[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47491-47493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22856]


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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 permerger 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--08/06/2001
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20012163.............................  Madison Dearborn         Thomas O. Hicks........  Southwest Sports
                                        Capital Partners IV,                              Television, L.P.
                                        L.P.
20012197.............................  Atlas Air Worldwide      General Electric         Polar Air Cargo, Inc.
                                        Holdings, Inc.           Company.
20012199.............................  Kinder Morgan Energy     Occidental Petroleum     Occidental Texas
                                        Partners, L.P.           Corporation.             Pipeline, L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/08/2001
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20010071.............................  Premdor Inc............  International Paper      International Paper
                                                                 Company.                 Investment
                                                                                          Corporation;
                                                                                          International Paper
                                                                                          Masonite Holdings Co.,
                                                                                          Ltd; International
                                                                                          Paper Trademark
                                                                                          Company; Masonite
                                                                                          Corporation; Pintu
                                                                                          Acquisition Company,
                                                                                          Inc.
20012161.............................  The Limited, Inc.......  Charming Shoppes, Inc..  Charming Shoppes, Inc.
20012162.............................  Charming Shoppes, Inc..  The Limited, Inc.......  LBH, Inc.
20012175.............................  AutoNation, Inc........  Robert S. Cuillo.......  Luxury Imports of Palm
                                                                                          Beach, Inc.; Palm
                                                                                          Beach Lincoln,
                                                                                          Mercury, Inc.
20012180.............................  S.A. Louis Dreyfus et    BNP Paribas............  Via North America, Inc.
                                        Cie.
20012194.............................  Affiliated Computer      Lockheed Martin          Lockheed Martin IMS
                                        Services, Inc.           Corporation.             Corporation.
20012206.............................  First Horizon            Sanofi-Synthelabo......  Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc.
                                        Pharmaceutical
                                        Corporation.
20012207.............................  Osburne Jay Call.......  Robert J. Welsh........  Welsh, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/10/2001
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20012148.............................  Blue Cross and Blue      Novant Health, Inc.....  PARTNERS National
                                        Shield of North                                   Health Plans of North
                                        Carolina.                                         Carolina, Inc.
20012201.............................  Citigroup, Inc.........  DaimlerChrysler AG.....  debris Financial
                                                                                          Services, Inc.
20012205.............................  Toyota Motor             Hino Motors, Ltd.......  Hino Motors, Ltd.
                                        Corporation.
20012218.............................  United Business Media    Roper Starch Worldwide,  Roper Starch Worldwide,
                                        plc.                     Inc.                     Inc.
20012219.............................  Cisco Systems, Inc.....  Allegro Systems, Inc...  Allegro Systems, Inc.
20012224.............................  EQT Northern Europe AG.  AB Bonnierforetagen....  Duni AB.
20012227.............................  The Profit Recovery      Howard Schultz.........  Howard Schultz &
                                        Group International,                              Association
                                        Inc.                                              International, Inc.
20012228.............................  Howard Schultz.........  The Profit Recovery      The Profit Recovery
                                                                 Group International,     Group International,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20012229.............................  Calpine Corporation....  Edison International...  Gordonsville Energy,
                                                                                          L.P.
20012233.............................  Barry Diller...........  Microsoft Corporation..  Expedia, Inc.
20012237.............................  New York Life Insurance  Thomas A. Morton Family  McMorgan & Co.
                                        Company.                 Trust.
20012238.............................  Forstmann Little & Co.   McLeodUSA Incorporated.  McLeodUSA Incorporated.
                                        Equity Partnership--
                                        VII, L.P.
20012244.............................  Gerald W. Schwartz.....  Lucent Technologies Inc  Lucent Technologies
                                                                                          Inc.
20012249.............................  Compass Group PLC......  Voting Trust dated       Crothall Services
                                                                 December 10, 1998.       Group.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/13/2001
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20011943.............................  First Health Group Corp  HCA-The Healthcare       CCN Managed Care, Inc.
                                                                 Company.
20012198.............................  General Motors           The 1960 Trust.........  Cooper River Funding,
                                        Corporation.                                      Inc.
20012215.............................  Nokia Corporation......  Amber Networks, Inc....  Amber Networks, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/14/2001
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20012164.............................  Sonoco Products Company  Robert J. Cloud........  U.S. Paper Mills
                                                                                          Corporation.
20012165.............................  Sonoco Products Company  Thomas L. Olson........  U.S. Paper Mills
                                                                                          Corporation.
20012213.............................  Conexant Systems, Inc..  SiRF Holdings, Inc.....  SiRF Holdings, Inc.
20012222.............................  OCM/GFI Power            Enron Corp.............  UtiliQuest, LLC.
                                        Opportunities Fund,
                                        L.P.
20012223.............................  Cox Enterprises, Inc...  Cox Enterprises, Inc...  Manheim Remarketing
                                                                                          Limited Partnership.
20012240.............................  The Governor and         Halifax Group plc......  Halifax Group plc.
                                        Company of the Bank of
                                        Scotland.
20012241.............................  Halifax Group plc......  The Governor and         The Governor and
                                                                 Company of the Bank of   Company of the Bank of
                                                                 Scotland.                Scotland.
20012243.............................  Reuters plc............  ProTrader Group Limited  ProTrader Group Limited
                                                                 Partnership.             Partnership.
20012248.............................  Brinker International,   The Sydran Group, LLC..  Sydran Foods Services
                                        Inc.                                              III, L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/16/2001
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20012236.............................  RSA Security Inc.......  Securant Technologies,   Securant Technologies,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/17/2001
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20011962.............................  LSI Logic Corporation..  Subramonian Shankar....  American Megatrends,
                                                                                          Inc.
20012251.............................  Mitsubishi Chemical      Welfide Corporation....  Welfide Corporation.
                                        Corporation.

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20012272.............................  Pegasus Partners II,     Golden Books Family      Golden Books Family
                                        L.P.                     Entertainment, Inc.,     Entertainment, Inc.,
                                                                 debtor-in-possession.    debtor-in-possession.
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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. 01-22856 Filed 9-11-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M