[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