[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57100-57102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28446]


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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--10/01/2001
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20012387...................  Fortis (B).................  Protective Life             Protective Life Insurance
                                                           Corporation.                Company.
20012442...................  Adventist Health System      PorteCare Adventist Health  PorteCare Adventist Health
                              Sunbelt Healthcare           System.                     System.
                              Corporation.
20012444...................  Constellation Brands, Inc..  Derek Benham..............  Codera Production Group,
                                                                                       LLC.
                                                                                      Codera Wine Group, Inc
20012445...................  BRL Hardy Ltd..............  Derek Benham..............  Coderal Production Group,
                                                                                       LLC.
                                                                                      Coderal Wine Group, Inc
20012449...................  Constellation Brands, Inc..  Courtney Benham...........  Codera Production Group,
                                                                                       LLC.
                                                                                      Codera Wine Group, Inc
20012450...................  BRL Hardy Ltd..............  Courtney Benham...........  Codera Production Group,
                                                                                       LLC.
                                                                                      Codera Wine Group, Inc.
20012461...................  Hewlett-Packard Company....  Indigo N.V................  Indigo N.V.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/04/2001
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20012303...................  Trinity Industries, Inc....  Thrall Car Management       Thrall Car Manufacturing
                                                           Company, Inc.               Company.
20012304...................  Thrall Car Management        Trinity Industries, Inc...  Trinity Industries, Inc.
                              Company, Inc.
20012419...................  Capital One Financial        PeopleFirst Inc...........  PeopleFirst Inc.
                              Corporation.
20012452...................  NTELOS Inc.................  Conesoga Enterprises, Inc.  Conestoga Enterprises,
                                                                                       Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/05/2001
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20012405...................  American Water Works         Enron Corp................  Azurix Industries Corp.
                              Company, Inc.
                                                                                      Azurix North America Corp.
20012406...................  American Water Works         Marlin Water Trust........  Azurix Industries Corp.
                              Company, Inc.
                                                                                      Azurix North America Corp
20012447...................  Joseph Littlejohn & Levy     LaQuinta Properties, Inc..  Meditrust Healthcare
                              Fund III, L.P.                                           Corporation.
20012465...................  Warburg Pincus Private       MSN Holdings, Inc.........  MSN Holdings, Inc.
                              Equity VIII L.P.
20012470...................  GS Capital Partners 2000,    Apple American Midwest,     Apply American Limited
                              L.P..                        Inc..                       Partnership of Indiana.
                                                                                      Apple American Limited
                                                                                       Partnership of Ohio.
20012472...................  Madison Dearborn Capital     Focal Communications        Focal Communications
                              Partners IV, L.P.            Corporation.                Corporation.
20012483...................  Verizon Communications Inc.  Gregory A. Neely..........  Alabama Wireless, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/09/2001
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20012404...................  Fisher Scientific            Cole-Parmer Instrument      Cole-Parmer Instrument
                              International Inc.           Company.                    Company.
20020003...................  Marriott International, Inc  Scottish Power plc........  Birmingham Syn Fuel I,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Birmingham SynFuel II,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Brimingham SynFuel, LLC.
                                                                                      PacificCorp Financial
                                                                                       Services, Inc.
                                                                                      PacificCorp SynFuel, LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/10/2001
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20012178...................  Koninklijke Philips          Marconi plc...............  Marconi Medical Systems,
                              Electronics N.V.                                         Inc.
20012460...................  ESL Partners, L.P..........  AutoNation, Inc...........  AutoNation, Inc.
20012484...................  Cadbury Schweppes plc......  Pernod Ricard S.A.........  Yoo-Hoo Industries Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/11/2001
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20012468...................  H&CB.......................  Kookmin Bank..............  Kookmin Bank.
20012469...................  Kookmin Bank...............  H&CB......................  H&CB
20012474...................  Ivax Corporaiton...........  Elan Corporation plc......  Elan Pharma International
                                                                                       Limited.
20012477...................  Warburg, Pincus Ventures,    BEA Systems, Inc..........  BEA Systems, Inc.
                              L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/12/2001
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20012437...................  Deutsche Telekom AG........  NTELOS Inc................  NTELOS Acquisition Corp.,
                                                                                       Conestoga Wireless
                                                                                       Company.
20012448...................  CSR Limited................  Cemex, S.A. de C.V........  Cemex, S.A. de C.V.
20012451...................  Curtiss-Wright Corporation.  Lau Massachusetts Business  Lau Defense Systems, LLC.
                                                           Trust.
20012454...................  Smithfield Foods, Inc......  Packerland Holdings, Inc..  Packerland Holdings, Inc.
20012482...................  Tyco International Ltd.....  SBC Communications Inc....  Alarm Holdings, Inc.
20020002...................  AT&T Wireless Services, Inc  MetroPCS, Inc.............  GWI PCS8, Inc., PCS81,
                                                                                       LLC.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, or Parcellena P. 
Fielding, Contact Representatives. Federal Trade Commission, Permerger 
Notification Office, Bureau of

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Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28446 Filed 11-13-01; 8:45 am]
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