[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9849-9851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3495]


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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 period 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#            Acquiring         Acquired          Entities
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/08/2001
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20005155..........  Atmos Energy      Citizens          Citizens
                     Corporation.      Communications    Communications
                                       Company.          Company.
20010375..........  Winn-Dixie        Bruckmann,        Delchamps, Inc.,
                     Stores, Inc.      Rosser,           debtor-in-
                                       Sherrill & Co.,   possession
                                       L.P.
                                                        Interstate
                                                         Jitney Jungle
                                                         Stores, Inc.,
                                                         debtor-in-
                                                         possession.
                                                        Jitney Jungle
                                                         Stores of
                                                         America, Inc.,
                                                         debtor-in-
                                                         possession.
                                                        P&S Operations,
                                                         Inc., debtor-in-
                                                         possession.

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                                                        Pump & Save,
                                                         Inc., debtor-in-
                                                         possession.
                                                        Southern Jitney
                                                         Jungle Company,
                                                         Inc., debtor-in-
                                                         possession.
                                                        Supermarket
                                                         Cigarette
                                                         Sales, Inc.,
                                                         debtor-in-
                                                         possession.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/09/2001
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20011034..........  Aventis.........  aaiPharma Inc...  aaiPharma Inc.
20011075..........  U.S. Concrete,    Blue Circle       Blue Circle
                     Inc.              Industries, PLC.  Materials Inc.
20011106..........  University        Sun Coast         Sun Coast
                     Community         Hospital, Inc.    Hospital, Inc.
                     Hospital, Inc.
20011113..........  Total Fina Elf    Dickerson L.      McGean--Rohco
                     S.A.              Whitney, Jr.      Worldwide, Inc.
                                                        McGean-Rohco,
                                                         Inc.
20011177..........  Westboro          Bunge             Bunge First
                     Properties LLC.   International     Capital
                                       Limited.          Limited.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/11/2001
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20011081..........  General Electric  R. Mark Bostick.  Comcar Leasing,
                     Company.                            Inc.
20011103..........  Madison Dearborn  Burt I. Harris,   Harriscope of
                     Capital           Sr.               Los Angeles,
                     Partners IV,                        Inc.
                     L.P.
20011130..........  Paul Levy.......  Rational          Rational
                                       Software          Software
                                       Corporation.      Corporation
20011154..........  The Kroger Co...  Fleming           Baker's Food
                                       Companies, Inc.   Group, Inc.
20011159..........  iBasis, Inc.....  Priceinteractive  Priceinteractive
                                       , Inc.            , Inc.
20011162..........  Aurora Equity     Har               Har
                     Partners II L.P.  Technologies,     Technologies,
                                       Inc.              Inc.
20011178..........  Infogrames        Hasbro, Inc.....  Hasbro, Inc.
                     Entertainment
                     SA.
20011180..........  Telephone and     Chorus            Chorus
                     Data Systems,     Communications    Communications
                     Inc. Voting       Group, Ltd.       Group, Ltd.
                     Trust.
20011184..........  Sola              Charles E. Crews  Oracle Lens
                     International,                      Manufacturing
                     Inc.                                Corporation.
20011188..........  Thomas H. Lee     Covance Inc.....  Covance Clinical
                     Equity Fund                         and
                     III, L.P.                           Periapproval
                                                         Services Ltd.
                                                        Covance
                                                         Pharmaceutical
                                                         Packaging
                                                         Services AG.
                                                        Convance
                                                         Pharmaceutical
                                                         Packaging
                                                         Services Inc.
20011190..........  Polycom, Inc....  Accord Networks,  Accord Networks,
                                       Inc..             Inc.
20011191..........  KINO Management,  IFCO              IFCO
                     LLC.              Enterprises,      Enterprises,
                                       Inc..             Inc.
20011192..........  Anheuser-Bush     La Jolla          La Jolla
                     Companies, Inc..  Capital, Inc..    Capital, Inc.
20011193..........  United Auto       George C.         Lantzsch-Andreas
                     Group, Inc..      Andreas.          Enterprises,
                                                         Inc.
20011196..........  Citizens          Berkshire         Berkshire
                     Communications    Telephone         Telephone
                     Company.          Company.          Company.
20011198..........  Business News     Elsevier NV.....  Reed Elsevier
                     Publishing                          Inc.
                     Company II, LLC.
20011199..........  McLeodUSA         OSPG III, Inc...  OSPG III, Inc.
                     Incorporated.
20011201..........  Michael S. Smith  Stone Energy      Stone Energy
                                       Corporation.      Corporation.
20011202..........  Western           Zulanas Partners  Zulanas
                     Distributing                        Distributors,
                     Company.                            Inc.
20011206..........  Kent P. Dauten..  Paul B. Steeter,  Freed's Bakery,
                                       Sr..              Inc.
20011208..........  Bessemer          Stanley G. Pride  Pride
                     Securities                          Manufacturing
                     L.L.C..                             Company and
                                                         Pride Golf Tee
                                                         Company.
20011215..........  American Express  Pacific Century   Pacific Century
                     Company.          Financial.        Financial.
20011218..........  ITOCHU            Allied Products   Allied Products
                     Corporation.      Corporation.      Corporation.
20011223..........  Kearny Mesa       Santel Federal    Santel Federal
                     Financial         Credit Union.     Credit Union.
                     Credit Union.
20011229..........  Berkshire         Manville          Johns Manville
                     Hathaway Inc..    Personal Injury   Corporation.
                                       Settlement
                                       Trust.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/17/2001
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20011115..........  Hampshire Equity  Connector         Connector
                     Partners II,      Service           Service
                     L.P..             Corporation.      Corporation.
20011140..........  Northwestern      The Montana       The Montana
                     Corporation.      Power Company.    Power Company.
20011152..........  Dominion          Powergen pic....  LG&E
                     Resources, Inc.                     Westmoreland
                                                         Altavisa.
  ................                                      LG&E
                                                         Westmoreland
                                                         Hopewell.
  ................                                      LG&E-
                                                         Westmoreland
                                                         Southampton.
20011200..........  Michael W. Lynch  Alcoa Inc.......  Reynolds Metals
                                                         Company.
20011203..........  Converge, Inc...  Vertical Net,     NECX.com LLC.
                                       Inc.
20011204..........  VerticalNet, Inc  Converge, Inc...  Converge, Inc.
20011213..........  GATX Corporation  El Camino         El Camino
                                       Resources         Resources, Ltd.
                                       International,
                                       Inc.
20011214..........  Plum Creek        Georgia-Pacific   GPW Timber,
                     Timber Company,   Corporation.      Inc., LRFP
                     Inc.                                Timber, Inc.,
                                                         NPC Timber,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        N. America
                                                         Timber Corp.,
                                                         NPI Timber,
                                                         Inc., GNN
                                                         Timber, Inc.
20011216..........  Transcore         M. Albin Jubitz.  EuroDAT
                     Holdings, Inc.                      Services,
                                                         s.c.a.
                                                        EuroDAT, Ltd.
                                                        Jubitz
                                                         Corporation.
20011217..........  Transcore         Frederick K.      EuroDAT
                     Holdings, Inc.    Jubitz.           Services,
                                                         s.c.a.
                                                        EruoDAT, Ltd.
                                                        Jubitz
                                                         Corporation.

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20011225..........  Tyco              Pactiv            Pactiv
                     International     Corporation.      Corporation.
                     Ltd.
20011230..........  George Abi Zeid.  AT&T Corp.......  AT&T Corp.
20011231..........  Inter-Tel,        Convergent        Convergent
                     Incorporated.     Communications,   Communications
                                       Inc..             Services, Inc.
20011232..........  Eni SpA.........  LASMO pic.......  LASMO pic
20011235..........  SHC Investment    Donald R. Danner  Leland-Powell
                     Partnership.                        Fastners, Inc.
20011236..........  SHC Investment    Joseph R. Exum..  Leland-Powell
                     Partnership.                        Fastners, Inc.
20011242..........  Steven B.         Ron and Beverly   Strayer
                     Klinsky.          Bailey.           Education, Inc.
20011245..........  M. Francois       Eugene M. Winner  Electric Supply
                     Pinault.                            Company of
                                                         Asheville, Inc.
20011246..........  Virginia          U.S. Bancorp....  U.S. Bancorp.
                     Wadsworth Wirtz
                     Trust.
20011247..........  GTCR Fund VII,    SBC               SecurityLink
                     L.P.              Communications    from Ameritech,
                                       Inc.              Inc.
20011248..........  J.R. Shaw.......  Randall L.        Moffat
                                       Moffat.           Communications
                                                         Limited.
20011253..........  Bernard Arnault.  Donna Karan and   Gabrielle
                                       Stephan Weiss.    Studio, Inc.
20011263..........  Frank Lyon, Jr.   U.S. Bancorp....  U.S. Bancorp.
                     Trust.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/18/2001
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20011176..........  Baxter            Sera-Tec          Sera-Tec
                     International     Biologicals       Biologicals
                     Inc.              Limited           Limited
                                       Partnership.      Partnership.
20011187..........  Asyst             Glenn A.          Semifab, Inc.
                     Technologies,     Roberson, Jr.
                     Inc.
20011228..........  CarrAmerica       FrontLine         HQ Global
                     Realty            Capital Group.    Holdings, Inc.
                     Corporation.
20011237..........  Centennial        Hector R.         TPC
                     Communications    Gonzalez.         Communications
                     Corp..                              PR, Inc.
20011251..........  Emulex            GigaNet, Inc....  GigaNet, Inc.
                     Corporation.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/19/2001
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20011135..........  Ralcorp           T&C Holdings      T&C Holdings
                     Holdings, Inc.    Corporation.      Corporation.
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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 Director of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3495 Filed 2-9-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M