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= Applications Given Early Antitrust Clearance By FTC(Comtex Business Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, Sep 20, 2006 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act requires under certain circumstances that prospective acquirers of voting securities or assets apply for clearance from regulators. Requests for early termination or clearance are granted when the Federal Trade Commission and the antitrust division of the Department of Justice have determined that they won't take enforcement action during the waiting period. The following is a list of companies or people to which the FTC has granted early clearance of antitrust concerns under the HSR Act: NAME OF ACQUIRING PERSON NAME OF ACQUIRED PERSON DATE NAME OF ACQUIRED ENTITY TERMINATED ____________________________________________________________________ TPG Partners V L.P. Tuesday Aleris International Inc. Aleris International Inc. BG Group Plc. Tuesday Calpine Corp. Dighton Power Associates L. P. DST Systems Inc. Tuesday Whitney V L.P. Amisys Synertech Inc. Racecar Holdings LLC Tuesday Blackstone UC Capital Partners L.P. Sigecom LLC Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. Tuesday Carl C. Icahn ACE Gaming LLC AREP Boardwalk Properties LLC PSW Properties LLC AREH MLK LLC Mitre Associates LLC Generally, the HSR Act requires both the acquiring and the acquired entity to file notifications if the following are met: a) One entity has sales or assets of at least $100 million. b) The other entity has sales or assets of at least $10 million, and c) As a result of the transaction, the acquiring entity will hold an aggregate amount of stock and assets of the acquired entity valued at more than $50 million, or d) As a result of the transaction, the acquiring entity will hold an aggregate amount of stock and assets of the acquired entity valued at more than $200 million, regardless of sales or assets of the acquiring or acquired entity. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 09-20-06 1012ET Copyright (c) 2006 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. |