[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35640-35642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16933]


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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 #            Acquiring         Acquired         Entities
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/29/2001
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20011793.............  Cambrex          BioScience       BioScience
                        Corporation.     Contact          Contact
                                         Production       Production
                                         Corp.            Corp.
20011809.............  General          Israel Aircraft  Israel Aircraft
                        Dynamics         Industries Ltd.  Industries
                        Corporation.                      Ltd.
20011817.............  Suez...........  Suez...........  Nalco/Exxon
                                                          Energy
                                                          Chemicals L.P.
20011831.............  Armor Holdings,  The Kroll-       O'Gara Security
                        Inc.             O'Gara Company.  Associates,
                                                          Inc.
                                                         O'Gara-Hess &
                                                          Eisenhardt
                                                          Armoring
                                                          Company
                                                         The O'Gara
                                                          Company
20011832.............  L-3              Jai N. and       EER Systems,
                        Communications   Shashi A.        Inc.
                        Holdings, Inc.   Gupta.
20011834.............  RCBA Strategic   CBRE Holdings,   CBRE Holding,
                        Partners, L.P.   Inc.             Inc.
20011841.............  RCBA Strategic   CB Richard       CB Richard
                        Partners, L.P.   Ellis            Ellis
                                         Services, Inc.   Services, Inc.
20011846.............  Jones Apparel    McNaugton        McNaugton
                        Group, Inc.      Apparel Group    Apparel Group
                                         Inc.             Inc.
20011847.............  General          ORIX             ORIX
                        Electric         Corporation.     Corporation
                        Company.

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20011850.............  Wells Fargo &    Guy Benhamou...  OroAmerica,
                        Company.                          Inc.
20011862.............  Carl C. Icahn..  Vector Group     Vector Group
                                         Ltd.             Ltd.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/30/2001
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20011849.............  General          Mellon           Mellon
                        Electric         Financial        Financial
                        Company.         Corporation.     Corporation
20011852.............  IHC Caland, N.V  Joseph W. &      Atlantia
                                         Patricia R.      Corporation
                                         Blanford.
20011855.............  William Laule..  Smiths Group     TI Group
                                         plc.             Automotive
                                                          Systems (North
                                                          America) LLC
20011856.............  Vereniging       S. Hubert        World Marketing
                        AEGON.           Humphrey, Jr.    Alliance, Inc.
                                                          (a Georgia
                                                          Corporation)
20011857.............  Vesta Insurance  Florida Select   Florida Select
                        Group, Inc.      Insurance        Insurance
                                         Holdings, Inc.   Holdings, Inc.
20011858.............  The Williams     Barrett          Barrett
                        Companies, Inc.  Resources        Resources
                                         Corporation.     Corporation
20011867.............  Swiss            MetLife, Inc...  Coning
                        Reinsurance                       Corporation
                        Company.
20011869.............  Cable and        Digital Island,  Digital Island,
                        Wireless plc.    Inc.             Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--05/31/2001
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20011789.............  International    Informix         Informix
                        Business         Corporation.     Corporation
                        Machines
                        Corporation.
20011797.............  General          H Group          Galaxy
                        Dynamics         Holdings, Inc..  Aerospace Co.
                        Corporation.                      L.P.
20011833.............  FS Equity        CBRE Holding,    CBRE Holding,
                        Partners III,    Inc..            Inc.
                        L.P.
20011842.............  Gyrus Group plc  Smith & Nephew,  ENT, LLC
                                         plc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/01/2001
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20011860.............  John C. Malone.  AT&T Corp......  Liberty Media
                                                          Corporation
20011866.............  Ducommun         Composite        Composite
                        Incorporated.    Structures,      Structures,
                                         LLC.             LLC
20011881.............  Heartland        Springs          Springs
                        Industrial       Industries,      Industries,
                        Partners, L.P.   Inc.             Inc
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/04/2001
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20011802.............  Domtar, Inc....  Georgia-Pacific  Nekoosa Papers
                                         Corporation.     Inc
20011848.............  Xcel Energy Inc  Conectiv.......  Atlantic City
                                                          Electric
                                                          Company
                                                         Delmarva Power
                                                          & Light
                                                          Company
20011874.............  Brian L.         AT&T Corp......  AT&T Corp.
                        Roberts.
20011883.............  Stichting        WebEx            WebEx
                        Administratiek   Communications   Communications
                        antoor           , Inc.           , Inc.
                        Vanenburg
                        Capital
                        Management.
20011900.............  Manpower Inc...  Jefferson Wells  Jefferson Wells
                                         International,   International,
                                         Inc.             Inc.
20011909.............  AMVESCAP PLC...  Old Mutual PLC.  Pell Rudman &
                                                          Co., Inc.
                                                         Pell Rudman
                                                          Trust Company,
                                                          N.A.
                                                         Rothschild/Pell
                                                          Rudman, Inc.
                                                         Sovereign
                                                          Financial
                                                          Services, Inc.
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            TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/05/2001
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20011836.............  General          Boss, L.P......  Boss, L.P
                        Maritime Ship
                        Holdings Ltd.
20011838.............  Peter C.         General          General Martime
                        Georgiopoulos.   Maritime Ship    Ship Holdings
                                         Holdings Ltd.    Ltd.
20011839.............  General          OCM Principal    Ajax II, L.P.
                        Maritime Ship    Opportunities
                        Holdings Ltd.    Fund, L.P.
20011840.............  OCM Principal    General          General
                        Opportunities    Maritime Ship    Maritime Ship
                        Fund, L.P.       Holdings Ltd.    Holdings Ltd.
20011865.............  General          NBC Internet,    NBC Internet,
                        Electric         Inc.             Inc.
                        Company.
20011873.............  Xcel Energy Inc  Gerald R.        Indeck-
                                         Forsythe.        Bourbonnais,
                                                          L.L.C.
                                                         Indeck-
                                                          Equipment
                                                          Company,
                                                          L.L.C.
                                                         Indeck-IIion
                                                          Limited
                                                          Partnership
                                                         Indeck-Rockford
                                                          Equipment II,
                                                          L.L.C.
                                                         Indeck-Rockford
                                                          Equipment,
                                                          L.L.C.
                                                         Indeck-Rockford
                                                          II, L.L.C.
                                                         Indeck-
                                                          Rockford,
                                                          L.L.C.
20011875.............  El Paso          A. Ahlstrom      Ahlstrom
                        Corporation.     Corporation.     Development
                                                          Corporation
20011879.............  General          General          GE-Harris
                        Electric         Electric         Railway
                        Company.         Company.         Electronic LLC
20011880.............  State Street     DST Systems,     DST Portfolio
                        Corporation.     Inc.             Systems, Inc.
20011882.............  Ingenico S.A...  IVI Checkmate    IVI Checkmate
                                         Corp.            Corp
20011884.............  Aon Corporation  Carl Westcott..  First Extended,
                                                          Inc.
20011887.............  Dimension Data   Proxicom, Inc..  Proxicom, Inc.
                        Holdings plc.
20011888.............  Alimentation     Richard L.       Johnson Oil
                        Couche-Tard      Johnson & Ruth   Company, Inc.
                        Inc.             W. Johnson,
                                         Trustees.
                                                         Smith Oil
                                                          Company of
                                                          Kankakee
20011889.............  Illinois Tool    The Texwipe LLC  Texwipe
                        Works Inc.                        International
                                                          LLC
                                                         Texwipe/Synatx
                                                          LLX
                                                         The Texwipe
                                                          Company LLC
20011899.............  Donna Karan &    Bernard Arnault  New Donna Karan
                        Stephen Weiss.                    International,
                                                          Inc.

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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/06/2001
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20011790.............  The Bank of New  The Charles      U.S. Trust
                        York Company,    Schwab           Company of
                        Inc.             Corporation.     Florida
                                                          Savings Bank
                                                         U.S. Trust
                                                          Company,
                                                          National
                                                          Association
                                                         United States
                                                          Trust Company
                                                          of New York
20011868.............  SIG Holding AG.  CIR-Compagnie    Sasib S.p.A.
                                         Industriali
                                         Riunite S.p.A.
20011891.............  Parker Hannifin  Dana             Dana
                        Corporation.     Corporation.     Corporation
20011896.............  Kerr-McGee       HS Resources,    HS Resources,
                        Corporation.     Inc.             Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/07/2001
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20011859.............  Tyco             Novartis AG....  Novartis
                        International,                    Corporation
                        Ltd.
20011907.............  Mizuho           Fifth Third      Fifth Third
                        Holdings, Inc.   Bancorp.         Bancorp
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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. 01-16933 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M