[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 149 (Thursday, August 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40285-40287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19341]


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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--06/25/2001
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20011821...................  Apollo Investment Fund IV,   1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting   AMC Entertainment, Inc.
                              L.P..                        Trust.
20011975...................  W.C. Bradley Co............  Brunswick Corporation.....  Zebco Corporation.
20011996...................  Legg Mason, Inc............  Private Capital             Private Capital
                                                           Management. L.P..           Management, L.P.
20011998...................  Brafin S.a.p.a.............  Acist Medical Systems.....  Acist Medical Systems.
20012004...................  EdperPartners Limited......  Enterprise Reinsurance      Enterprise Reinsurance
                                                           Holdings Corporation.       Holdings Corporation.
20012011...................  Grupo Grifols, S.A.........  SeraCare, Inc.............  SeraCare, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/26/2001
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20011958...................  Credence Systems             Integrated Measurement      Integrated Measurement
                              Corporation.                 Systems, Inc..              Systems, Inc.
20011983...................  N.V. Bekaert S.A...........  Material Sciences           Innovative Specialty Films
                                                           Corporation.                LLC.
                                                                                      MSC Specialty Films, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/27/2001
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20011933...................  Suez.......................  Brambles Industries         Ensco Caribe, Inc.
                                                           Limited.
                                                                                      Ensco West, Inc.
                                                                                      Ensco, Inc.
                                                                                      Environmental Systems
                                                                                       Company.
                                                                                      MSE Environmental, Inc.
20011952...................  Dennis M. Langley..........  Utilicorp United, Inc.....  UtiliCorp Pipeline
                                                                                       Systems, Inc.
20011955...................  Inhale Therapeutic Systems,  Shearwater Corporation....  Shearwater Corporation.
                              Inc..
20011957...................  NextMedia Investors LLC....  PNE Media Holdings, LLC...  Chesapeake Outdoor
                                                                                       Enterprises, Inc.
                                                                                      Crickett, Ltd.
                                                                                      PNE Media, LLC.
20011980...................  Fiserv, Inc................  EPSIIA Corporation........  EPSIIA Corporation.
20011988...................  Allianz Aktiengesellschaft.  Dresdner Bank AG..........  Dresdner Bank AG.
20011991...................  Gary C. Wendt..............  Conseco, Inc..............  Conseco, Inc.
20011994...................  Aventis S.A................  E.ON AG...................  ASTA Medica AG.
20011997...................  Deere & Company............  Richton International       Richton International
                                                           Corporation.                Corporation.
20012007...................  TMP Worldwide Inc..........  Decision Point Data, Inc.   Decision Point Data, Inc.
                                                           d/b/a Unicru, Inc..         d/b/a Unicru, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/28/2001
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20011911...................  Technitrol, Inc............  Frederick J. & Jessica H.   Excelsus Technology.
                                                           Kiko.
20011915...................  TriQuint Semiconductor,      Sawtek Inc................  Sawtek Inc.
                              Inc..
20011932...................  Rhodia.....................  Brambles Industries         Ensco Caribe, Inc.
                                                           Limited.
                                                                                      Ensco West, Inc.
                                                                                      Ensco, Inc.
                                                                                      Environmental Systems
                                                                                       Company.
                                                                                      MSE Environmental, Inc.
20012006...................  Affiliated Computer          Systems & Computer          Omni-Tech Systems, Ltd.
                              Services, Inc..              Technology Corporation.
                                                                                      SGT Government Systems,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      SCT Property Inc.
20012008...................  Klaus-Michael Kuehne.......  USCO Contract Logistics,    USCO Contract Logistics,
                                                           LLC.                        LLC.
20012009...................  Klaus-Michael Kuehne.......  USCO Districution           USCO Distribution
                                                           Services, Inc..             Services, Inc.
20012018...................  McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.  PricewaterhouseCoopers CVC  PricewaterhouseCoopers CVC
                              (The).                       Division.                   Division.
20012019...................  SCOR U.S. Corporation......  Caisse Centrale des         SOREMA N.A. Holding
                                                           Assurances Muteuelles       Corporation.
                                                           Agricoles.
20012029...................  Qwest Communications         Enron Corp................  JTS Co.
                              International Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--06/29/2001
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20011643...................  Electronic Data Systems      Sabre Holdings Corporation  Sabre Inc.
                              Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/02/2001
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20011776...................  Northrop Grumman             Gencorp Inc...............  Aerojet-General
                              Corporation.                                             Corporation.
20011974...................  SPX Corporation............  Kendro Holdings, L.P......  Kendro Laboratory
                                                                                       Products, L.P., Kendro
                                                                                       Corporation.
20011999...................  Tyco International Ltd.....  Home Products               Home Products
                                                           International, Inc..        International-North
                                                                                       America, Inc.
20012013...................  Brian L. Roberts...........  The News Corporation,       Outdoor Life Network, LLC.
                                                           Limited.
20012030...................  Albemarle Corporation......  Chemfirst Inc.............  ChemFirst Fine Chemicals,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      First Chemical
                                                                                       Corporation.
20012032...................  MCC Acquisition Holdings     CPI Development             Carter-Wallace, Inc.
                              Corporation.                 Corporation.
                                                                                      CPI Development
                                                                                       Corporation.
20012035...................  Cypress Merchant Banking     MCC Acquisition Holdings    MCC Acquisition Holdings
                              Partners II L.P..            Corporation.                Corporation.

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20012036...................  Carlyle Partners III, L.P..  MCC Acquisition Holdings    MCC Acquisition Holdings
                                                           corporation.                Corporation.
20012037...................  Warburg, Pincus Equity       Micro Therapeutics, Inc...  Micro Therapeutics, Inc.
                              Partners, L.P..
20012043...................  Cheung Kong (Holdings)       priceline.com.              priceline.com.
                              Limited.                     Incorporated.               Incorporated.
20012044...................  Hutchison Whampoa Limited..  priceline.com Incorporated  priceline.com
                                                                                       Incorporated.
20012054...................  Warburg, Pincus Equity       The Cobalt Group, Inc.....  The Cobalt Group, Inc.
                              Partners, L.P..
20012058...................  The St. Paul Companies.....  Barra, Inc................  Symphony asset Management
                                                                                       LLC.
20012059...................  The St. Paul Companies,      Maestro, LLC..............  Symphony asset Management
                              Inc..                                                    LLC.
20012065...................  Craig O. McCaw.............  Nextel Communications,      Nextel Communications,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/03/2001
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20011944...................  Universal Compression        KCI, Inc..................  KCI Compression Company,
                              Holdings, Inc..                                          LP.
20012047...................  Verizon Communications Inc.  Carolina PCS I Limited      Carolina PCS I Limited
                                                           Partnership.                Partnership.
20012052...................  Federated Department         Liberty House, Inc........  Liberty House, Inc.
                              Stores, Inc..
20012063...................  The Goldman Sachs Group,     Epoch Partners, Inc.......  Epoch Partners, Inc.
                              Inc..
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/05/2001
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20012033...................  Church & Dwight Co., Inc...  CPI Development             Carter-Wallace, Inc.
                                                           Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/06/2001
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20012051...................  AdvancePCS.................  Dresing-Lieman, Inc.......  Dresing-Lieman, 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. 01-19341 Filed 8-1-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M