[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 131 (Friday, July 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41993-41995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17226]


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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--06/05/2000
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20003114...................  News Corporation Limited     OmniSky Corporation.......  OmniSky Corporation
                              (The).
20003121...................  Miami Computer Supply        Thomas S. Roberts.........  Midwest Visual Equipment
                              Corporation.                                             Co., Inc.
20003140...................  Ted H. McCourtney..........  Michael Karp..............  ATX Telecommunications
                                                                                       Services, Inc.
20003141...................  George S. Blumenthal.......  Michael Karp..............  ATX Telecommunications
                                                                                       Services, Inc.
20003142...................  J. Barclay Knapp...........  Michael Karp..............  ATX Telecommunications
                                                                                       Services, Inc.
20003143...................  Oryx Capital International,  Edward C. Lynch and         Pacific Foods, Inc.
                              Ltd..                        Virginealee Lynch.
20003167...................  Takata Corporation.........  Petri Aktiengesellschaft..  Petri Aktiengesellschaft
20003190...................  Horizon Telcom, Inc........  Bright Personal             Bright Personal
                                                           Communications Services,    Communications Services,
                                                           LLC.                        LLC
20003249...................  JD Heiskell & Co...........  Tate & Lyle PLC...........  PM Ag Products
                                                                                       Incorporated
20003260...................  John E. McGrath............  Tricon Global Restaurants,  KFC National Management
                                                           Inc..                       Company
20003308...................  Del Mintz..................  Michael Karp..............  ATX Telecommunications
                                                                                       Services, Inc.
20003310...................  General Electric Company...  Milton M. Smith...........  TPI Aviation Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003335...................  Omnicom Group Inc..........  MB Techologies Limited....  Live Technology Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003336...................  Omnicom Group Inc..........  Wayne Reuvers.............  Live Technology Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003358...................  Wayne Jones................  Theodore C. Hohman........  Progressive Industries,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003359...................  Wayne Jones................  James J. Zawacki..........  Progressive Industries,
                                                                                       Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/06/2000
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20003276...................  Sumner M. Redstone.........  Peter J. Callahan.........  Palm Beach Radio
                                                                                       Broadcasting, Inc.
20003299...................  President and Fellows of     Merchant's, Inc...........  Merchant's, Inc.
                              Harvard College.
20003307...................  Clarent Corporation........  ACT Networks, Inc.........  ACT Networks, Inc.
20003309...................  General Electric Company...  H. Porter Burns...........  TPI Aviation Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003315...................  Jon Munger.................  CKE Restaruants, Inc......  Hardee's Food Systems,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003316...................  The Garfield Weston          Lonza Group Limited.......  Lonnza, Inc.
                              Charitable Foundation.
20003320...................  Clayton, Dubilier & Rice     Craig O. McCaw............  ICO-Teledesic Global
                              Fund VI Limited                                          Limited
                              Partnership.
20003331...................  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.....  U.S. Investment             U.S. Investment
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation
20003334...................  BP Amoco p.l.c.............  Motiva Enterprises LLC....  First Coast Energy, L.L.P.
20003337...................  Photobition Group plc......  Mark Shriro...............  Shriro Universal
                                                                                       Washington Inc.
20003338...................  B III Capital Partners,      Samuels Jewelers, Inc.....  Samuels Jewelers, Inc.
                              L.P..
20003347...................  Harsco Corporation.........  John Mowlem & Company PLC.  SGB Group plc
20003351...................  Warburg, Pincus Equity       Transkaryotic Therapies,    Transkaryotic Therapies,
                              Partners, L.P..              Inc..                       Inc.
20003355...................  Network Commerce Inc.......  Joseph A. Liemandt........  IveBeenGood.com, Inc.
20003367...................  Cardinal Health, Inc.......  Rexam PLC.................  Rexam Cartons Inc.
20003373...................  Stephens Group, Inc........  StaffMark, Inc............  StaffMark, Inc.
20003377...................  Vestar Capital Partners IV,  GS Capital Partners II,     MCG Credit Corporation
                              L.P..                        L.P..
20003378...................  Quantum Industrial Holdings  GS Capital Partners II,     MCG Credit Corporation
                              Ltd..                        L.P..
20003381...................  SLM Holding Corporation....  Thomas L. Conland           Student Loan Funding
                                                           Education Foundation.       Resources, Inc.
20003389...................  Gateway, Inc...............  iXL Enterprises, Inc......  Consumer Financial Network
20003395...................  Ford Motor Company.........  Bayerische Motoren Werke    Land Rover Group USA,
                                                           Aktiengesellschaft AG.      Inc.; Land Rover Group
                                                                                       Limited
20003397...................  Compagnie Luxembourgeoise    Pearson plc...............  Pearson Television
                              pour L'Audiovisuel et la                                 Holdings, Inc.
                              Finance.                                                Pearson Television North
                                                                                       America, Inc.
20003410...................  GTCR Fund VII, L.P.........  Coinmach Laundry            Coinmach Laundry
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation
20003412...................  Reuters Group PLC..........  Pedestal Inc..............  Pedestal Inc.
20003413...................  The LCM Irrevocable Trust..  Thomas L. Gegax...........  Team Tires Plus, Ltd.

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20003414...................  Grupo IMSA, S.A. de C.V....  The Broken Hill             BHP Coated Steel
                                                           Proprietary Co., Ltd. (an   corporation
                                                           Australian corp.).         BHP Steel Building
                                                                                       Products USA Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/07/2000
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20003113...................  Stephan Adams..............  Robert H. Willard.........  Horizon Outdoor
                                                                                       Advertising, Inc.
20003393...................  MBNA Corporation...........  Old National Bancorp......  Old National Bank
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/08/2000
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20003326...................  BP Amoco p.l.c.............  GreenMountain.com Company.  GreenMountain.com Company
20003327...................  Enron Corp.................  MG plc....................  MG plc
20003350...................  OptiCare Eye Health          Vision Twenty-One, Inc....  Vision Twenty-One, Inc.
                              Systems, Inc..
20003368...................  David H. Murdock...........  Castle & Cooke, Inc.......  Castle & Cooke, Inc.
20003370...................  Lynda L. Cameron...........  David A. New, Sr..........  American Public Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003375...................  Radio One, Inc.............  Sumner M. Redstone........  Infinity Broadcasting
                                                                                       Corporation of Dallas
20003376...................  Dan River Inc..............  Westdeutsche Landesbank     WesTek Inc.
                                                           Girozentrale.
20003380...................  The BOC Group plc..........  Joray Corporation.........  Joray Corporation
20003419...................  BBA Group PLC..............  Volco Filtration Holding,   Snow Filtration Company,
                                                           Inc..                       LLC
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/09/2000
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20002914...................  Dexia S.A..................  White Mountains Insurance   White Mountain Holdings,
                                                           Group, Ltd..                Inc.
20003224...................  Cox Enterprises, Inc.......  United News&Media plc.....  National Titles, Inc.
                                                                                      UAP Delaware, Inc., UAPnet
                                                                                      United Parenting
                                                                                       Publications, Inc.
20003233...................  Victor T. DiVello..........  Allied Waste Industries,    Allied Waste Industries,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20003325...................  Sumner M. Redstone.........  Bernard Waterman..........  Waterman Broadcasting
                                                                                       Corporation of Texas
20003332...................  Fariborz Maseeh............  Corning Incorporated......  Corning Incorporated
20003333...................  Corning Incorporated.......  Fariborz Maseeh...........  IntelliSense Corporation
20003371...................  William M. Cameron.........  David A. New, Sr..........  American Public Holdings,
                                                                                       Inc.
20003394...................  CRH plc....................  Ashland Inc...............  APAC, Inc.
                                                                                      APAC-Alabama, Inc.
                                                                                      APAC-Arkansas, Inc.
20003396...................  W.R. Grace & Co............  E.I. du Pont de Nemours &   E.I. du Pont de Nemours &
                                                           Company.                    Company
20003408...................  Charter Oak Partners.......  Bank of America             Plastic Engineered
                                                           Corporation.                Components, Inc.
20003409...................  Naspers Limited............  Spyglass, Inc.............  Spyglass, Inc.
20003418...................  Vignette Corporation.......  OnDisplay, Inc............  OnDisplay, Inc.
003449.....................  SCM Microsystems, Inc......  Mr. Kazuo Kanayama........  Microtech International,
                                                                                       Inc.
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                                TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION-06/12/2000
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20003248...................  Raul Alarcon, Jr...........  The Marcos and Sonya        Rodriguez Communications,
                                                           Rodriguez Family Trust.     Inc.
20003324...................  Code Hennessy & Simmons,     Abington Settlement.......  Precise Holding
                              LLC.                                                     Corporation
20003387...................  Koninklijke Philips          International Business      International Business
                              Electronics N.V..            Machines Corporation.       Machines Corporation
20003399...................  The Chase Manhattan          Beacon Group, LLC.........  Beacon Group, LLC
                              Corporation.
20003423...................  Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc..  Spiros Development          Spiros Development
                                                           Corporation II, Inc..       Corporation II, Inc.
20003424...................  Enesco Group, Inc..........  Jonathan D. Butcher.......  Precious Moments by Samuel
                                                                                       J. Butcher, Inc.
                                                                                      Precious Moments Company
                                                                                      Precious Moments,
                                                                                       Incorporated
20003427...................  Centennial Communications    Marshall W. Pagon.........  MCT Cablevision, Limited
                              Corp..                                                   Partnership
                                                                                      Pegasus Cable Television
                                                                                       of San German, Inc.
20003431...................  E. Stanley Kroenke.........  AT&T Corp.................  Colorado Avalanche, LLC
                                                          Pegasus Media &             The Denver Nuggets Limited
                                                           Communications, Inc..       Partnership
20003432...................  GN Great Nordic AS.........  JABRA Corporation.........  JABRA Corporation
20003437...................  America Online, Inc........  Yodlee.com, Inc...........  Yodlee.com, Inc.
20003439...................  First National of Nebraska,  InfiCorp Holdings, Inc....  InfiCorp Holdings, Inc.
                              Inc..
20003441...................  Haftpflichtverband Der       Acceptance Insurance        Redland Insurance Company
                              Deutchen Industrie V.a.G..   Companies Inc..
20003442...................  GlobeSpan, Inc.............  iCompression, Inc.........  iCompression, Inc.
20003444...................  Deutsche Bank AG...........  Resun Leasing, Inc........  Resun Leasing, Inc.
20003446...................  The Peninsular and Oriental  Farrell Lines Incorporated  Farrell Lines Incorporated
                              Steam Navigation Company.
20003447...................  Royal Nedlloyd N.V.........  Farrell Lines Incorporated  Farrell Lines Incorporated
20003448...................  CSR Limited................  Grupo Mexico, S.A. de C.V.  American Limestone
                                                                                       Company, Inc.
20003451...................  InterNAP Network Services    CO Space, Inc.............  CO Space, Inc.
                              Corporation.
20003454...................  The Interpublic Group of     Gordon Gund...............  Nationwide Advertising
                              Companies, Inc..                                         Services, LLC

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20003455...................  Societe Cooperative          KWS SAAT AG...............  Great Lakes Hybrids, Inc.
                              Agricole LImagrain.
20003467...................  HealthCare Ventures V, L.P.  OraSure Technologies, Inc.  OraSure Technologies, Inc.
20003476...................  Providence Equity Partners   SoftAware, Inc............  SoftAware, Inc.
                              III, LP.
20003484...................  Royal Carribean Cruises      Newco.....................  Newco
                              Ltd..
20003485...................  First Choice Holidays PLC..  Newco.....................  Newco
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/13/2000
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20003422...................  Edwards Lifesciences         Valentine Acquisition       Valentine Acquisition
                              Corporation.                 Corp..                      Corp.
20003458...................  SBC Communications Inc.....  E.N.M.R. Telephone          Plateau
                                                           Cooperative.                Telecommunications,
                                                                                       Incorporated
20003488...................  QLogic Corporation.........  Ancor Communications,       Ancor Communications,
                                                           Incorporated.               Incorporated
20003489...................  Franciscan Missionaries of   LifePoint Hospitals, Inc..  Riverview Medical Center,
                              Our Lady Health System,                                  LLC
                              Inc.
20003490...................  The Hub Group Limited......  Cornelius J. McCarthy.....  C.J. McCarthy Business
                                                                                       Trust
20003491...................  Exchange Application, Inc..  Customer Analytics          Customer Analytics
                                                           Holdings, Inc..             Holdings, Inc.
20003492...................  Oak Hill Capital Partners,   Align Technology, Inc.....  Align Technology, Inc.
                              L.P..
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/14/2000
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20003385...................  John Rutledge Partners II,   Summit Technology, Inc....  Lens Express, Inc.
                              L.P..
20003411...................  Republic Services, Inc.....  Larry J. Schuchman........  The recycling Group, Inc.,
                                                                                       LAJCG, Inc.
20003430...................  Nippon Telegraph and         Verio, Inc................  Verio, Inc.
                              Telephone Corporation.
20003469...................  Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.  OPUS360 Corporation.......  OPUS360 Corporation
20003471...................  The Walt Disney Company....  Marcos A. Rodriquez.......  Hibernia Communications,
                                                                                       LLC
20003493...................  Highland 2000, L.P.........  Adelphia Communication      Adelphia Communication
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation
20003495...................  Rodney L. Hale.............  Finance Enterprises, Ltd..  Grand Pacific Life
                                                                                       Insurance, Ltd.
20003498...................  Koninklijke Phillips         MedQuist Inc..............  MedQuist Inc.
                              Electronics N.V.
20003499...................  Marconi plc................  Miguel G. Winder..........  Systems Management
                                                                                       Specialists, Inc.
20003503...................  Ledcor Inc.................  Praha Trust...............  Meet Me Room, LLC
                                                                                      TRES Management, LLC
20003510...................  Associated Food Stores, Inc  Sibbley Company, Ltd......  Dan's Foods, Inc.
20003524...................  GMP Companies, Inc.........  Motorola, Inc.............  Motorola, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/15/2000
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20003237...................  Carl J. Martignetti........  Burton J. Miller and Nesha  Classic Wine Imports, Inc.
                                                           R. Miller (husband and
                                                           wife).
20003238...................  Carmine A. Martignetti.....  Burton J. Miller and Nesha  Classic Wine Imports, Inc.
                                                           R. Miller (husband and
                                                           wife).
20003239...................  Carl J. Martignetti........  Robert W. Hoffman.........  Classic Wine Imports, Inc.
20003240...................  Carmine A. Martignetti.....  Robert Hoffman............  Classic Wine Imports, Inc.
20003271...................  CRH plc....................  Manitou Construction        Manitou Construction
                                                           Company, Inc..              Company, Inc.
20003415...................  King Pharaceuticals, Inc...  American Home Products      American Home Products
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation
20003416...................  American Home Products       King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
                              Corporation.
20003504...................  Carlyle Partners III, L.P..  Align Technology, Inc.....  Align Technology, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/16/2000
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20001874...................  Franklin P. Perdue.........  Cargill, Incorporated.....  Cargill, Incorporated
20003440...................  The Interpublic Group of     Capita Technologies, Inc..  Capita Technologies, Inc.
                              Companies, Inc.
20003512...................  Novartis Pharma AG.........  Vertex Pharmaceuticals      Vertex Pharmaceuticals
                                                           Incorporated.               Incorporated
20003513...................  Jerry C. Moyes.............  Simon Transportation        Simon Transportation
                                                           Services Inc.               Services Inc.
20003523...................  Linc.net, Inc..............  Felix Petrillo............  Felix Communications
                                                                                       Corp., Felix General
                                                                                       Contracting Inc., Felix
                                                                                       Equities of Fla., Inc.
                                                                                      Felix Equities, Inc.,
                                                                                       Felix Industries, 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, DC 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-17226 Filed 7-6-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M