[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19498-19500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9352]


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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

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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.

                                                         Transactions Granted Early Termination
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     Transaction No.                       Acquiring person                       Acquired person                       Acquired entities
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/19/2001
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20011555.................  ABN AMRO Holding N.V............................  ING Groep N.V............  ING Groep N.V.
20011559.................  Republic Services, Inc..........................  Bay Collection Services,   Bay Collection Services, Inc.
                                                                              Inc.
20011560.................  Republic Services, Inc..........................  Bay Landfills, Inc.......  Bay Landfills, Inc.
20011565.................  Paul G. Desmarais...............................  MacKenzie Financial        MacKenzie Financial Corporation.
                                                                              Corporation.
20011588.................  Hudson United Bancorp...........................  Vereniging AEGON.........  Vereniging AEGON.
20011597.................  Green Equity Investors, L.P.....................  Oshman's Sporting Goods,   Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc.
                                                                              Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/20/2001
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20011590.................  AMVESCAP PLC....................................  National Asset Management  National Asset Management Corporation.
                                                                              Corporation.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/21/2001
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20000686.................  DTE Energy Company..............................  MCN Energy Group Inc.....  MCN Energy Group Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/22/2001
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20011543.................  REMY Capital Partners III, L.P..................  Patterson Energy, Inc....  Patterson Energy, Inc.
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20011556.................  Pope Resources..................................  Plum Creek Timber          Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
                                                                              Company, Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/23/2001
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20011539.................  Logitech International S.A......................  Labtec Inc...............  Labtec Inc.
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20011540.................  Boston Scientific Corporation...................  Interventional             Interventional Technologies, Inc.
                                                                              Technologies, Inc.
20011591.................  Fiber Mark, Inc.................................  Rexam PLC................  Rexam DSI Inc.
20011600.................  Ledcor Inc......................................  NetRail, Inc.............  NetRail, Inc.
20011604.................  Performance Food Group Company..................  Henry Torres.............  Empire Imports, Inc.
  .......................                                                                               Empire Seafood Holding Corp.
20011606.................  Briggs & Stratton Corporation...................  The Beacon Group III--     Generac Portable Products, Inc.
                                                                              Focus Value Fund, L.P.
20011608.................  Peregrine Sytstems, Inc.........................  Extricity, Inc...........  Extricity, Inc.
20011612.................  Commemorative Brands Holding Corp...............  Paul C. and Ann W. Krouse  Educational Communications, Inc.
20011613.................  Lockheed Martin Corporation.....................  Intelsat, Ltd............  Intelsat, Ltd.
20011616.................  Aon Corporation.................................  ASO Solutions              ASO Solutions Incorporated.
                                                                              Incorporated.
20011618.................  Intel Corporation...............................  VxTel, Inc...............  VxTel, Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/26/2001
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20011584.................  Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, VIII, L.P......  Peter T. Loftin..........  BTI Telecom Corp.
20011611.................  Alamosa Holdings, Inc...........................  Southwest PCS Holdings,    Southwest PCS Holdings, Inc.
                                                                              Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/27/2001
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20011621.................  The First American Corporation..................  Credit Management          Credit Management Solutions, Inc.
                                                                              Solutions, Inc.
20011626.................  American Capital Strategies, Ltd................  Roy F. Weston, Inc.......  Roy F. Weston, Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/29/2001
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20011445.................  Northrop Grumman Corporation....................  Litton Industries, Inc...  Litton Industries, Inc.
20011614.................  Exel plc........................................  Joseph T Coughlin........  Coughlin Transportation.
                                                                                                        Coughlin Worldwide Logistics, L.L.C.
                                                                                                        F.X. Coughlin Co., Inc.
20011617.................  GTCR Fund VII, L.P..............................  PSINet, Inc..............  PSINet Transaction Solutions Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/30/2001
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20011629.................  i2 Technologies, Inc............................  Internet Capital Group,    Right Works Corporation.
                                                                              Inc.

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20011631.................  XL Capital Ltd..................................  Credit Suisse Group......  Winterthur International America, Winterthur
                                                                                                         International.
20011641.................  Xcel Energy Inc.................................  George T. Lewis, Jr. and   LSP Batesville Holdings, LLC.
                                                                              Betty G. Lewis (husband
                                                                              and wife).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. 
Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commisision, Premerger 
Notificaiton Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303 Washington, D.C. 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By direction of the Commission.
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-9352 Filed 4-13-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M