[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52624-52625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25983]



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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--09/17/2001
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20012347...................  Johnson & Johnson..........  Zeltia, S.A...............  PharmaMar, S.A
20012392...................  The News Corporation         The News Corporation        Speedvision Network, LLC
                              Limited.                     Limited.                    and Cable Network
                                                                                       Services, LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/18/2001
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20012322...................  CommScope, Inc.............  Lucent Technologies, Inc..  Lucent Technologies
                                                                                       Optical Fiber Solutions
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies/
                                                                                       Sviastroy-1Fiber Optic
                                                                                       Cable Company.
20012323...................  Lucent Technologies, Inc...  CommScope, Inc............  CommScope, Inc
20012361...................  Anthem Insurance Companies,  Blue Cross and Blue Shield  Blue Cross and Blue Shield
                              Inc.                         of Kansas, Inc.             of Kansas, Inc.
20012369...................  Legg Mason, Inc............  Charles M. Royce..........  Royce & Associates, Inc.
20012386...................  Edward C. Ritz.............  Charles R. Wolf...........  Fox Photo, Inc., a
                                                                                       Delaware corporation.
                                                                                      Wolf Camera Inc., a
                                                                                       Georgia corporation.
                                                                                      Wolf Express.Com, LLC, a
                                                                                       Georgia limited liability
                                                                                       company.
20012395...................  Roadway Corporation........  Arnold Industries, Inc....  Arnold Industries, Inc.
20012397...................  Solectron Corporation......  Iphotonics, Inc...........  Iphotonics, Inc.
20012403...................  Carso Global Telecom, S.A.   Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V..  The Telvista Company.
                              de C.V.
20012408...................  E*TRADE Group, Inc.........  Dempsey & Company LLC.....  Dempsey & Company LLC.
20012410...................  KKR 1996 Fund L.P..........  PRIMEDIA Inc..............  PRIMEDIA Inc.
20012413...................  Warburg Pincus Private       Triangle Pharmaceuticals,   Triangle Pharmaceuticals,
                              Equity VIII, L.P.            Inc.                        Inc.
20012417...................  J.D. Edwards & Company.....  YOUcentric, Inc...........  YOUcentric, Inc
20012421...................  Glencoe Capital Partners     ProQuest Company..........  Bell & Howell Company, A
                              II, L.P.                                                 Delaware Corporation.
                                                                                      Bell & Howell Company,
                                                                                       Nevada Corp.
                                                                                      Bell & Howell Financial
                                                                                       Services Co.
                                                                                      Bell & Howell Mail and
                                                                                       Messaging Tech Company.
                                                                                      Bell & Howell Mailmobile
                                                                                       Co., Bell & Howell Postal
                                                                                       System In.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/19/2001
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20012001...................  Polycom, Inc...............  Pictures Tel Corporation..  Pictures Tel Corporation.
20012337...................  Heartland Industrial         Textron Inc...............  Permali do Brasil
                              Partners, L.P.                                           Industria e Comercio
                                                                                       Ltda.
                                                                                      Textron Automotive B.V.
                                                                                      Textron Automotive Belgium
                                                                                       B.V.B.A.
                                                                                      Textron Automotive
                                                                                       Exteriors, Inc.
                                                                                      Textron Automotive
                                                                                       Holdings Italy S.r.l
                                                                                      Textron Automotive
                                                                                       Interiors Inc.
                                                                                      Textron Automotive MIP
                                                                                       Limited.
                                                                                      Textron Canada Limited.
                                                                                      Textron Properties Inc.
                                                                                      Textron S.A. de C.V.
20012338...................  Textron Inc................  Heartland Industrial        Collins & Aikman
                                                           Partners, L.P.              Corporation.
20012396...................  Eli Lilly and Company......  Jeanne-Marie Lecomte......  Bioproject, Societe Civile
                                                                                       de Recherche.
20012422...................  TEPPCO Partners, L.P.......  Alberta Energy Company Ltd  Jonah Gas Gathering
                                                                                       Companpy.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/21/2001
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20011675...................  Foster Poultry Farms, Inc..  Zacky farms...............  Zacky Farms.
20012370...................  Sony Corporation...........  Sony Ericsson Joint         Sony Ericsson Joint
                                                           Venture Company.            Venture Company.
20012373...................  Telefonakiebolaget LM        Sony Ericsson Joint         Sony Ericsson Joint
                              Ericsson.                    Venture Company.            Venture Company.

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20012398...................  VINCI S.A..................  TBI plc...................  TBI plc.
20012390...................  VINCI S.A..................  Castle Harlan Partners      TBI plc.
                                                           III, L.P.
                                                                                      WFS Holdings, Inc.
20012412...................  United Grain Growers         Agricore Cooperative Ltd..  Agricore Corporation
                              Limited.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/24/2001
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20012318...................  Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.  Lucent Technologies Inc...  Lucent Denmark I/S.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies
                                                                                       Denmark Holdings ApS.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies Inc.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies Lycom
                                                                                       ApS.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies
                                                                                       Optical Fiber Solutions
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies
                                                                                       Optical Speciality Fibers
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies Yazaki
                                                                                       Ltd.
                                                                                      Lucent Technologies/
                                                                                       Sviazstroy-1 Fiber Optic
                                                                                       Cable Company J.
20012378...................  Sumner M. Redstone.........  K. Rupert Murdoch.........  Fox Television Stations,
                                                                                       Inc.
20012379...................  K. Rupert Murdoch..........  Sumner M. Redstone........  Paramount Stations Group
                                                                                       of Washington Inc.
20012381...................  Devon Energy Corporation...  Mitchell Energy &           Mitchell Energy &
                                                           Development Corp.           Development Corp
20012382...................  George P. & Cynthia W.       Devon Energy Corporation..  Devon Energy Corporation.
                              Mitchell.
20012433...................  Devon Energy Corporation...  Anderson Exploration Ltd..  Anderson Exploration Ltd.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/26/2001
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20012358...................  Nextel Communications......  Pacific Wireless            Pacific Wireless
                                                           Technologies, Inc.          Technologies, Inc.
20012409...................  Southwire Company..........  General Cable Corporation.  General Cable Industries,
                                                                                       Inc.
20012428...................  Genesis Health Ventures,     Genesis ElderCare Corp....  Genesis ElderCare Corp.
                              Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/27/2001
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20012363...................  Tollgrade Communications,    Lucent Technologies Inc...  Lucent Technologies Inc.
                              Inc.
20012375...................  Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd..  Unilever N.V..............  Conopco, Inc., U L Canada,
                                                                                       Inc.
20012401...................  Newell Rubbermaid Inc......  Albert Cheris.............  Tenex Corporation.
20012425...................  eFunds Corp................  ATM Holding, Inc..........  Access Cash International
                                                                                       LLC.
20012426...................  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter   Triad Hospitals, Inc......  Triad of Arizona L.P.,
                              Capital Partners IV, L.P.                                Inc.
20012430...................  Santa Fe International       Global Marine Inc.........  Global Marine Inc.
                              Corporation.
20012434...................  Reed International P.L.C...  CourtLink Corporation.....  CourtLink Corporation.
20012435...................  Elsevier NV................  CourtLink Corporation.....  Courtlink Corporation.
20012436...................  Solectron Corporation......  C-Mac Industries Inc......  C-Mac Industries Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--09/28/2001
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20012388...................  Fortis (NL) N.V............  Protective Life             Protective Life Insurance
                                                           Corporation.                Company.
20012420...................  Limestone Electron Trust...  Dean Vanech...............  Delta Power Company, LLC
                                                                                      Ponderosa Pine Energy
                                                                                       Partners, Ltd.
20012424...................  e-MedSoft.com..............  W. Andrew Wright..........  Addus Healthcare, Inc.
20012429...................  The Goldman Sachs Group,     Genesis Health Ventures,    Genesis Health Ventures,
                              Inc.                         Inc.                        Inc
20012453...................  Flextronics International    Instrumentation             Instrumentation
                              Ltd.                         Engineering, Inc.           Engineering, Inc
20012455...................  CCG Investments (BVI), L.P.  MERANT plc................  MERANT plc.
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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. 01-25983 Filed 10-15-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M