[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7492-7494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2044]


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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

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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 #                        Acquiring                 Acquired                 Entities
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/26/2000
20010829.............................  Sanrise Group, Inc.....  Exodus Communications,   Exodus Communities,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20010834.............................  Westmoreland Health      Frick Health System....  Frick Health System.
                                        System.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/27/2000
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20010941.............................  GMT Communications       Formus Communications..  Formus Communications
                                        Partners II, L.P.                                 Inc.
20010958.............................  TeleCorp PCS, Inc......  Marshall W. Pagon......  Pegasus PCS Partners,
                                                                                          L.P.
20010959.............................  IVAX Corporation.......  Jinn Wu and Diana Wu,    Xenobiotic
                                                                 (husband & wife).        Laboratories, Inc.
20010970.............................  Verizon Communications   James & Jean Douglas     Illinois Nine
                                        Inc.                     Irrevocable              Corporation.
                                                                 Descendant's Trust.
20011007.............................  Zhone Technologies, Inc  Ind-TeleSoft Pvt. Ltd..  Xybridge Technologies,
                                                                                          Inc.
20011028.............................  Leap Wireless            Cook Inlet Region, Inc.  CIVS IV License Sub I,
                                        International, Inc.                               LLC.
20011033.............................  Nippon Telegraph and     AT&T Corp..............  AT&T Corp.
                                        Telephone Corporation.
20011040.............................  Bank of Montreal.......  Alexander J. Vogl......  Wilton Corporation.
20011051.............................  Mitsui Marine and Fire   American Financial       American Financial
                                        Insurance Co., Ltd.      Group, Inc.              Group, Inc.
20011062.............................  Universal Insurance      Nationwide Mutual        Caribbean Alliance
                                        Group, Inc.              Insurance Company.       Insurance Company.
20011067.............................  ABN AMRO Holding N.V...  Alleghany Corporation..  Alleghany Asset
                                                                                          Management, Inc.
20011073.............................  TSG3 L.P...............  The Proctor & Gamble     The Proctor & Gamble
                                                                 Company.                 Company.
20011076.............................  Deere & Company........  FdG Capital Partners     McGinnis Farms, Inc.
                                                                 LLC.
20011079.............................  Resurrection Health      Sisters of the Holy      Sisters of the Holy
                                        Care Corporation.        Family of Nazareth-      Family of Nazareth-
                                                                 Sacred Heart Province.   Sacred Heart Province.
20011080.............................  Bank of America          CAF Holdings, Inc......  CAF Holdings, Inc.
                                        Corporation.
20011091.............................  Morgenthaler Partners    Catena Networks, Inc...  Catena Networks, Inc.
                                        VI, L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/29/2000
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20010975.............................  Welsh, Carson, Anderson  OrthoLink Physicians     OrthoLink Physicians
                                        & Stowe VII, L.P.        Corporation.             Corporation.
20010984.............................  Sprout Capital IX, L.P.  Credit Suisse Group....  Focus Technologies,
                                                                                          Inc.
20011015.............................  SBC Communications Inc.  VoiceStream Wireless     Omnipoint NY MTA
                                                                 Corporation.             License, LLC.
20011016.............................  VoiceStream Wireless     SBC Communications Inc.  Pacific Telesis Mobile
                                        Corporation.                                      Services LLC.
20011023.............................  Internet Capital Group,  Logistics.com, Inc.....  Logistics.com, Inc.
                                        Inc.
20011042.............................  Silverline Technologies  SeraNova, Inc..........  SeraNova, Inc.
                                        Limited.
20011058.............................  DST Systems, Inc.......  Bank One Corporation...  EquiServe Limited
                                                                                          Partnership.
20011061.............................  M. Francciois Pinault..  George A. & Kay A.       Ryall Electric Supply
                                                                 Wilson.                  Company.
20011071.............................  Lee R. Anderson, Sr....  James Doody............  Doody Mechanical, Inc.
20011085.............................  Oak Investment Partners  Michael J. Noonan......  Fiber Optic Network
                                        IX, Limited                                       Solutions Corp.
                                        Partnership.
20011086.............................  Morgenthaler Partners    Michael J. Noonan......  Fiber Optic Network
                                        VI, L.P.                                          Solutions Corp.
20011093.............................  Sun Microsystems, Inc..  HighGround Systems,      HighGround Systems, Inc
                                                                 Inc..
20011096.............................  VNU N.V................  VNU N.V................  Entertainment Marketing
                                                                                          Information Systems.
20011101.............................  Sanofi-Synthelabo......  Atrix Laboratories, Inc  Atrix Laboratories,
                                                                                          Inc.
20011102.............................  Parsons Corporation....  Harold W. Wyatt, Jr....  H.E. Hennigh, Inc.
20011109.............................  Motiva Enterprises LLC.  R.R. Morrison & Son,     R.R. Morrison & Son,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20011112.............................  ALZA Corporation.......  Pharmaceutical           Genupro, Inc.
                                                                 Development, Inc.
20011116.............................  2000 Riverside Capital   Donald H. Drew.........  DHD Healthcare
                                        Appreciation Fund, L.P.                           Corporation.
20011117.............................  2000 Riverside Capital   Bruce J. Drew..........  DHD Healthcare
                                        Appreciation Fund, L.P.                           Corporation.
20011118.............................  Sandy Springs Bancorp,   Progress Financial       Progress Financial
                                        Inc.                     Corporation.             Corporation
20011121.............................  Metro National           Saltgrass, Inc.........  Saltgrass, Inc.
                                        Corporation.
20011131.............................  UBS Capital Americas     Oresis Communications,   Oresis Communications,
                                        II, LLC.                 Inc.                     Inc.
20011133.............................  United Rentals, Inc....  Harold W. Wiese........  Wiese Planning &
                                                                                          Engineering.
20011137.............................  General Electric         General Electric         Curtis Power Co., LLC.
                                        Company.                 Company.
20011139.............................  Robert Bosch             Detection Systems, Inc.  Detection Systems, Inc.
                                        Industrietreuhand KG.
20011142.............................  Aegis Group plc........  Stanford Nygard........  Outdoor Vision.
20011143.............................  Aegis Group plc........  Sterling Pile, III.....  Outdoor Vision.
20011150.............................  Hvide Marine             Hvide Marine             Lightship Partners, LP.
                                        Incorporated.            Incorporated.
20011155.............................  Ford Motor Company.....  Ford Motor Company.....  FRN of Rochester, LLC.
20011157.............................  Bank of America          Cupertino Electric, Inc  Cupertino Electric,
                                        Corporation.                                      Inc.
20011163.............................  Voting Shares            Hans P. Utsch..........  Edgemont Asset
                                        Irrevocable Trust.                                Management
                                                                                          Corporation.
20011164.............................  Voting Shares            Lawrence Auriana.......  Edgemont Asset
                                        Irrevocable Trust.                                Management
                                                                                          Corporation.

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20011166.............................  Norman P. Creighton....  Comerica Incorporated..  Comercia Incroporated.
20011169.............................  Wolters Kluwer nv......  Loislaw.com, Inc.......  Losilaw.com, Inc.
20011172.............................  Wolseley plc...........  Vernon Mountcastle, Jr.  Interior Distributors,
                                                                                          Inc.
20011174.............................  Olympus Growth Fund      Griffin Land &           Griffin Land &
                                        III, L.P.                Nuseries, Inc.           Nurseries, Inc.
20011175.............................  Thoma Cressey Fund VI,   Phillip D. Whisenhunt..  CMS Wireless, LLC.
                                        L.P.
20011186.............................  Linsalata Capital        Kevco, Inc.............  Kevco, Inc.
                                        Partners Fund III, L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/02/2001
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20010916.............................  Brinker International,   NERC Limited             NE Restaurant Company,
                                        Inc.                     Partnership; NERC        Inc.
                                                                 Limited Partnership II.
20011126.............................  Apax Europe IV-A, L.P..  CenterBeam, Inc........  CenterBeam, Inc.
20011128.............................  ICVF 1999, L.P.........  Allegro Networks, Inc..  Allegro Networks, Inc.
20011129.............................  Michael Devlin.........  Rational Software        Rational Software
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/03/2001
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20010994.............................  Macromedia, Inc........  Atom Corporation.......  Atom Corporation.
20011069.............................  Royal Dutch Petroleum    Woodside Petroleum Ltd.  Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
                                        Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/04/2001
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20010960.............................  Allied Waste             Republic Services, Inc.  Republic Services of
                                        Industries, Inc.                                  Pennsylvania, LLC.
20011010.............................  Richard E. Jordan, II..  Strongco, Inc..........  Strongco (USA), Inc.
20011084.............................  Insilco Holding Co.....  InNet Technologies, Inc  InNet Technologies,
                                                                                          Inc.
20011105.............................  Siemens AG.............  Ramtron International    Ramtron International
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20011146.............................  George L. Graziadio, Jr  Comercia Incorporated..  Comerica Incorporated
20011148.............................  Harvest Partners III,    Frank Defino, Sr.......  Tukaiz Communications,
                                        L.P.                                              L.L.C.
20011149.............................  Harvest Partners III,    Matthews International   Tukaiz Communications,
                                        L.P.                     Corporation.             L.L.C.
20011168.............................  Mohawk Industries, Inc.  Burlington Industries,   The Bacova Guild, Ltd.
                                                                 Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/05/2001
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20010698.............................  ANTEC Corporation......  Nortel Networks          Arris Interactive
                                                                 Corporation.             L.L.C.
20010699.............................  Nortel Networks          ANTEC Corporation......  Newco.
                                        Corporation.
20010943.............................  Xcel Energy Inc........  LS Power, LLC..........  Grantie Power Partners,
                                                                                          II, L.P., LS Power
                                                                                          Management, LLC.
20010972.............................  Mr. Lloyd Dorfman......  Preussag                 Thomas Cook Inc.
                                                                 Aktiengesellschaft.
20011047.............................  Asyst Technologies, Inc  Advanced Machine         Advanced Machine
                                                                 Programming, Inc..       Programming, Inc.
20011134.............................  Morgan Stanley Dean      AMR Corporation........  AMR Corporation.
                                        Wittner & Co.
20011153.............................  Safeguard Scientifics,   MicroAge, Inc..........  MicroAge, Inc.
                                        Inc.
200179...............................  Artal Group S.A........  Weighco Enterprise, Inc  Weighco Enterprise,
                                                                                          Inc.
20011181.............................  Professionals Group,     Medical Assurance, Inc.  Medical Assurance, Inc.
                                        Inc.
20011182.............................  Medical Assurance, Inc.  Professionals Group,     Professionals Group,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20011183.............................  A. Derrill Crowe, M.D..  ProAssurance             ProAssurance
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20011189.............................  Andrew McKelvey........  Tomasz L. Schellenberg.  ADEPT, 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. 01-2044 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M