[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63097-63099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25758]
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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.
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Trans Acquiring Acquired Entities
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--08/28/2002
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200208011............................ Symmetricom, Inc....... Datum Inc.............. Datum Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--08/29/2002
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20021065............................. Akzo Nobel NV.......... Ferro Corporation...... Ferro Corporation.
20021094............................. Homebase Acquisition, McLeodUSA Incorporated. Consolidated Market
LLC. Response, Inc.,
Illinois Consolidated
Telephone Company,
McLeodUSA Integrated
Business Systems,
McLeodUSA Public
Services, Inc.,
McLeodUSA
Telecommunications
Services, Inc.
20021096............................. The Bank of New York Lockwood Financial Electronic Managed
Company, Inc. Group II, LLC. Account Technologies,
Inc., LFG, Inc.
20021097............................. Veridian Corporation... Roger Mody............. Signal Corporation,
Signal Services,
L.L.C.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--08/30/2002
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20021102............................. ARAMARK Corporation.... Premier, Inc........... Premier Technology
Management, Inc.
20021103............................. Inverness Medical MedPointe Inc.......... MedPointe Healthcare
Innovations, Inc. Inc.
20021104............................. Ascension Health....... Carondelet Health Carondelet Health
System, Inc. System, Inc
20021106............................. Leucadia National Williams Communications Williams Communications
Corporation. Group, Inc. (Debtor-in- Group, Inc. (Debtor-in-
Possession). Possession).
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/03/2002
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20021058............................. Smurfit-Stone Container MeadWestvaco The Mead Corporation.
Corporation. Corporation.
20021098............................. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. DLJ Brand Holdings, Inc DLJ Brand Holdings,
Inc.
20021099............................. Virginia L. Shaw....... Halliburton Company.... Bredero-Shaw, Inc.
20021107............................. Equilease Holding Corp. Vivendi Universal, S.A. National Energy
Development Inc.,
Sithe Energies, Inc.
20021108............................. Fremont Partners III, Artal Group S.A........ NC Holdings, Inc.
L.P.
20021109............................. Equilease Holding Corp. Exelon Corporation..... National Energy
Development Inc.,
Sithe Energies, Inc.
20021115............................. Hitachi, Ltd........... Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.. Hitachi Printing
Solutions, Ltd.
20021117............................. Intuit, Inc............ Russell D. Hobbs, III.. Blue Ocean Software,
Inc.
20021118............................. Matlin Patterson Global Polymer Group Inc...... Polymer Group Inc.
Opportunities Partners
L.P.
20021121............................. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CTB International Corp. CTB International Corp.
20021123............................. El Paso Energy El Paso Corporation.... El Paso Corporation.
Partners, L.P.
20021124............................. AMERIGROUP Corporation. Miguel B. Fernandez.... PHP Holdings, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/04/2002
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20021111............................. Fidelity National Factual Data Factual Data
Financial, Inc. Corporation. Corporation.
20021113............................. Novellus Systems, Inc.. SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc..... SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc.
20021116............................. Hitachi, Ltd........... UNISIA JECS Corporation UNISIA JECS
Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/05/2002
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20021120............................. Exel plc............... Power Packaging, Inc... Power Packaging, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/06/2002
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20020644............................. Aggregate Industries, Wakefield Materials Wakefield Materials
PLC. Corporation. Corporation.
20020851............................. Archer-Daniels-Midland Minnesota Corn Minnesota Corn
Company. Processors, LLC. Processors, LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/09/2002
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20021101............................. William H. Gates, III.. Six Flags, Inc......... Six Flags, Inc.
20021128............................. Scottish Power plc..... Aquila, Inc............ Aquila Merchant
Services, Inc., Aquila
Storage and
Transportation, L.P.
20021129............................. Edward W. Stack........ Edward W. Stack........ Dick's Sporting Goods,
Inc.
20021130............................. Dex Holdings LLC....... Qwest Communications GPP LLC, SGN LLC.
International Inc.
20021136............................. Code, Hennessy & LLS Corp............... LLS Corp.
Simmons IV, L.P.
20021143............................. Kaneb Pipe Line Koch Industries, Inc... Koch Fertilizer Storage
Partners, LP. and Terminal Company,
Koch Pipeline Company,
L.P.
20021148............................. Regent Communications, Brill Media Company, Brill Media Company,
Inc. LLC. LLC.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/10/2002
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20021140............................. Washington Mutual, Inc. National Australia Bank HomeSide Lending, Inc.,
Limited. SR Investment, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/12/2002
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20021145............................. Green Equity Investors Phoenix Scientific, Inc Phoenix Scientific,
III, L.P. Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/13/2002
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20021131............................. U.S. Bancorp........... State Street State Street Bank and
Corporation. Trust Company.
20021150............................. David Smilow........... Conseco, Inc........... Conseco Variable
Insurance Company.
20021156............................. Penn National Garning, Hollywood Casino Hollywood Casino
Inc. Corporation. Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/16/2002
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20021100............................. OSI Systems, Inc....... L-3 Communications PerkinElmer Detection
Holdings, Inc. System, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/17/2002
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20021141............................. SPO Partners II, L.P... Advent Software, Inc... Advent Software, Inc.
20021146............................. Robert Bosch Koninklijke Philips Professional
Industrietreuhand KG. Electronics N.V. Communication,
Security and Imaging.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/18/2002
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20021119............................. Paychex, Inc........... Willis Stein & Advantage Payroll
Partners, L.P. Services, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/19/2002
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20021151............................. Groupe Laperriere & Baker Hughes Baker Process, Inc.
Verreault Inc. Incorporated.
20021157............................. Pentair, Inc........... Vivendi Environment, Ametek Filters, Ltd.,
S.A. Plymouth Products,
Inc.
20021159............................. La Grange Energy, L.P.. Aquila, Inc. (f/k/a AQP Holdings, L.P.,
UtiliCorp United Inc.). Aquila Gas Pipeline
Corporation, Oasis
Pipe Line Company.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/20/2002
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20021169............................. MDU Resources Group, Limestone Electron BIV Generation Company
Inc. Trust. LLC, Brush Generation
Company LLC, Mesquite
Investors, LLC, Morgan
Generation Company
LLC.
20021170............................. International Steel Acme Metals Acme Steel Company.
Group Inc. Incorporated.
20021171............................. Kauai Island Utility Co- Citizens Communications Citizens Communications
Op. Company. Company.
20021172............................. JetBlue Airways LiveTV, LLC............ LiveTV, LLC.
Corporation.
20021173............................. Hoosier Energy Rural The Williams Companies, Williams Energy
Electric Cooperative, Inc. Marketing & Trading
Inc. Company.
20021177............................. Fremont Partners III, Don Tyson.............. SBI Holdings Inc., SBI
L.P. Holdings, Inc.
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20021178............................. Landry's Restaurants, Metro National Kimberley Restaurants,
Inc. Corporation. Ltd., MNC Restaurant
Properties, L.P., Well
Seasoned, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/23/2002
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20021122............................. Honeywell International Invesys plc............ Invesys plc.
Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/24/2002
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20021135............................. Cadence Design Systems, International Business International Business
Inc. Machines Corporation. Machines Corporation.
20021175............................. MAAX, Inc.............. Aker Plastics Company, Aker Plastics Company,
Inc. Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/25/2002
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20021164............................. Yves Barrette.......... Ronald D. Erwin........ Erwin Industries, LLC.
20021182............................. G&K Services, Inc...... Russell Waggoner, Jr... Rental Uniform Company,
Inc., Rental Uniform
Service of Somset
Kentucky, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/26/2002
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20021133............................. Toshiba Corporation.... Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation. Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/27/2002
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20021154............................. Gencorp Inc............ General Dynamics General Dynamics OTS
Corporation. (Aerospace), Inc.
20021167............................. Waste Connections, Inc. Allied Waste Allied Waste
Industries, Inc. Industries, Inc.
20021168............................. RF Micro Devices, Inc.. Carlyle Partners III, Jazz Semiconductor,
L.P. Inc.
20021174............................. General Electric Advanced Ceramics Advanced Ceramics
Company. Corporation. Corporation.
20021179............................. Newco, a to-be-formed Vivendi Universal, S.A. Houghton Mifflin
Luxembourg SARL. Company, Vivendi
Universal Publishing
S.A.
20021186............................. Groupe Editions Holding Vivendi Universal, S.A. Houghton Mifflin
I, SARL. Company.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Hallman,
Contact Representative. Federal Trade Commission, Premerger
Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC
20580, (202) 326-3100.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-25758 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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