Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

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identifier: "/us/fr/E8-28164"
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title: "Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "E8-28164"
section_name: "Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules"
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document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2008-12-01"
agencies:
  - "Federal Trade Commission"
fr_citation: "73 FR 72802"
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#  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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20081712 | General Dynamics | Permira Europe III L.P. 2 | Jet Aviation Holding AG |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20090015 | eBay Inc. | Bill Me Later | Bill Me Later |
| 20090075 | Russell A. Gerdin | Heartland Express, Inc. | Heartland Express, Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20090041 | Atlantic Power | ArcLight Energy | Auburndale Holdings, LLC |
| 20090074 | Mercury General | Aon Corporation | AIS Management |
| 20090084 | GlaxoSmithKline plc | Affiris GmbH | Affiris GmbH |
| 20090091 | First Reserve Fund XII, L.P | Reliant Energy, Inc. | Reliant Energy, Inc. |
| 20090093 | TPF II, L.P. | MACH Gen, LLC | New Covert Generating Company, LLC |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20090038 | Hewlett-Packard | LeftHand Networks, Inc. | LeftHand Networks, Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20081739 | Teradyne, Inc. | Eagle Test Systems, Inc | Eagle Test Systems, Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20090081 | Biovitrum AB (publ) | Amgen Inc. | Amgen Inc. |
| 20090089 | United Technologies Corporation | OCM/GFI Power | Noresco Acquisition, Inc. |
| 20090094 | West Corporation | Silver Lake Partners II, L.P | IPC Information |
| 20090099 | Commerzbank AG | Allianz SE | Dresdner Bank AG |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20090078 | New Mountain Partners III, L.P | Camber Corporation | Camber Corporation |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20081781 | Aon Corporation | Benfield Group Limited | Benfield Group Limited |
| 20090090 | Spectrum Equity | RiskMetrics Group, Inc. | RiskMetrics Group, 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.