[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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