Early clearance for R-B, Adams

Slough, U.K.-based Reckitt Benckiser on Jan. 8 announced the receipt of an early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act regarding its offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics' stock. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Twickenham, Reckitt, a household cleaning, health and personal care product firm, made an offer in December to purchase all Chester, N.J.-based Adams' outstanding stock for $60 per share (1"The Tan Sheet" Dec. 17, 2007, p. 5)...