[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70034-70036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32388]
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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 No. Acquiring Acquired Entities
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/08/1999
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20000265............. Axcan Pharma, Schwarz Pharma, Axcan Schwarz
Inc. A.G. LLC.
20000365............. Exodus Service Service
Communications Metrics, Inc. Metrics, Inc.
, Inc.
20000367............. Sara Lee Jasper Jasper
Corporation. Textiles, Inc. Textiles, Inc.
20000373............. Carl M. and Thomas D. Karol Pro Group
Marie T. Holdings, Inc.
Bouckaert.
20000379............. Toymax James P. Kidpower, Inc.
International, O'Rourke.
Inc.
20000380............. Linsalata LMP Holding LMP Holding
Capital Company. Company.
Partners Fund
III, L.P.
20000383............. Societe Harry J. Lloyd Armchair
Generale. Charitable Shopper, Inc.,
Trust. Consigned
Sales of
Kansas City,
Inc., Cosigned
Sales
Distributors,
Inc., House of
Lloyd, Inc.,
Memorial
Wreath
Company, Inc.
20000391............. KMS Acquisition Henry A. Ferris
Company, L.P. Panasci, Jr. Industries,
Inc.
20000392............. KSM Acquisition David Ferris... Ferris
Company, L.P. Industries,
Inc.
20000394............. Estate of Swiss Royal Life
Charles A. Reinsurance Insurance
Sammons. Company. Company of New
York.
20000395............. Congregation of Franciscan Franciscan
the Sisters of Sisters of the Health
Bon Secours in Poor. Partnership,
the U.S. Inc.
20000400............. Schering-Plough AtheroGenics, AtheroGenics,
Corporation. Inc. Inc.
20000402............. Getty Getty Images, Getty Images,
Investment Inc. Inc.
L.L.C.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/09/1999
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20000147............. EG&G, Inc...... Vivid Vivid
Technologies, Technologies,
Inc. Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/10/1999
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20000020............. Frontier Oil Royal Dutch Equilon
Corporation. Petroleum Enterprises
Company. LLC.
20000123............. Computer Nichols Nichols
Sciences Research Research
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
20000304............. David R. Parker Harold Ives.... Harold Ives
and Jacqueline Trucking Co.,
F. Parker. Terminal Truck
Broker, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/12/1999
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20000168............. Calpine Cogeneration Cogeneration
Corporation. Corporation of Corporation of
America. America.
20000410............. Internet eMerge eMerge
Capital Group, Interactive, Interactive,
Inc. Inc. Inc.
20000431............. Berwind Group K&W Acquisition K&W Acquisition
Partners. Group, LLC. Group, LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/15/1999
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20000218............. Centennial Fund ATG Group, Inc. ATG Group, Inc.
V, L.P.
20000229............. Anthem Rocky Mountain Blue Cross and
Insurance Hospital and Blue Shield of
Companies, Inc. Medical Colorado, Blue
Service. Cross and Blue
Shield of
Nevada.
20000257............. iXL Tessera Tessera
Enterprises, Enterprise Enterprise
Inc. Systems, Inc. Systems, Inc.
20000289............. Corporacion Convergence Convergence
EDC, C.A. Communications Communcations,
, Inc. Inc.
20000294............. General J.C. Penney J.C. Penney
Electric Company, Inc. Company, Inc.
Corporation.
20000312............. Manuel DelArroz SIPEX SIPEX
Corporation. Corporation.
20000318............. Bell Atlantic John W. Kluge.. Metromedia
Corporation. Fiber Network,
Inc.
20000329............. Everett R. CenturyTel, Inc Pacific Telecom
Dobson Cellular of
Irrevocable Alaska RSA #1,
Family Trust. Inc.
20000332............. Apax Europe IV Invensys plc... BTR Dunlop
GP Co. Limited. Holdings
(Delaware),
Inc.
20000335............. Adventist University University
Health System Community Community
Sunbelt Hospital, Inc. Hospital, Inc.
Healthcare
Corporation.
20000351............. Associates Petroleos de CITGO Petroleum
First Capital Venezuela, S.A. Corporation.
Corporation.
20000356............. CMGI, Inc...... AdKnowledge Inc AdKnowledge
Inc.
20000364............. Facilitator Everett Smith Sivyer Steel
Capital Fund Group, Ltd. Corporation.
Limited
Partnership.
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20000366............. Bernard Arnault Inter Parfums, Inter Parfums,
Inc. Inc.
20000375............. Furman Selz Maritrans Inc.. Maritrans Inc.
Investors II
L.P.
20000376............. Kleiner Perkins iSky.net, Inc.. iSky.net, Inc.
Caufield &
Byers IX-A,
L.P.
20000377............. TV Guide, Inc.. iSky.net, Inc.. iSky.net, Inc.
20000378............. United Parcel Arthur S. Trans-Border
Service of Spiegel. Customs
America, Inc. Services, Inc.
20000381............. AT&T Corp...... iSky.net, Inc.. iSky.net, Inc.
20000387............. John J. Rigas.. AT&T........... InterMedia
Partners, L.P.
TCI of
Virginia, Inc.
20000393............. WPG Corporate Ramsey Ramsey
Development Industries, Industries,
Associates V, Inc. Inc.
LLC.
20000408............. Software AG (a SPL World Group SPL World Group
German B.V. B.V.
company).
20000409............. Carl C. Icahn.. Global Leisure Jetset Tours,
Travel, Inc. Inc.
20000412............. Paul G. Allen.. Fatbrain.com, Fatbrain.com,
Inc. Inc.
20000415............. Wind Point Golder, Thoma OutSource
Partners, IV, Cressey, Partners, Inc.
L.P. Rauner, Fund
IV, L.P.
20000420............. Westburne Inc.. Consolidated All-Phase
Electrical Electric
Distributors, Supply Co.
Inc.
2000422.............. AutoNation, Inc Ronald T. and Vanderbeek
Billie J. Motors, Inc.
Vanderbeek Vanderbeek Olds/
(husband and GMC Truck Inc.
wife).
20000423............. Claire's Venator Group, Venator Group
Stores, Inc. Inc. Specialty,
Inc.
20000425............. SCI Systems, Thomas A. Grant TAG LLC (in
Inc. organization).
20000433............. Lyndon James Beltz.... First
Insurance Protection
Group, Inc. Company.
20000444............. Ecolab Inc..... Bobby Cheney... Southwest
Sanitary
Distributing
Company, Inc.
20000445............. Compass Group Joachim The Patina
PLC. Splichal and Group, LLC.
Christine
Splichal.
20000452............. Norilsk Nickel. Almazjuvelirexp Almaz USA, Inc.
ort, a Russian
state unitary
enterprise.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/16/1999
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20000259............. AT&T Corp...... The Associated The Associated
Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
20000266............. Havas Ronald D. Devon Direct
Advertising Greene. Marketing and
S.A. Advertising,
Inc.
20000290............. TCW/Latin Convergence Convergence
America Communications Communications
Private Equity , Inc. , Inc.
Partners, LP.
20000324............. LA-Z-Boy LADD Furniture, LADD Furniture,
Incorporated. Inc. Inc.
20000388............. AT&T........... John J. Rigas.. Adelphia
Cablevision
Associates,
L.P., Van
Buren County
Cablevision,
Inc.
20000426............. Florida CAE Inc........ CAE Vanguard,
Progress Corp. Inc.
20000441............. Polynorm N.V... Christine E. DelWal
and William Corporation.
Lee Walker,
Jr., (husband
& wife).
20000447............. Denton County Cable Plus MultiTechnology
Electric Holding Services, L.P.
Cooperative, Company.
Inc.
20000453............. Pinnacle Global Sanders Morris Sanders Morris
Group, Inc. Mundy Inc. Mundy Inc.
20000456............. Omnicom Group Alan E. Hall... MarketStar
Inc. Corporation.
20000457............. Farmers Foremost Foremost
Insurance Corporation of Corporation of
Exchange. America. America.
20000459............. Sun Naspers Limited OpenTV Corp.
Microsystems,
Inc.
20000475............. Tyco R.L. Praegitzer Praegitzer
International Industries,
Ltd. Inc.
20000480............. Gerald W. Meritor Meritor
Schwartz. Automotive, Automative
Inc. Canada Inc.
Meritor Light
Vehicle
Systems, Inc.
20000484............. Ronald S. Haft. Geerlings & Geerlings &
Wade, Inc. Wade, Inc.
20000486............. Lucor, Inc..... James H. Quick 10
Maynard. Corporation.
20000488............. Alfred Poe..... Tricon Global Taco Bell Corp.
Restaurants,
Inc.
20000502............. Morgan Stanley Charterhouse Ashley One,
Dean Witter Equity Inc.
Capital Partners III,
Partners IV, L.P.
L.P.
20000503............. Charterhouse Morgan Stanley TravCorps
Equity Dean Witter Corporation.
Partners III, Capital
L.P. Partners IV,
L.P.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/17/1999
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20000200............. Flowers The Kroger The Kroger
Industries, Company. Company.
Inc.
20000340............. Gateway, Inc... America Online, America Online,
Inc. Inc.
20000434............. North Shore- Peconic Health Peconic Health
Long Island Corporation. Corporation.
Jewish Health
System, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/18/1999
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20000096............. Abbott Glaxo Wellcome Glaxo Wellcome
Laboratories. plc. Inc., Gaxo
Group Limited.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P.
Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger
Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, D.C.
20580, (202) 326-3100.
By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32388 Filed 12-14-99 8:45 am]
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