# 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 Comission 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 20081512 | TCV V, L.P | RiskMetrics Group, Inc. | RiskMetrics Group, Inc. |
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| 20081498 | Entegris, Inc | Cowen Investments Holding, LLC | Poco Graphite Holdings, LLC Poco Graphite, Inc.; Poco Graphite International; Poco Graphite, SARL. |
| 20081524 | Inergy, L.P | Demetree Salt Holdings, LLC | U.S. Salt, LLC. |
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| 20081536 | Ashland Inc | Hercules Incorporated | Hercules Incorporated. |
| 20081557 | AEA Investors 2006 Fund VI, L.P | Quad-C Partners L.P | Behavioral Holding Corp. |
| 20081559 | Cross Country Healthcare, Inc | MDA Holdings, Inc | Allied Health Group, Inc.; Credent Verification and Licensing Services, Inc.; Jamestown Indemnity, Ltd.; Medical Doctor Associates, Inc. |
| 20081560 | Microsoft Corporation | DATAllegro, Inc | DATAllegro, Inc. |
| 20081564 | Blackstone RGIS Capital Partners V L.P | Ronald 0. Perelman | Allied Security Holdings LLC. |
| 20081570 | Convergys Corporation | Intervoice, Inc | Intervoice, Inc. |
| 20081579 | CVT Holding S.A.S | Financiere Cover team SAS | Financiere Coverteam SAS. |
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| 19882164 | Anacomp, Inc | Xidex Corporation | Xidex Corporation. |
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| 20081398 | Smith International, Inc | W-H Energy Services, Inc | W-H Energy Services, Inc. |
| 20081525 | American Seafoods L.P | Yardarm Knot, Inc | Highland Light Seafoods, LLC; Tracy Anne, Inc. |
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| 20071584 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
| 20081529 | David and Sherry Gold | 99 cents Only Stores | 99 cents Only Stores. |
| 20081563 | Nam Jung Kim | Del Monte Foods Company | Del Monte Foods Company; Galapesca, S.A.; Marine Trading Pacific, Inc.; Panapesca Fishing, Inc.; Star-Kist Samoa, Inc. |
| 20081568 | Motorola, Inc | Jay Chaudhry | AirDefense, Inc. |
| 20081577 | DeVry Inc | U.S. Education Corporation | U.S. Education Corporation. |
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| 20081585 | Tilman J | Fertitta Landry's Restaurants, Inc | Landry's Restaurants, Inc. |
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| 20081532 | Nycomed S.C.A. SICAR | Immunomedics, Inc | Immunomedics, Inc. |
| 20081571 | David Gelbaum and Monica Chavez Gelbaum | GridPoint, Inc | GridPoint, Inc. |
| 20081593 | International Business Machines Corporation | ILOG S.A | ILOG S.A. |
| 20081595 | Bay Harbour Holdings, LLC | S&B Industries Inc. (debtor-in-possession | S&B Industries Inc. (debtor-in-possession). |
| 20081598 | Michel Reybier | Chateau Montelena (FNA Montelena Associates) | Chateau Montelena (FNA Montelena Associates). |
| 20081600 | Macquarie Global Partnership V Opportunities Partners, L.P | Marathon Fund Limited | Petermann Holding Co. |
| 20081601 | TowerCo II Holdings LLC | Sprint Nextel Corporation | Sprint Nextel Corporation. |
| 20081609 | 4116372 Canada Inc | American Greetings Corporation | American Greetings Corporation. |
| 20081612 | Alcatel Lucent | Motive, Inc | Motive, Inc. |
| 20081614 | CHS Private Equity V LP | Web Service Company, Inc | Web Service Company, LLC. |
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| 20081599 | Iberdrola, S.A | Energy East Corporation | Energy East Corporation. |
| 20081606 | Quadrangle (AIV) Capital Partners II LP | Stephen E. Myers | Smart City Information Services, LLC OFL LLC); Smart City/mpiNET, LLC (FL LLC); Smart City Solutions, LLC (FL LLC); Smart City Telecommunications LLC (Del. LLC); Smart City Television LLC (Del. LLC). |
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| 20081608 | Time Warner Inc | Ripplewood Partners II, LP | QSP, Inc. |
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| 20081517 | MetLife Inc | First Horizon National Corporation | First Horizon National Corporation. |
| 20081527 | ABB Ltd | KEC Acquisition Corporation | KEC Acquisition Corporation. |
| 20081607 | Kenneth J, Feld | Live Nation, Inc | Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc. |
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| 20081544 | Commercial Metals Company Reinforcing-Tensioning Services, Inc | Alfredo Bubion | Bubion Investment Co. Regional Steel Corporation; RPS Cable Corporation; The Dawn Lizabeth Bubion 2003 Trust; The Debbie Ann Martinez 2003 Trust. |
| 20081594 | Charlesbank Equity Fund VI, Limited Partnership | Cardinal Health, Inc. | Tecomet Inc. (“Tecomet”). |
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| 20081554 | Cleveland Cliffs Inc | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. |
| 20081574 | Ametek, Inc | Xantrex Technology Inc | Elgar Holdings, Inc. |
| 20081586 | Schneider Electric SA | Xantrex Technology, Inc | Xantrex Technology Inc. |
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| 20081589 | Pershing Square, L.P | Longs Drug Stores Corporation | Longs Drug Stores Corporation. |
| 20081620 | Markit Group Holdings Limited | JPMorgan Chase & Co | J.P. Morgan FCS Corp. |
| 20081623 | Temasek Capital (Private) Limited | Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc | Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. |
| 20081629 | Covance Inc | Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly and Company. |
| 20081633 | LLR Equity Partners III, L.P | SunTrust Banks, Inc | TransPlatinum Service Corp. |
| 20081634 | The Walt Disney Company | The Active Network, Inc | The Active Network, Inc. |
| 20081642 | Gannett Co., Inc | CareerBuilder, LLC | CareerBuilder, LLC. |
| 20081645 | Deutsche Telekom AG | NextWave Wireless, Inc | AWS Wireless Inc. |
| 20081651 | Diamond Foods, Inc | General Mills, Inc | General Mills, Inc. |
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| 20081562 | JV Holdings | Spitzer Holding Company | Spitzer Industries LLC. |
| 20081617 | Georg F.W | Continental AG Schaeffler | Continental AG. |
| 20081625 | Arlington Tankers Ltd | General Maritime Corporation | General Maritime Corporation. |
| 20081626 | General Maritime Corporation | Arlington Tankers Ltd | Arlington Tankers Ltd. |
| 20081631 | Peter C. Georgiopoulos | Galileo Holding Corporation | Galileo Holding Corporation. |
| 20081638 | PTT Chemical Public Company Limited | Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.a.r.l | Cognis Olechemicals (M) Sdn. Bhd. |
| 20081639 | PTT Chemical Public Company Limited | Permodalan Nasional Berhad | Cognis Olechemicals (M) Sdn. Bhd. |
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| 20081436 | Finmeccanica-Societa' per azioni | DRS Technologies, Inc | DRS Technologies, Inc. |
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| 20081622 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc | William C. Morris | J.& W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated. |
| 20081628 | Macquarie Global Opportunities Partners, L.P | Sentient Jet Holdings, LLC | AvBuy, LLC; PNFS, LLC; Private Jets, Inc.; Sentient Flight Group, Inc.; Sentient Jet, Inc. |
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| 20081489 | Else Kroner-Fresenius-Stiftung | Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D | APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| 20081597 | Johnson & Johnson | Amgen Inc | Amgen Inc. |
| 20081653 | Assurant, Inc | Trident II, L.P | Trident Signal Holdings, 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, (202) 326-3100.
By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.