[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 131 (Friday, July 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41990-41993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17225]


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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 Improvement 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 perior 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--05/23/2000
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20003000...................  Sulzer AG..................  A. Ahlstrom Corporation...  Ahlstorm Pumps Corporation
20003015...................  Vitesee Semiconductor        SiTera Incorporated.......  SiTera Incorporated
                              Corporation.
20003031...................  Leap Wireless                J. Donald G. Garvey.......  Radiofone PCS, L.L.C.
                              International, Inc.
20003032...................  Leap Wireless                Lawrence D. Garvey........  Radiofone PCS, L.L.C.
                              International, Inc.
20003037...................  Alcatel....................  Sonoma System, Inc........  Sonoma System, Inc.
20003042...................  AT&T Corp..................  Holding Company...........  Holding Company
20003043...................  Holding Company............  AT&T Corp.................  AT&T Wireless PCS Inc.
20003044...................  Tritel, Inc................  TeleCorp PCS, Inc.........  TeleCorp PCS, Inc.
20003045...................  TeleCorp PCS, Inc..........  Tritel, Inc...............  Tritel, Inc.
20003074...................  Tribune Company............  Classified Ventures, Inc..  Classified Ventures, Inc.
20003076...................  Tribune Company............  CareerPath.com, Inc.......  CareerPath.com, Inc.
20003079...................  Wesley Guylay Capital        Monaco Coach Corporation..  Monaco Coach Corporation
                              Management, L.P.
20003085...................  TCV IV, L.P................  eLoyalty Corporation......  eLoyalty Corporation
20003088...................  Tritel, Inc................  Digital pcs, LLC..........  Digital pcs, LLC
20003096...................  Morrison Knudsen             Raytheon Company..........  Raytheon Engineers &
                              Corporation.                                             Constructors
20003103...................  FairPoint Communications,    Fremont Telecom Co........  Fremont Telecom Co.
                              Inc.
20003111...................  Longwood Industries, Inc...  Joel P. Wyler.............  Eagle-Picher Industries,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003112...................  Marital Trust #2...........  Automotive Systems          Automotive Systems
                                                           International, Inc.         International, Inc.
20003115...................  InSight Health Services      US Diagnostic Inc.........  Wilkes-Barre Imaging
                              Corp.
20003136...................  Alcatel....................  Ironbridge Networks         Ironbridge Networks
                                                           Incoporated.                Incoporated
20003146...................  Time Warner, Inc...........  Electronic Newstand, Inc..  Electronic Newstand, Inc.
20003147...................  BICC USA, Inc..............  Stout Group Limited.......  Stout Group Limited
20003150...................  Chase Manhattan Corporation  Formus Communications, Inc  Formus Communications,
                              (The).                                                   Inc.
20003198...................  Cecilia Ronchetti..........  Uponor Oyj................  Asko Cylinda AB
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/24/2000
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20003149...................  Caisse de Depot et           Formus Communications, Inc  Formus Communications,
                              placement du Quebec.                                     Inc.
20003153...................  Ixchange Technology          Masterpack International    Masterpack International
                              Holdings.                    Holdings, Inc.              Holdings, Inc.
20003163...................  Reuters Group PLC..........  Primark Corporation.......  Yankee Group Research,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003189...................  Stephen A. Wynn............  Starwood Hotels & Resorts   Starwood Hotels & Resorts
                                                           Worldwide, Inc.             Worldwide, Inc.

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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/25/2000
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20003007...................  Bruckman, Rosser, Sherill &  M. Francois Pinault.......  El Torito Franchising
                              Co., L.P..                                               Company, El Torito
                                                                                       Restaurants, Inc.
20003033...................  GN Great Nordic AS.........  Beltone Electronics, Inc..  Beltone Electronics, Inc.
20003071...................  University Hospitals Health  Primary Health Systems,     PHS Cleveland, Inc.
                              System, Inc..                Inc., Debtor in            Primary Health Systems of
                                                           Possession.                 Ohio, L.P.,
                                                                                      PHS Mt. Sinai, Inc.,
20003122...................  Greylock Equity Limited      Acta Technology, Inc......  Acta Technology, Inc.
                              Partnership.
20003124...................  Paine Webber Group, Inc....  J.C. Bradford & Co., LLC..  J.C. Bradford & Co., LLC
20003131...................  Texaco Inc.................  Energy Conversion Devices,  Energy Conversion Devices,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003132...................  Tyco International Ltd.....  Lloyd M. Gordon and Diane   Amcel Corp.
                                                           R. Gordon.
20003134...................  Aktiebolaget Electrolux....  E-LUX Holdings, L.L.C.....  Electrolux, LLC
20003137...................  Florida Rock Industries,     Southern Concrete           Southern Concrete
                              Inc..                        Construction Co., Inc..     Construction Co., Inc.
20003139...................  Louisiana Pacific            David V. Holli............  Sawyer Lumber Company, LLC
                              Corporation.
20003144...................  MacDermid, Incorporated....  VirtualFund.com, Inc......  VirtualFund.com, Inc.
20003165...................  Health Management            Catholic Health             BR Investments, Inc.
                              Associated, Inc..            Initiatives.               Neumann Services, Inc.
                                                                                      St. Joseph Regional Health
                                                                                       Network
20003188...................  AT&T Corp..................  Priceline WebHouse Club,    Priceline WebHouse Club,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003192...................  Peregrine Systems, Inc.....  Harbinger Corporation.....  Harbinger Corporation
20003195...................  Brambles Industries Limited  National Recovery Systems,  National Recovery Systems,
                                                           Inc.                        Inc.
20003207...................  SDL, Inc...................  Photonic Integration        Photonic Integration
                                                           Research, Inc..             Research, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/26/2000
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20003034...................  ATX Telecommunications       Voyager.net, Inc..........  Voyager.net,Inc.
                              Services, Inc..
20003036...................  RCBA Strategic Partners,     CB Richard Ellis Services,  CB Richard Ellis Services,
                              L.P..                        Inc..                       Inc.
20003068...................  Marsh & McIennan Companies,  David A. Nadler...........  Delta Consulting Group,
                              Inc..                                                    Inc.
20003078...................  Swiss Reinsurance Company..  Industrial Life Insurance   North West Life Assurance
                                                           Company.                    Company of America
20003099...................  GTCR Fund VI, L.P..........  Genesis Eldercare           Genesis Eldercare
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation
20003108...................  Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.  Hilton Hotels Corporation.  Flamingo Hilton Riverboat
                                                                                       Casino, L.P.
20003130...................  Michael A. Karp............  CoreComm Limited..........  CoreComm Limited
20003148...................  Alberta Energy Company Ltd.  McMurry Energy Company....  McMurry Oil Company
20003162...................  Rosemore, Inc..............  Crown Central Petroleum     Crown Central Petroleum
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation
20003164...................  Charles B. Wang............  Howard P. Milstein........  New York Islanders Hockey
                                                                                       Club, L.P.
20003166...................  CRH plc....................  Hanson plc................  Acme Materials and
                                                                                       Construction Company
20003171...................  David H. Murdock...........  Dole Food Company, Inc....  Dole Food Company, Inc.
20003173...................  Sunglass Hut International,  Watch World Licensing       Watch World Licensing
                              Inc..                        Corp..                      Corp.
20003177...................  Yaskawa Electric             David Benson..............  Huntair Inc.
                              Corporation.
20003178...................  M-L Holdings, Inc..........  Wayne C. Oldenburg........  Contractors Machinery
                                                                                       Company, Inc.
20003187...................  Spartan Stores, Inc........  Seaway Food Town, Inc.....  Seaway Food Town, Inc.
20003191...................  Adventist Health System      Puerto Rican Union          Bella Vista Yauco, Inc.
                              Sunbelt Healthcare           Conference.
                              Corporation.
20003196...................  Coloniale S.r.1............  Delicious Brands, Inc.....  Delicious Brands, Inc.
20003197...................  Hewlett-Packard Company....  Saliente 3 Communications,  Saliente 3 Communications,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003201...................  HeadHunter.NET.............  Omnicom Group, Inc........  Career Mosaic, Inc.
20003202...................  Omnicom Group, Inc.........  HeadHunter.NET............  HeadHunter.NET
20003206...................  MDU Resources Group, Inc...  Kinder Morgan, Inc........  K N Gas Gathering, Inc.
20003208...................  TeleCorp PCS, Inc..........  Kailas J. Rao.............  Indus, Inc.
20003209...................  ChipPAC, Inc...............  Intersil Holding            Intersil Technology Sdn.
                                                           Corporation.                Bhd.
20003212...................  Leeds Equity Partners III,   James R. Leininger, M.D...  FOCUS Direct, Inc.
                              L.P..
20003219...................  SuperGen, Inc..............  AVI BioPharma, Inc........  AVI BioPharma, Inc.
20003220...................  Tyco International, Ltd....  Hub Fabricating Company...  Hub Fabricating Company
20003221...................  E.I. du Pont de Nemours &    Michael Jaharis...........  Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
                              Company.
20003246...................  First Union Corporation....  Founders Financial Group,   Forum Capital Markets,
                                                           L.P..                       L.L.C.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/30/2000
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20003030...................  Internet Capital Group,      Purchasing Systems, Inc...  Purchasing Systems, Inc.
                              Inc..
20003223...................  Dynegy Inc.................  Canton Fitzgerald, L.P....  eSpeed, Inc.
20003228...................  Zany Brainy, Inc...........  Noodle Kidoodle, Inc......  Noodle Kidoodle, Inc.
20003230...................  Summit Capital II, L.P.....  Rentokil Initial plc......  BET Personnel Services,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003231...................  UBS Capital Americas II,     Netrail, Inc..............  Netrail, Inc.
                              LLC.
20003235...................  Cletes O. Beshears.........  Allen A. Meyer............  Milk Products Delaware
                                                                                       LLC, Milk Products
                                                                                       Operating Co., LLC
20003242...................  Entrust Technologies Inc...  EnCommerce, Inc...........  EnCommerce, Inc.
20003244...................  Macroni plc................  Thrucomm, Inc.............  Thrucomm, Inc.
20003245...................  Jaco Electronics, Inc......  Brendon J. Perry..........  Interface Electronics
                                                                                       Corporation
20003253...................  General Electric Company...  Newco.....................  Newco
20003256...................  The Allstate Corporation...  Victor Automotive           Victor Automotive
                                                           Products, Inc..             Products, Inc.

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20003263...................  CRH plc....................  Dolomite Products Company,  Dolomite Products Company,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003264...................  MDU Resources Group, Inc...  Meredith Reiter...........  Empire Sandi & Gravel Co.,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003265...................  Svenska Cellulosa            Johnson & Johnson.........  McNeil-PPC, Inc.
                              Aktiebolaget SCA (publ).
20003289...................  Deutsche Bank AG...........  National Discount Brokers   National Discount Brokers
                                                           Group, Inc..                Group, Inc.
20003301...................  Capital Z Financial          News Alert Investors LLC..  NewsAlert, Inc.
                              Services Fund II, L.P.
20003306...................  The Prudential Insurance     The WMF Group, Ltd........  The WMF Group, Ltd.
                              Company of America.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/31/2000
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20003117...................  Axcan Pharma, Inc..........  QLT Photo Therapeutics      QLT Photo Therapeutics
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003129...................  Warburg, Pincus Equity       QuadraMed Corporation.....  ChartOne, Inc.
                              Partners, L.P..
20003151...................  Diehl Stiflung & Co........  Miller Company (The)......  Miller Company (The)
20003152...................  CMGI Corporation...........  Alibris...................  Alibris
20003179...................  The Williams Companies,      Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P....  eSpeed, Inc.
                              Inc..
20003180...................  AT&T Corp..................  Telephone and Data          USCOC of Hawaii 3, Inc.
                                                           Systems, Inc. Voting.
20003226...................  Landmark Communications,     United News & Media plc...  National Titles, Inc.
                              Inc..                                                   UAP Delaware, Inc.
                                                                                      UAPnet
                                                                                      United Parenting
                                                                                       Publications, Inc.
20003229...................  American Tower Corporation.  General Telecom, Inc......  General Telecom, Inc.
20003236...................  Dean Food Company..........  Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc..  Agrilink Foods Inc.
20003252...................  Patterson Energy, Inc......  Roy T. Oliver, Jr.........  High Valley Drilling, Inc.
20003257...................  General Motors Corporation.  Universal Assurors, Inc...  Universal Warranty
                                                                                       Corporation
20003262...................  Affiliated Computer          The Intellisource Group,    The Intellisource Group,
                              Services, Inc..              Inc..                       Inc.
20003267...................  Barnes & Noble, Inc........  Funco, Inc................  Funco, Inc.
20003270...................  Forstmann Little & Co.       Baptist Hospitals and       Medical Environments, Inc.
                              Equity Partnership-V, L.P.   Health Systems, Inc..
20003272...................  Jack Henry & Associates,     Symitar Systems, Inc......  Symitar Systems, Inc.
                              Inc..
20003273...................  Cox Enterprises, Inc.......  Peter Steinlauf...........  Edmunds Holding Company
20003277...................  Oryx Capital International,  J. Herbert Ogden, Jr......  Mold-Ex, LLC
                              Ltd..
20003278...................  VIAG AG....................  Sapa AB...................  Eurofoil Belgium S.A.,
                                                                                       Eurofoil
                                                                                      Luxembourg S.A.
                                                                                      Vetuna AB
20003279...................  The SKM Equity Fund II,      Michael A. and Nancy J.     UPT Plastics, Inc., and
                              L.P..                        Friend.                     Owens Packaging, Inc.
20003280...................  Sonepar, S.A...............  David Rosenstein..........  Brook Electrical Supply
                                                                                       Co.
20003281...................  Banco Santander Central      Patagon.com International,  Patagon.com International,
                              Hispano, S.A..               Inc..                       Inc.
20003286...................  Summit Ventures V, L.P.....  Antonio Salerno...........  Conxion Corporation
20003287...................  ReliaStar Financial Corp...  Lexington Global Asset      Lexington Global Asset
                                                           Managers, Inc..             Managers, Inc.
20003290...................  Cerner Corporation.........  Citation Computer Systems,  Citation Computer Systems,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003304...................  Omnicom Group Inc..........  Jason Moskowitz...........  U.S. Marketing Promotions
                                                                                       Agency, Inc.
20003305...................  Omnicom Group Inc..........  Michael Napoliello........  U.S. Marketing Promotions
                                                                                       Agency, Inc.
20003330...................  Enron Corp.................  Enron Corp................  Enron Energy Services, LLC
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/01/2000
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20003174...................  TBC Corporation, a Delaware  TKI Holdings, Inc., a       TKI Holdings, Inc., a
                              corporation.                 Delaware corporation.       Delaware corporation
20003294...................  SCOR U.S. Corporation......  Partner Re Ltd............  Partner Re Life Insurance
                                                                                       Company
20003296...................  Applied Digital Solutions,   Destron Fearing             Destron Fearing
                              Inc..                        Corporation.                Corporation
20003297...................  The Titan Corporation......  Fredrick S. Yeatts........  Sencom Corp.
20003298...................  Pearson plc................  The Family Education        The FamilyEducation
                                                           Network, Inc..              Network, Inc.
20003313...................  Stichting Pensioenfonds      Equity Office Properties    Equity Office Properties
                              voor de Gezondheid           Trust.                      Trust
                              Geestelijke.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/02/2000
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20003176...................  O. Gene Bicknell...........  Tricon Global Restaurants,  Tricon Global Restaurants,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003363...................  Oger Pensat Holdings, Ltd..  Telscape International,     Telscape International,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
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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. 00-17225 Filed 7-6-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M