[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41235-41237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19725]


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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.

                                              Transactions Granted Early Termination, 07/09/2001-07/18/2001
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        Transaction                          Acquiring person                                  Acquired person                     Acquired entities
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/09/2001
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20011959..................  Electronic Data Systems Corporation..............  Structural Dynamics Research Corporation......  Structural Dynamics
                                                                                                                                Research Corporation.
20011965..................  American Italian Pasta Company...................  Whitehall Associates, L.P.....................  BFC Investments, L.P., BF
                                                                                                                                Foods International
                                                                                                                                Corporation.
                                                                                                                               Borden Foods Corporation.

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20011978..................  Mme Ginette Dalloz...............................  Engineering Henri Bacou S.A...................  Engineering Henri Bacou
                                                                                                                                S.A.
20012057..................  Cendant Corporation..............................  Galileo International, Inc....................  Galileo International,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
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                                                       Transactions Early Termination--07/10/2001
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20012000..................  Pride International, Inc.........................  Marine Drilling Companies, Inc................  Marine Drilling
                                                                                                                                Companies, Inc.
20012050..................  Limestone Electron Trust.........................  Energy Investors Fund, L.P....................  Cambria CoGen Company.
20012070..................  Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock           Mr. Brad Kelley...............................  Commonwealth Brands, Inc.
                             Ownership Plan and.
20012072..................  Ultraframe Plc...................................  Joseph Eposito................................  C&J Realty Co.
                                                                                                                               Fisher Skylights, Inc.
                                                                                                                               Four Seasons Holbrook,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
                                                                                                                               Four Seasons Marketing
                                                                                                                                Corp.
                                                                                                                               Four Seasons Solar
                                                                                                                                Products Corp.
20012073..................  Ultraframe Plc...................................  Christopher Esposito..........................  C&J Realty Co.
                                                                                                                               Fisher Skylights, Inc.
                                                                                                                               Four Seasons Holbrook,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
                                                                                                                               Four Seasons Marketing
                                                                                                                                Corp.
                                                                                                                               Four Seasons Solar
                                                                                                                                Products Corp.
20012087..................  WideOpenWest Holdings, LLC.......................  SBC Communications Inc........................  Ameritech New Media, Inc.
20012090..................  Mellon Financial Corporation.....................  SAW Trust.....................................  Pilgrim Escrow Company,
                                                                                                                                LLC.
                                                                                                                               Standish, Ayer & Wood
                                                                                                                                Inc.
20012124..................  Radio One, Inc...................................  U.S. Broadcasting Limited Partnership.........  U.S. Broadcasting Limited
                                                                                                                                Partnership.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/11/2001
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20011970..................  AOL Time Warner, Inc.............................  Future Network plc............................  Future Network plc.
20012084..................  Perot Systems Corporation........................  Advanced Receivables Strategy, Inc............  Advanced Receivables
                                                                                                                                Strategy, Inc.
20012094..................  Tangua Charitable Trust..........................  Heartland Steel, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession...  Heartland Steel, Inc.
20012117..................  Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc............  Sound Advice, Inc.............................  Sound Advice, Inc.
20012120..................  Berkshire Hathaway Inc...........................  FINOVA Group Inc. (The).......................  FINOVA Group Inc. (The).
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/12/2001
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20012015..................  Maytag Corporation...............................  Amana Appliance Company, L.P..................  Amana Appliance Company,
                                                                                                                                L.P.
20012026..................  First Data Corporation...........................  NYCE Corporation..............................  NYCE Corporation.
20012083..................  Wicks Communications & Media Partners, L.P.......  Torstar Corporation...........................  Cambridge Physics Outlet,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
                                                                                                                               Delta Education, Inc.
20012112..................  BCE Inc..........................................  Wildblue Communications, Inc..................  Wildblue Communications,
                                                                                                                                Inc .
20012129..................  Misys plc........................................  Sidney A. Goldblatt, MD.......................  Sunquest Information
                                                                                                                                Systems, Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/13/2001
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20012014..................  Pulte Homes, Inc.................................  Del Webb Corporation..........................  Del Webb Corporation.
20012041..................  Automatic Data Processing, Inc...................  Avert, Inc....................................  Avert, Inc.
20012066..................  Marubeni Corporation.............................  Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc....................  Marubeni-Itochu Steel,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
20012067..................  ITOCHU Corporation...............................  Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc....................  Marubeni-Itochu Steel,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
20012075..................  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc......................  Siemens Aktiengesellschaft....................  Infineon Technologies AG.
20012079..................  Johnson & Johnson................................  Inverness Medical Technology, Inc.............  Inverness Medical
                                                                                                                                Technology, Inc.
20012085..................  Medtronic, Inc...................................  MiniMed Inc...................................  MiniMed Inc.
20012086..................  Medtronic, Inc...................................  Medical Research Group, Inc...................  Medical Research Group,
                                                                                                                                Inc.
20012092..................  AT&T Corp........................................  Sprint Corporation............................  Sprint Corporation.
20012093..................  Spring Corporation...............................  AT&T Corp.....................................  AT&T Corp.
20012107..................  TD Capital Canadian Private Equity Partners (QLP)  Harrowston Inc................................  Harrowston Inc.
                             L.P.
20012111..................  AOL Time Warner Inc..............................  AOL Time Warner Inc...........................  TWI Cable Inc.
20012115..................  Cascades Inc.....................................  Plainwell Shasta Holdings Inc.................  Plainwell Inc.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/16/2001
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20012077..................  EQT Northern Europe AG...........................  AB Electrolux.................................  White Consolidated
                                                                                                                                Industreis, Inc.
20012103..................  e-MedSoft.com....................................  Thor Capital Holdings, LLC....................  Chartwell Diversified
                                                                                                                                Services, Inc.
20012122..................  Lawrence L. Garlcik..............................  Peregrine Systems, Inc........................  Peregrine Systems, Inc.
20012131..................  Kelso Investment Associates VI, L.P..............  CPI Development Corporation...................  Carter-Wallance, Inc.
20012133..................  CSL Limited, an Australian Capital Territory       Nabi, a Delaware Corporation..................  Nabi, a Delaware
                             Corporation.                                                                                       Corporation.
20012137..................  Protective Life Corporation......................  Irish Life Permanent plc......................  First Variable Life
                                                                                                                                Insurance Company.

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                                                                                                                               Inter-State Assurance
                                                                                                                                Company.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/17/2001
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20012132..................  AK Steel Holding Corporation.....................  Acme Metals Incorporated......................  Alpha Tube Corporation.
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                                                   Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/18/2001
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20012028..................  UMC Health System................................  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.............  Children's Community
                                                                                                                                Care.
20012042..................  Peregrine Systems, Inc...........................  Remedy Corporation............................  Remedy 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 direction of the Commission.
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-19725 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M