[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50708-50711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21187]
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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--07/24/2000
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20004052.................. Liz Claiborne, Inc......... The Chase Manhattan The Monet Group, Inc.
Corporation.
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20004071................... MAN Aktiengesellschaft..... Vodafone Air Touch Plc.... Mannesmann Pipe & Steel
Corporation.
20004075................... Cordiant Communications Donino, White & Partners, Donino, White & Partners,
Group plc. Inc. Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/25/2000
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20003893.................. Cardinal Health, Inc....... Bergen Brunswig Bergen Brunswig Medical
Corporation. Corporation.
20003947................... Waters Corporation......... Variagencies, Inc......... Variagencies, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/26/2000
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20004072.................. The Hartford Financial Reliance Group Holdings, Reliance Group Holdings,
Services Group, Inc. Inc. Inc.
20004130................... Deutsche Bank AG........... NationsRent, Inc.......... NationsRent, Inc.
20004131................... J.P. Morgan & Co. NationsRent, Inc.......... NationsRent, Inc.
Incorporated.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/27/2000
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20003861.................. Molecular Devices LJL BioSystems, Inc....... LJL BioSystems, Inc.
Corporation.
20003862................... Lev and Galina Leytes...... Molecular Devices Molecular Devices
Corporation. Corporation.
20003878................... Global Technologies, Ltd... Litton Industries, Inc.... Litton Industries, Inc.
20003889................... Valeo S.A.................. Robert Bosch Robert Bosch GmbH, Zexel
Industrietreuhand KG. Corporation.
20003964................... Cisco Systems, Inc......... Pirelli S.p.A............. Optical Technologies USA
Corp.
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20003966................... Richard R. Rogers.......... Marketing Specialists Marketing Specialists
Corporation. Corporation.
20004024................... Applied Digital Solutions, Computer Equity Computer Equity
Inc. Corporation. Corporation.
20004033................... Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Viatel, Inc............... Viatel, Inc.
Europe Fund, L.P.
20004039................... Mitel Corporation.......... Vertex Networks, Vertex Networks,
Incorporated. Incorporated.
20004055................... Oak Hill Capital Partners, IPWireless, Inc........... IPWireless, Inc.
L.P.
20004062................... Northern States Power Den norske stats First State Power
Company. oljeselskap a.s. Management, Inc.
Statoil Energy Power
Generation, Inc.
20004064................... PowerGen plc............... LG&E Energy Corp.......... LG&E Energy Corp.
20004065................... Cox Enterprises, Inc....... Robert N. Smith........... Smith Acquisition Company.
20004067................... Cox Enterprises, Inc....... Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst WJAC, Incorporated.
Equity Fund III, LP.
20004074................... Johnson Controls, Inc...... Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd..... Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
20004076................... Unaxis Holding AG.......... Mr. Karl Nicklaus......... ESEC Holding SA.
20004083................... DDi Corp................... Cornerstone Equity Automata International,
Investors IV, L.P. Inc.
20004084................... Financial Holding Fremont General Fremont Investment & Loan.
Corporation. Corporation. Fremont Premier Finance
Corporation.
20004085................... El Paso Energy Partners, El Paso Energy Corporation Crystal Holdings, Inc.
L.P.
20004086................... A. Ahlstrom Corporation.... Dexter Corporation........ Dexter Corporation.
Dexter International
Corporation.
Windsor Locks Canal
Company.
20004087................... Old Mutual PLC............. United Asset Management United Asset Management
Corporation. Corporation.
20004088................... Newmont Mining Corporation. Battle Mountain Gold Battle Mountain Gold
Company. Company.
20004091................... Pearson plc................ Washington Post Company Score Learning, Inc.
(The).
20004092................... WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.... Arnold Bertram............ Charter Furniture
Corporation.
20004093................... WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.... James Pepping............. Charter Furniture
Corporation.
20004094................... Delta Galil Industries, Ltd Innerwear Ventures Ltd.... Wundies Industries, Inc.
20004095................... Paul G. Allen.............. iMotors.com, Inc.......... iMotors.com, Inc.
20004096................... Aether Systems, Inc........ Novatel Wireless, Inc..... Novatel Wireless, Inc.
20004097................... Cornerstone Equity Novatel Wireless, Inc..... Novatel Wireless, Inc.
Investors IV, L.P.
20004098................... Plassein Packaging Bank of America Rex International, Inc.
Corporation. Corporation.
20004100................... Coventry Health, Inc....... Duke University........... WellPath Community Health
Plans, LLC.
20004102................... Richard L. Duchossois...... Anthony Gartland.......... General Clutch Corp.
20004105................... Crescendo IV, L.P.......... Telegis Networks, Inc..... Telegis Networks, Inc.
20004125................... Industrial Growth Partners, The Felters Company....... The Felters Company.
L.P.
20004139................... Associated Freezers Income Patrick A. Gouveia........ Atlas Cold Storage
Trust. Holdings Limited.
20004149................... Vivendi, S.A............... Vivendi, S.A.............. Advanced Environmental
Services, LLC.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/28/2000
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20003268.................. Entravision Communications Amador S. Bustos.......... Z-Spanish Media
Corporation. Corporation.
20003894................... Pulitzer Voting Trust...... Warburg, Pincus Capital Warburg, Pincus Capital
Company, L.P. Company, L.P.
20003938................... Marmon Holdings, Inc....... Delta plc................. Delta plc.
20003968................... ContiGroup Companies, Inc.. The Lundy Package Company. The Lundy Package Company.
20004046................... Reinhard Mohn.............. Bernard A. Goldhirsh...... Goldhirsh Group, Inc.
20004047................... Dick Olson................. Agribio Tech, Inc......... Agribio Tech, Inc.
20004063................... HMTF Equity Fund IV (1999), Rhythms NetConnections Inc Rhythms NetConnections
L.P. Inc.
20004070................... Cablevision Systems Advance Voting Trust...... News 12 New Jersey L.L.C.
Corporation.
20004077................... Edward C. Levy, Jr., and James R. Foley............ Michigan Foundation
Julie Levy. Company, Inc.
20004078................... Edward C. Levy, Jr., and William J. Foley.......... Michigan Foundation
Julie Levy. Company, Inc.
20004080................... Everett R. Dobson Pioneer Telephone Pioneer Telephone
Irrevocable Family Trust. Cooperative, Inc. Cooperative, Inc.
20004112................... Horizon Beverage Group, Inc James L. Abramson......... Capital Distributing
Company, Inc.
20004114................... The SKM Equity Fund II, L.P Walter E. Kalberer........ WEK Industries, Inc.
20004116................... EQT Scandinavia Limited.... CSI Control Systems CSI Control Systems
International, Inc. International, Inc.
20004119................... Alon Israel Oil Company, Total Fina Elf S.A........ American Petrofina Pipe
Ltd. Line Co., Fin-Tex Pipe
Line Co.
20004121................... Vitesse Semiconductor Koninklijke Philips Philips Semiconductor,
Corporation. Electronics N.V. Inc.
20004123................... Royal Bank of Canada....... The Liberty Corporation... The Liberty Corporation.
20004126................... Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.... Fort Calhoun Stone Company Fort Calhoun Store
Company.
20004127................... Unicom Corporation......... William N. Neiheiser...... Reliance Mechanical Corp.
20004129................... Performance Food Group Carroll County Foods, Inc. Carroll County Foods, Inc.
Company.
20004133................... Wisconsin Energy Ann Palmer................ Park International Corp.
Corporation.
20004137................... Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc... Merck & Co., Inc.......... MCCO Corporation.
20004156................... William L. Wallace......... AutoNation, Inc........... Stuart Lincoln-Mercury,
Inc.
20004195................... Wells Fargo & Company...... First Union Corporation... First Union Mortgage
Corporation.
20004199................... EGL, Inc................... Circle International Circle International
Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
20004208................... Gerald Schwartz............ Bull SA................... Bull Electronics, Inc.
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TRANACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/31/2000
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20004021.................. Texas Instruments Burr-Brown Corporation.... Burr-Brown Corporation.
Incorporated.
20004056................... David S. Smith............. PSI Holding, L.L.C........ PSI Holding, L.L.C.
20004115................... Bowater Incorporated....... General Electric Company.. Newsprint South, Inc.
20004136................... Mine Safety Appliances William T. McCutcheon..... Cairns & Brother, Inc.
Company.
20004140................... Land O'Lakes, Inc.......... AgriBioTech, Inc.......... AgriBioTech, Inc.
20004142................... Media Metrix, Inc.......... Jupiter Communications, Jupiter Communications,
Inc. Inc.
20004143................... Lincolnshire Equity Fund Alan Van Vliet............ Unified Precious Metals,
II, L.P. Inc.
20004150................... HMTF Bridge Partners, L.P.. Vectrix Corporation....... Vectrix Corporation.
20004151................... PwC Global Investments B.V. PwC Global Investments B.V PwCS Holdings, Inc.
20004152................... Lincolnshire Equity Fund Timothy R. Fallon......... Fallon Luminous Products
II, L.P. Corporation.
20004155................... Roland Siegfried Hinz and Salem Communications Salem Communications
Lita Sullivan Hinz. Corporation. Corporation.
20004158................... Microsoft Corporation...... Michael S. Edell.......... eLabor.com, Inc.
20004159................... Thayer Equity Investors IV, EFTC Corporation.......... EFTC Corporation.
L.P.
20004160................... Forstmann Little & Co. Forstmann Little & Co. Intelisys Electronic
Equity Partnership VI. Equity Partnership V, L.P. Commerce, Inc.
20004161................... Centennial Fund VI, L.P.... Agilera.com, Inc.......... Agilera.com, Inc.
20004162................... PMC-Sierra, Inc............ Quantum Effect Devices, Quantum Effect Devices,
Inc. Inc.
20004166................... SCI Systems, Inc........... OMX, Inc.................. OMX, Inc.
20004167................... Marathon Fund Limited International Utility IUS Holdings Inc.
Partnership IV. Structures Inc.
20004170................... William Clay Ford.......... Ford Motor Company........ Ford Motor Company.
20004171................... William Clay Ford, Jr...... Ford Motor Company........ Ford Motor Company.
20004178................... Forest Laboratories, Inc... Merz + Co. GmbH & Co...... Merz + Co. GmbH & Co.
20004251................... Ford Motor Company......... Paul Bailey............... Paul Bailey's Ford, Inc.
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TRANACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/01/2000
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20001126.................. Allied Waste Industries, Waste Management, Inc..... Cocopah Landfill, Inc.
Inc. Copper Mountain Landfill,
Inc.
Local Sanitation of Rowan
County, LLC.
TransAmerican Waste
Industries, Inc.
USA Waste of Kentucky,
LLC.
Waste Management of
Kansas, Inc.
Waste Management of
Mississippi, Inc.
Waste Management of
Missouri, Inc.
Waste Management of Ohio,
Inc.
Waste Management of South
Carolina, Inc.
Waste Management of
Kentucky, LLC.
20004172................... Edsel B. Ford, II.......... Ford Motor Company........ Ford Motor Company.
20004177................... Allianz Aktiengesellschaft. E.ON Aktiengesellschaft... Schmalbach-Lubeca
Aktiengesellschaft.
20004180................... Swisslog Holding AG........ Kewill Systems Plc........ Kewill Logistics, Inc.
20004182................... Cortec Group Fund III, L.P. Axia Group, Inc........... Axia Group, Inc.
20004183................... Reliance Steel & Aluminum United Alloys, Inc........ United Alloys, Inc.
Co.
20004186................... Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Auto Trader.com, Inc...... Auto Trader.com, Inc.
Byers IX-A, L.P.
20004187................... Cox Enterprises, Inc....... Auto Trader.com, Inc...... Auto Trader.com, Inc.
20004192................... Schering-Plough Corporation Novartis AG............... Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Corporation.
20004198................... Worldwide Sports & Serengeti Eyewear, Inc.... Serengeti Eyewear, Inc.
Recreation, Inc.
20004200................... The Interpublic Group of The Interpublic Group of Goldberg Moser O'Neill
Companies, Inc. Companies, Inc. LLC.
20004202................... Warburg, Pincus, Equity Dime Bancorp, Inc......... Dime Bancorp, Inc.
Partners, L.P.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/02/2000
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20004006.................. Sempra Energy.............. Conectiv.................. Atlantic-Pacific Las
Vegas, L.L.C.
20004050................... USA Digital Radio, Inc..... Lucent Technologies, Inc.. Lucent Digital Radio.
20004051................... Lucent Technologies, Inc... USA Digital Radio, Inc.... USA Digital Radio, Inc.
20004107................... Morgan Stanley Dean Witter eOnline, Inc.............. eOnline, Inc.
Venture Partners IV, L.P.
20004134................... Health Care Service MetLife, Inc.............. GenAm Benefits Insurance
Corporation, a Mutual Company.
Legal Reserve Co.
20004157................... Baker Communications Fund Broadview Networks Broadview Networks
II (QP), LP. Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
20004173................... Wells Fargo & Company...... First Security Corporation First Security
Corporation.
20004179................... Deutsche Bank AG........... Vivendi S.A............... Clean Room Technologies,
Inc.
FTS Systems, Inc.
Reinhold Faeth GmbH.
The Kinetics Group, Inc.
W.H.E. Biosystems.
20004185................... General Electric Company... The Laughton Estate Trust. Columbia Communications
Corporation.
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20004188................... Landmark Communications, Auto Trader.com, Inc...... Auto Trader.com, Inc.
Inc.
20004189................... Automatic Data Processing, Auto Trader.com, Inc...... Auto Trader.com, Inc.
Inc.
20004197................... John Rutledge Partners II, The Crom Corporation...... The Crom Corporation.
L.P.
20004207................... CMGI, Inc.................. Industria Solutions, Inc.. Industria Solutions, Inc.
20004209................... HSBC Holdings plc.......... BBA Group plc............. BBA Friction, Inc.
20004214................... Clear Channel Triumph Taxi Outdoor, LLC. Triumph Taxi Advertising,
Communications, Inc. LLC.
20004216................... UMECO plc.................. M.A. Hanna Company........ RA Products, Inc.
20004217................... Providence Equity Partners, Great Hill Equity ManagedStorage
III, LP. Partners, L.P. International, Inc.
20004219................... John H. Harland Company.... Concentrex Incorporated... Concentrex Incorporated.
20004220................... Silver Lake Partners, L.P.. Cabletron Systems, Inc.... Cabletron Systems, Inc.
20004233................... SR. Teleperformance........ Joanne Russell............ Universal Teleservices
Arizona; Universal
Teleservices F. Corp.
20004241................... Fremont Partners, L.P...... Resun Leasing, Inc........ Resun Leasing, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/04/2000
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20004049.................. Celgene Corporation........ Signal Pharmaceuticals, Signal Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. Inc.
20004060................... Crosspoint Venture Partners Covad Communications Covad Communications
1997, L.P. Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
20004061................... Crosspoint Venture Partners Covad Communications Covad Communications
L.S. 1999 L.P. Group, Inc. Group, Inc.
20004113................... Irish Dairy Board Co- Frederick R. Charley...... Eurobest Foods
operative, Ltd. Corporation.
20004117................... Nestle S.A................. Bayer AG.................. Bayer AG.
20004174................... Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux.... Cabot Corporation......... Cabot LNG Business Trust.
20004191................... Datatec Limited............ Jack Friedman............. CAA Technologies, Inc.
20004203................... Andrew J. McKelvey......... Affiliated Computer ACS Technology Solutions,
Services, Inc. Inc.
20004211................... APAX Excelsior VI, LP...... Life Time Fitness, Inc.... Life Time Fitness, Inc.
20004215................... ING Groep N.V.............. ReliaStar Financial Corp.. ReliaStar Financial Corp.
20004226................... Digital Island, Inc........ SoftAware, Inc............ SoftAware, Inc.
20004230................... Proha Plc.................. Alec E. Gores............. Artemis Acquisition
Corporation.
20004236................... WellPoint Health Networks Cerulean Companies, Inc... Cerulean Companies, Inc.
Inc.
20004237................... Ronald E. Huber............ Cecil Van Tuyl............ Huber Chevrolet Co., Inc.
20004238................... Cecil Van Tuyl............. Van-Huber, Inc............ Van-Huber, Inc., Courtesy
Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc.
20004245................... MTD Products Inc........... Robert Simpson............ A.G. Simpson (Tennessee)
Inc.
20004246................... Avnet, Inc................. Cadence Design Systems, SpinCircuit Inc.
Inc.
20004247................... Clark/Bardes Holdings, Inc. William L. MacDonald, Sr.. Compensation Resource
Group, Inc.
20004263................... IDT Corporation............ Adir Technologies, Inc.... Adir Technologies, Inc.
20004265................... Aurora Equity Partners II, Dynacast International SPM Holdings Ltd.;
L.P. Limited. Precision Engineering Co.
20004268................... Wilmar Industries, Inc..... Barnett Inc............... Barnett Inc.
20004272................... Enron Corp................. Media General, Inc........ Media General, Inc.
20004273................... Telefonica S.A............. Lycos, Inc................ Lycos, Inc.
20004275 AXA............... AXA........................ Focus Technologies, Inc... Focus Technologies, Inc.
20004276................... Three Cities Fund III L.P.. Business Resource Group... Business Resource Group.
20004307................... WPP Group plc.............. Electronic Data Systems Electronic Data Systems
Corporation. Corporation.
Lacek Systems and
Software, Inc.
The Lacek Group, 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. 00-21187 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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