capital Fund III, L.P AIP/SMC Holdings, Inc. 20061672 Kenneth D. Lewis Bank of America Corporation Bank of America Corporation. 20061715 Estate of Peter A. Bordes Nassau Broadcasting Partners, L.P Nassau Broadcasting II, LLC. 20061716 Nassau Broadcasting Partners, L.P Estate of Peter A.
Bordes Charles River Broadcasting Company. Greater Boston Radio, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/14/2006 20061673 Wind Point Partners VI, L.P Ferro Corporation Ferro Corporation. 20061688 Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd ArvinMeritor, Inc Meritor Suspension Systems Company. Meritor Suspension Systems Company, U.S. 20061701 Strength Capital Partners II, L.P John M. Postle Postle Distributors, Inc. 20061703 Wintergames Acquisition LLC Intrawest Corporation Intrawest Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/18/2006 20061571 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P Syufy Enterprises, LP Century Theaters, Inc. 20061635 Trevor Lloyd The Reynolds and Reynolds Company The Reynolds and Reynolds Company. 20061639 Lockheed Martin Corporation JA&A Holdings LLC Pacific Architects and Engineers Incorporated. 20061657 AIF VI Euro Holdings LP TNT N.V. TNT Logistics (Australia) Pty Ltd. TNT Logistics Holdings B.V. TNT Transport Group Inc. 20061739 J.W.
Childs Associates, L.P CGW Southeast Partners IV, L.P Employbridge Holding Company. 20061751 Tata Tea Limited Energy Brands Inc Energy Brands Inc. 20061757 HSBC Holdings plc Solstice Capital Group, Inc Solstice Capital Group, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/19/2006 20061719 TPG Partners V, L.P Aleris International, Inc Aleris International, Inc. 20061737 BG Group Plc Calpine Corporation Dighton Power Associates Limited Partnership. 20061745 DST Systems, Inc. Whitney V.
L.P Amisys Synertech, Inc. 20061756 Racecar Holdings, LLC Blackstone UC Capital Partners L.P Sigecom, LLC. 20061758 Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc Carl C. Icahn ACE Gaming, LLC. AREH MLK LLC. AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC. Mitre Associates LLC. PSW Properties LLC. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/20/2006 20061717 Graham Partners II, LP Hirschi Nevada Trust Hirschi Masonry, Inc. 20061753 PAETEC Corp US LEC Corp US LEC Corp. 20061754 US LEC Corp PAETEC Corp PAETEC Corp. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/21/2006 20061648 ComVest Investment Partners II LLC Zomax Incorporated Zomax Incorporated. 20061729 Special Value Opportunities Fund, LLC Radnor Holdings Corporation Benchmark Holdings, Inc.
Radnor Chemical Corporation. Radnor Holdings Corporation. Radnor Management Delaware, Inc. Radnor Management, Inc. StyroChem Delaware, Inc. StyroChem Europe Delaware, Inc. StyroChem GP, LLC. StyroChem LP, LLC. Styrochem U.S., Ltd. WinCup Europe Delaware, Inc. WinCup GP, LLC. Wincup Holdings, Inc. WinCup LP, LLC. WinCup RE, LLC. WinCup Texas, Ltd. 20061731 Blue Pearl Mining Ltd F. Steven and Abigail S. Mooney Thompson Creek Metals Company. 20061748 Brown-Forman Corporation Jose Guillermo Romo de la Pena Comercializadora Herradura, S.A. de C.V.
Fabrica de Tequila Hacienda Las Norias S.A. de C.V. Grupo Industrial Herradura, S.A. de C.V. Sociedad Romo, S.A. de C.V. Tequila Herradura, S.A. de C.V. Transportes de Carga Millenium, S.A. de C.V. Valle de Amatitan, S.A. de C.V. 20061749 Brown-Forman Corporation Luis Pedro Pablo Roma de la Pena Comercializadora Herradura, S.A. de C.V. Fabrica de Tequila Hacienda Las Norias S.A. de C.V. Grupo Industrial Herradura, S.A. de C.V. Sociedad Romo, S.A. de C.V. Tequila Herradura, S.A. de C.V.
Transportes de Carga Millenium, S.A. de C.V. Valle de Amatitan, S.A. de C.V. 20061750 Francisco Partners II, LP Dover Corporation Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. Hover-Davis, Inc. Universal Investments Corporation. Vitronics Soltec corporation. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/22/2006 20061057 Alon Israel Oil Company Ltd Apex Holding Co. Edgington Oil Company. 20061683 Casey's General Stores, Inc David V. Nordstrom Jet Transport Company. Nordco, L.L.C. Nordstrom Oil Company.
Nordy's, L.L.C. 20061709 PetSmart, Inc MMI Holdings, Inc MMI Holdings, Inc. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/25/2006 20061702 Oak Hill Capital Partners II, L.P Walden's Machine, Inc Walden's Machine, Inc. 20061759 Regent Communications, Inc Sumner Redstone CBS Radio Stations Inc. 20061777 WLR Recovery Fund, II, L.P WLR Recovery Fund III, L.P Safety Components International, Inc. SCI Merger Sub. Inc. 20061784 ArcLight Energy Partners Fund III, L.P Thayer Equity Investors IV, LP TC Asphalt Corporation. 20061788 Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A Group Menatep LTC AB Mazeikiu Nafta. 20061791 Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX L.P NYFIX, Inc NYFIX, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/26/2006 20061654 Morgans Hotel Group Co Peter A. Morton Hard Rock Hotel, Inc. 20061697 4105818 Canada Inc Intel Corporation Intel Corporation. 20061704 Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer L.P Questor Partners Fund II, L.P CS Bakery Holding, Inc. 20061721 AlpInvest Partners Direct Investments 2003 cv Air Products and Chemicals, Inc Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 20061725 Jesse C. Crawford Tom T. Gores Broadspire Management Services, Inc. 20061738 United Technologies Corporation RHI Holding Corp RHI Holding Corp. 20061760 Chesapeake Energy Corporation Mark A.
Fischer and Susan L. Fischer Chaparral Energy, Inc. 20061764 Banque Federale des Banques Populaires Caisse Nationale des Caisses d'Epargne CEFI. Compagnie 1818. Foncier Assurance. GCE Affacturage. GCE Bail. GCE FS. GCE Garanties. Gestitres. Ixis, CIB; Ixis, AM; Caceis; CIFG. 20061767 JPMorgan Chase & Co CCA Stragegies, LLC CCA Strategies, LLC. 20061768 Affiliated Computer Services, Inc Systech Integrators, Inc Systech Integrators, Inc. 20061769 Alliance Data Systems Corporation Kinderhook Capital Fund I, L.P CPC Associates, Inc. 20061770 Chesapeake Energy Corporation Altoma Energy Chaparral Energy, Inc. 20061772 Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P Santemedia Group Holding S.A.R.L MediMedia USA, Inc. 20061779 Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer L.P Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc Jardine Lloyd Thompson, LLC.
JLT Services Corporation. 20061780 Wolseley plc Joseph C. White Castle Supply Company, Inc. 20061782 Riata Energy, Inc Carl C. Icahn NEG Oil & Gas LLC. 20061783 Carl C. Icahn Riata Energy, Inc Riata Energy, Inc. 20061785 Oak Investment Partners X, L.P Visto Corporation Visto Corporation. 20061786 Cobalt Holding Company Integraph Corporation Intergraph Corporation. 20061789 ArcLight Energy Partners Fund III General Electric Company EFS Cogen Holdings II, LLC. TC Cogen One, L.P.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/27/2006 20061735 Glanbia Co-Operative Society Limited Wayne T. Seltzer Seltzer Companies, Inc. 20061766 GTCR Fund VIII, L.P Bank of America Corporation BA Merchant Services, LLC. Bank of America, N.A. Best Payment Solutions, Inc. National Processing Co. LLC. TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/28/2006 20060959 Toshiba Corporation Britsh Nuclear Fuels plc BNFL USA Group, Inc. Westinghouse Electric UK Limited. 20061705 Emulex Corporation Sierra Logic, Inc.
Sierra Logic, Inc. 20061793 Lafarge, S.A. Lyle C. Sitterly, Jr Aux Sable Stone Company, L.L.C. Quarry Properties, Inc. The Western Sand & Gravel Company. Utica Dock, Inc. *For Further Information Contact:* Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative or Renee Hallman, Contract Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H-303, Washington, DC 20580,
(202)326-3100. By direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 06-8572 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]
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