[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 94 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30991-30995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12125]
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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
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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--03/27/2000
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20002112........... Calsonic Kansei Kansei
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
20002118........... AECOM Technology Vivendi S.A..... Metcalf & Eddy,
Corporation. Inc.
20002163........... Grotech Pathnet Pathnet
Partners, IV, Telecommunicati Telecommunicat
L.P. ons, Inc. ions, Inc.
20002246........... Northwestern Lucent Lucent
Corporation. Technologies Technologies
Inc. Inc.
20002254........... Thomas H. Lee Richard T. Aab.. US LEC Corp.
Equity Fund IV,
L.P.
20002279........... Fred Hassan..... Monsanto Company Monsanto
Company.
20002281........... Internet Capital Breakaway Breakaway
Group, Inc. Solutions, Inc. Solutions,
Inc.
20002284........... Quantum Integra Life Integra Life
Industrial Sciences Sciences
Holdings Ltd. Holdings Holdings
Corporation. Corporation.
20002295........... Time Warner Inc. The Welk Group, Heartland
Inc. Music, LP.
20002304........... North Castle Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden
Partners II, Salon-Holdings, Salon-
L.P. Inc. Holdings, Inc.
20002308........... UICI............ HealthAxis, Inc. HealthAxis,
Inc.
20002311........... GTCR Fund VII, MidAmerican MidAmerican
L.P. Energy Holdings Security
Company. Company.
20002315........... Wind River Embedded Support Embedded
Systems, Inc. Tools Support Tools
Corporation. Corporation.
20002325........... Canon Inc....... Energy Emergy
Conversion Conversion
Devices, Inc. Devices, Inc.
20002328........... The Reader's World's Finest World's Finest
Digest Chocolate, Inc. Chocolate,
Association, Inc.
Inc.
20002333........... The Bank of New Societe Generale SG Cowen
York Company, Securities
Inc. Corporation.
20002336........... William Blair Pawnee Borse
Capital Rotational Industries,
Partners VI, Molding L.P.
L.P. Partners VI, Fremont
L.P. Plastics
Products, Inc.
Wedco Moulded
Products
Company.
20002337........... Fyffes plc...... C.I. Union de Turbana
Bananeros de Corporation.
Uraba, S.A..
20002346........... Odwalla, Inc.... Bain Capital Samantha
Fund VI, L.P. Investors,
LLC.
20002347........... Bain Capital Odwalla, Inc.... Odwalla, Inc.
Fund VI, L.P.
20002351........... Penn National Pinnacle Casino Magic
Gaming, Inc. Entertainment, Corp.,
Inc. Boomtown, Inc.
20002354........... United Rentals, National Safety Lights
Inc. Equipment Sales and
Services, Inc. Leasing, Inc.
of Texas.
20002355........... National United Rentals NES Texoma
Equipment (North Acquisition
Services, Inc. America), Inc. Corp.
20002357........... Stuart P. Olsten Adecco SA....... Adecco SA.
20002369........... Vincent L. Calender Calender
Martin. Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
20002392........... Westbrand, Inc.. Robert W. Amis, Advance
Jr. Acceptance
Corporation.
20002393........... TPG Partners II, The Cherry Cherry
L.P. Corporation. Semiconductor
Corporation.
20002399........... Castle Harlan Financiere Saint Financiere
Partners III, Luc. Saint Luc.
L.P.
20002402........... C-MAC Industries Charterhouse A-Plus
Inc. Equity Partners Manufacturing
II, L.P. Corp.
20002403........... Berkshire Fund Marconi plc..... GEC
IV, Limited International
Partnership. Limited.
Maatschappij
Van Berkel's
Patent BV.
20002413........... Golder, Thoma, Douglas T. Kwikee Products
Cressey, Ruaner Mergenthaler. Company, Inc.
Fund V, L.P.
20002414........... Lowes Continental Continental
Corporation. National National
Corporation. Corporation.
20002416........... Richard A. Miller Buckeye Miller Buckeye
Bernstein. Biscuit Company. Biscuit
Company.
20002419........... Swifty Serve, Martin Resource Midstream Fuel
LLC. Management Service, Inc.,
Corporation, a an Alabama
Texas corporation.
corporation.
20002440........... Elan Corporation The Liposome The Liposome
plc. Company, Inc. Company, Inc.
20002441........... Safeguard MS Farm AgWeb.Com.
Scientifics, International,
Inc. L.P.
20002444........... Motorola, Inc... C-Port C-Port
Corporation. Corporation.
20002454........... Stonington Lernout & Lernout &
Capital Hauspie Speech Hauspie Speech
Appreciation Products N.V. Products N.V.
1994 Fund, L.P.
20002455........... Lernout & Stonington Dictaphone
Hauspie Speech Capital Corporation.
Products N.V. Appreciation
1994 Fund, L.P.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/28/2000
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20002155........... Pro Mach Jack G. Swope... Rennco, Inc.
Holdings, L.L.C.
20002156........... Pro Mach Stanley J. Swope Rennco, Inc.
Holdings, L.L.C.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/29/2000
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20001439........... Thomas W. Bedell Johnson Century
Separate Share Worldwide Divestiture
Trust. Associates, Inc. Co.
20002256........... Calpine Duke Energy Duke Energy
Corporation. Corporation. Hidalgo
Holding, Inc.
20002264........... Country Mutual Mutual Service Mutual Service
Insurance Casualty Casualty
Company. Insurance Insurance
Company. Company.
20002301........... AT&T Corp....... ICG ICG
Communications, Communications
Inc. , Inc.
20002302........... HMTF Bridge ICG ICG
Partners, L.P. Communications, Communications
Inc. , Inc.
20002303........... HMTF Equity Fund ICG ICG
IV (1999), L.P. Communications, Communications
Inc. , Inc.
20002307........... HealthAxis, Inc. HealthAxis.com, HealthAxis.com,
Inc. Inc.
20002329........... C.H. Boehringer Pharmacia & Pharmacia &
Sohn. Upjohn Company. Upjohn
Company.
20002349........... Chase Manhattan Viatel, Inc..... Viatel, Inc.
Corporation
(The).
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20002350........... Durr Harald Quandt Carl Schenck
Aktiengesellsch Beteiliguangen AG.
aft. GmbH & Co.
20002373........... Harvest Partners Kevin D. The Finlay
III, L.P. Kalagher. Brothers
Company.
20002445........... LifeMinders.com, University WITI
Inc. Corporation for Corporation.
Atmospheric
Research.
20002470........... E*Trade Group, Card Capture Card Capture
Inc. Services, Inc. Services, Inc.
20002472........... Nemetschek Richard Diehl... Diel
Aktiengesellsha Grapshsopt,
ft. Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/30/2000
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20001342........... Duke Energy Phillips Phillips Gas
Corporation. Petroleum Company.
Company.
20001351........... Duke Energy Conoco Inc...... Conoco Inc.
Corporation.
20001353........... Duke Energy George P. Mitchell Gas
Corporation. Mitchell. Services, L.P.
20001354........... George P. Duke Energy Duke Energy
Mitchell. Corporation. Field
Services, Inc.
20001892........... Computer Sterling Sterling
Associates Software, Inc. Software, Inc.
International,
Inc.
20002167........... Winsloew Wabash Valley Wabash Valley
Furniture, Inc. Manufacturing, Manufacturing,
Inc. Inc.
20002263........... Christopher Michael J. MGM Co., Inc.
Redlich, Jr. Browning. MGM
Transportation
Services, Inc.
O'Toole
Transportation
Works, Inc.
XMGM Co., Inc.
XMGM of
California,
Inc.
XMGM of
Florida, Inc.
20002285........... Century Aluminum Xstrata AG...... Xstrata
Company. Aluminum
Corporation.
20002339........... Unicom Thomas F. Nelson Metropolitan
Corporation. Mechanical
Contractors,
Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/31/2000
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20002210........... Pittsburgh Tube J.H. Roberts J.H. Roberts
Company. Industries, Inc. Industries,
Inc.
20002320........... Bank of Montreal Pittsburgh Tube Pittsburgh Tube
Company. Company.
20002433........... Ensign Resources Gary Drilling Gary Drilling
Service Group Company. Company.
Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/03/2000
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20002251........... Smurfit-Stone St. Laurent St. Laurent
Container Paperboard Inc. Paperboard
Corporation. Inc.
20002272........... M. & G. N. V. Crystal Polymer
Finanziaria Koninklijke Ltd.
Industriale Nederlandsche Pecten Group
S.p.A. Petroleum S.A. de C.V.
Maatschappij. Shell Oil
Company.
Shell
Polyesters
LLC.
SIPET S.p.A.
20002316........... Windward Capital Mobile Storage Mobile Storage
Partners II, Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
L.P.
20002323........... UbiquiTel Sprint Sprint
Holdings, Inc. Corporation. Corporation.
20002348........... Fosters Brewing Klein Foods, Inc Windsor
Group Limited. Vineyards.
20002356........... Pequot Private Netlab L.L.C.... Online Retail
Equity Fund II, Partners, Inc.
L.P.
20002364........... Wei Yen......... ATI ATI
Technologies, Technologies,
Inc. Inc.
20002368........... BTG, Inc........ TV Guide, Inc... SSDS, Inc.
20002371........... SOFTBANK Corp... Naviant, Inc.... Naviant, Inc.
20002372........... Naviant, Inc.... SOFTBANK Corp... SOFTBANK
Capital
Advisors Fund
LP.
20002375........... Citigroup Inc... Reliance Group Reliance
Holdings, Inc. Insurance
Company.
20002387........... Quintus Mustang.com, Inc Mustang.com,
Corporation. Inc.
20002411........... Diamond Products The Gillette The Gillette
Company. Company. Company.
20002452........... Robotic Bailey P. Wright
Technology Robinson, III Industries,
Systems PLC. and Laura Sue Inc.
Robinson,
(spouses).
20002471........... Aarque GPC, Inc. John M. Fayad... Alkar Steel
Corporation.
20002508........... The Interpublic Caribiner Caribiner
Group of International, International,
Companies, Inc. Inc. Inc.
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Transactons Granted Early Termination--04/04/2000
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20002376........... CMGI, Inc....... uBid, Inc....... uBid, Inc.
20002381........... Software.com, At Mobile.com, At Mobile.com,
Inc. Inc. Inc.
20002383........... Windward Capital Richard Samuels. Water Country
Partners II, Corporation &
L.P. Bellwood
Assoc., L.P.
20002384........... Windward Capital Joseph O'Donnell Water Country
Partners II, Corporation &
L.P. Bellwood
Assoc., L.P.
20002385........... Hanover Applied Process Applied Process
Compressor Solutions, Solutions,
Company. Incorporated. Incorporated.
20002386........... Russell Toxey D. Haas... Hass Outdoors,
Corporation. Inc.
20002389........... John J. Fauth... TSI Incorporated TSI
Incorporated.
20002394........... Morgan Stanley Texas Utilities TXU Processing
Dean Witter Company d/b/a Company.
Capital TXU Corp.
Partners IV,
L.P.
20002395........... Berkshire Fund Thomas A. TVI, Inc.
V, Limited Ellison.
Partnership.
20002397........... DTE Energy Covol Mountaineer
Company. Technologies, Fuel, LLC.
Inc. Synfuel
Investments,
Inc.
20002407........... Pathology Questor Partners PathSOURCE,
consultants of Fund, L.P. Inc.
America, Inc.
20002408........... Questor Partners Pathology Pathology
Fund, L.P. Consultants of Consultants of
America, Inc. America, Inc.
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20002412........... Gateway, Inc.... OfficeMax, Inc.. OfficeMax, Inc.
20002418........... Peter J. Gerald Durnell Pizza Expo,
Callahan. and Kaye Inc.
Durnell ProTech
(spouses). Publishing and
Communications
, Inc.
20002422........... Bain Capital Trustee of the Broder Bros.,
Fund VI, L.P. Harold Brode Co.
Revocable
Living Trust.
20002423........... Tyco Westlock Westlock
International Controls Controls
Ltd. Corporation. Corporation, a
Delaware
corporation.
20002424........... AT&T Corp....... Alloy Online, Alloy Online,
Inc. Inc.
20002425........... Ford Motor Budget Group, Warren Wooten
Company. Inc. Ford, Inc.,
Paul West
Ford, Inc.
20002426........... Equant N.V...... NEWCO........... NEWCO.
20002427........... Reuters Group NEWCO........... NEWCO.
PLC.
20002428........... Exact Holding Macola Macola
N.V. Technologies, Technologies,
Inc. Inc.
20002430........... CRH plc......... Northern Ohio Northern Ohio
Paving Company. Paving
Company.
20002432........... Solectron Zhone Premisys
Corporation. Technologies, Communications
Inc. , Inc.
20002434........... Morgan Stanley TNT Post Group Ansett
Dean Witter & N.V. Worldwide
Co. Aviation
Services.
20002436........... David E. Harvey. Connectivity Connectivity
Technologies, Products
Inc. Incorporated.
20002439........... Telapex, Inc.... ALLTEL ALLTEL
Corporation. Communications
, Inc.
20002442........... Nera ASA........ World Access, Cellular
Inc. Infrastructure
Supply, Inc.
WA Telcom
Products Co.,
Inc.
20002443........... Siemens AG...... ENTEX ENTEX
Associates, L.P. Information
Services, Inc.
20002447........... William H. Joyce The Dow Chemical The Dow
Company. Chemical
Company.
20002449........... Morgan Stanley The News Ansett
Dean Witter & Corporation Worldwide
Co. Limited. Aviation
Services.
20002483........... United E.C. Hunt....... Thermo-
Technologies Industries,
Corporation. Inc.
20002601........... Bayer AG........ ALZA Corporation ALZA
Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/05/2000
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20002446........... BP Amoco p.l.c.. Burmah Castrol Burmah Castrol
p.l.c. p.l.c.
20002517........... VS&A Data Data
Communications Transmission Transmission
Partners III, Network Network
L.P. Corporation. Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/06/2000
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20002367........... Warburg, Pincus, Hilltopper Hilltopper
Equity Holding Corp. Holding Corp.
Partners, L.P.
20002391........... Richard D. Rehm, MedicaLogic, Inc MedicaLogic,
M.D. Inc.
20002453........... Cumulus Media, William White McDonald Media
Inc. McDonald Family Group, Inc.
GST Exempt
Perpetual Trust.
20002456........... The Hain Food Celestial Celestial
Group, Inc. Seasonings, Inc. Seasonings,
Inc.
20002457........... World Access, Communication Communication
Inc. TeleSystems TeleSystems
International d/ International
b/a d/b/a
WORLDxCHANGE. WORLDxCHANGE.
20002458........... Iceberg World Access, World Access,
Transport, S.A. Inc. Inc.
20002459........... Roger Abbott.... World Access, World Access,
Inc. Inc.
20002462........... UAL Corporation. Air Canada...... Air Canada.
20002463........... Sonepar, S.A.... Capital Lighting Capital
& Supply, Inc. Lighting &
Supply, Inc.
20002464........... Uni-Marts, Inc.. Frank R. and Orloski Service
Adeline Orloski. Station, Inc.
20002466........... VA Linux Andover.Net, Inc Andover.Net.,
Systems, Inc. Inc.
20002467........... The Clayton & The Drescher The Drescher
Dubilier Corporation. Corporation.
Private Equity
Fund IV L.P.
20002474........... Allianz Sol Edelstein... World Access,
Aktiengellschaf Inc.
t.
20002475........... TPG Partners Quantum Bridge Quantum Bridge
Ill, L.P. Communications, Communications
Inc. , Inc.
20002481........... Montana Power Qwest TeleDistance
Company. Communications Holdings, Inc.
International
Inc.
20002485........... CRH plc......... Thomas H. American Stone-
Maddux, III. Mix, Inc.
20002486........... Arena Capital UniDial UniDial
Investment Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
Fund, L.P.
20002495........... Chase Manhattan Gabriel Gabriel
Corporation, Communications, Communications
(The). Inc. , Inc.
20002505........... Mohr, Davidow Netcentives, Inc Netcentives,
Ventures IV, Inc.
L.P.
20002509........... Communications Flashcom, Inc... Flashcom, Inc.
Ventures III,
L.P.
20002511........... Mayfield IX..... Flashcom, Inc... Flashcom, Inc.
20002513........... Pfingsten Katherine C. Four Wheel
Executive Fund, Kennedy. Drive
L.P. Hardware, Inc.
20002515........... HNC Software, The Frank Gates Celerity
Inc. Companies, Inc. Technologies,
Inc.
20002518........... Thames Water Plc E'town E'town
Corporation. Corporation.
20002528........... Lee R. Anderson, Gregg R. Alliance Fire
Sr. Huennekens. Protection,
Inc.
United States
Fire
Protection/
Illinois, Inc.
United States
Fire
Protection/
Wisconsin,
Inc.
20002532........... American Metapoint Vutek, Inc.
Securities Partners Fund-
Partners II, Ill, L.P.
L.P.
20002539........... ELIFIN, S.A..... Carl-F. Bardusch Bardusch
Corporation.
20002540........... Securtiy Capital Equity Office Allegheny Tower
U.S. Realty. Properties Limited
Trust. Partnership.
Boston Harbor
Garage, L.L.C.
Forbes/Allies
Limited
Partnership.
Indianapolis
Convention
Ctr. Parking
Ltd.
Partnership.
20002541........... Thomas T. Gores. Philip C. Denzer Process
Software
Corporation.
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20002546........... General Electric Trade Out.com, Trade Out.com,
Company. Inc. Inc.
20002547........... Horizon Capital ED&F Man Group PERT
Partners IA plc. Laboratories,
Limited Inc.
Partnership. Seabrook
Enterprises,
Inc.
20002555........... NBTY, Inc....... Rexall Sundown, Rexall Sundown,
Inc. Inc.
20002566........... Tribune Company. The Times Mirror The Times
Company. Mirror
Company.
20002400........... U.S. Bancorp.... John F. Allen... Oliver-Allen
Corporation,
Inc.
20002506........... Nashua Andrew B. Albert Rittenhouse
Corporation. Paper Company.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/10/2000
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20002243........... Cummins Engine Ben J. Strafuss. Cummins Mid-
Company, Inc. South, Inc.
20002390........... John H. Dayani, MedicaLogic, Inc MedicaLogic,
PhD. Inc.
20002437........... Matrix Partners OnDisplay, Inc.. OnDisplay, Inc.
IV, L.P.
20002473........... Charles E. Plymouth Tube Plymouth Tube
Hurwitz. Company. Company.
20002510........... Behrmman Capital Flashcom, Inc... Flashcom, Inc.
II, L.P.
20002521........... Medical Manager Medical Mutual Medical Mutual
Corporation. of Ohio. of Ohio.
20002524........... URM Stores, Inc. Rosauers Rosauers
Employee Stock Supermarkets,
Ownership Trust. Inc.
20002550........... CGW Southeast Printmasters, Printmasters,
Partners III, Inc. Inc.
L.P.
20002551........... David Bing...... Lear Corporation Lear
Corporation.
20002552........... Radio One, Inc.. William G. Mays. IBL L.L.C.
20002556........... Z-Tel Touch 1, Inc.... Touch 1, Inc.
Technologies,
Inc.
20002562........... Avnet, Inc...... Savior Savior
Technology Technology
Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
20002563........... Arbella Mutual Hellman & The Covenant
Insurance Friedman Group, Inc.
Company. Capital
Partners III,
L.P.
20002565........... 24/7 Media, Inc. Exactis.com, Inc Exactis.com,
Inc.
20002569........... Softbank TeraBeam TeraBeam
Technology Corporation. Corporation.
Ventures V, L.P.
20002570........... Corman Z-Tel Z-Tel
Foundation, Inc. Technologies, Technologies,
Inc. Inc.
20002630........... Marmon Holdings, Hampshire Equity Streater, Inc.
Inc. Partners II,
L.P.
20002647........... Royal Bank of Prism Financial Prism Financial
Canada. Corporation. Corporation.
20002679........... John F. Allen... U.S. Bancorp.... U.S. Bancorp.
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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, DC
20580, (202) 326-3100.
By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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