[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58148-58150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28942]


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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                  Entitites
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/29/2001
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20020042........................  Omnicom Group Inc........  Schwartz Paper Company...  Integrated Merchandising
                                                                                         Systems LLC.

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20020044........................  Neptune Acquisition I      Schlumberger Limited.....  Schlumber Resource
                                   Corp.                                                 Management Services,
                                                                                         Inc.
20020046........................  InterMune, Inc...........  Eli Lilly and Company....  Eli Lilly and Company.
20020050........................  First Reserve Fund IX,     C&W Fabricators, Inc.....  C&W Fabricators, Inc.
                                   L.P.
20020054........................  General Electric Company.  Robert W. Doede and Nina   Centurion Capital Group
                                                              J. Doede.                  Inc.
20020056........................  WPP Group plc............  Mark Penn................  Neuro Corp.
                                                                                        Penn, Schoen & Berland
                                                                                         Associates, Inc.
                                                                                        PSA Interviewing Denver,
                                                                                         Inc.
20020065........................  Olympus Growth Fund III,   Dana Pross...............  Club Staffing, Inc.
                                   L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/30/2001
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20020052........................  Quest Diagnostics          Lifepoint Medical          Lifepoint Medical
                                   Incorporated.              Corporation.               Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/31/2001
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20020066........................  C.B. Bard, Inc...........  NMT Medical Inc..........  NMT Medical Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/02/2001
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20011871........................  Northrop Grumman           Newport News               Newport News
                                   Corporation.               Shipbuilding, Inc.         Shipbuilding, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/06/2001
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20012394........................  Career Holdings, Inc.....  HeadHunter.NET, Inc......  HeadHunter.NET, Inc.
20020030........................  VeriSign, Inc............  Illuminet Holdings, Inc..  Illuminet Holdings, Inc.
20020064........................  Apollo Investment V, L.P.  IMC Global Inc...........  IMC Inorganics, Inc.
20020068........................  The News Corporation       Liberty Media Corporation  Fox Sports International
                                   Limited.                                              Distribution Ltd.
                                                                                        Fox Sports Latin America
                                                                                         Ltd.
                                                                                        Fox Sports Mexico
                                                                                         Distribution LLC.
                                                                                        Fox Sports Middle East
                                                                                         Ltd.
                                                                                        Fox Sports U.S.
                                                                                         Distribution LLC.
                                                                                        Fox Sports World Espanol
                                                                                         LLC.
                                                                                        Fox Sports World LLC.
                                                                                        ISP Transponder, LLC.
20020076........................  Omnicom Group Inc........  Richard Tarlow & Sandra    Carlson & Partners Inc.
                                                              Carlson, husband and
                                                              wife.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/07/2001
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20020072........................  Clear Channel              Barry A. Ackerley........  The Ackerley Group, Inc.
                                   Communications, Inc.
20020073........................  The J.M. Smucker Company.  The Procter & Gamble Ohio  The Procter & Gamble
                                                              Brands Company.            Ohio Brands Company.
20020079........................  John H. Chuang...........  Renaissance Worldwide,     Renaissance Worldwide,
                                                              Inc.                       Inc.
20020081........................  Weatherford                CiDRA Corporation........  CiDRA Corporation.
                                   International, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/08/2001
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20012190........................  PerkinElmer, Inc.........  Stonington Capital         Packard BioScience
                                                              Appreciation 1994 Fund,    Company.
                                                              L.P.
20012191........................  Stonington Capital         PerkinElmer, Inc.........  PerkinElmer, Inc.
                                   Appreciation 1994 Fund,
                                   L.P.
20020086........................  International Multifoods   General Mills, Inc.......  General Mills, Inc.
                                   Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/09/2001
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20020075........................  Edward H, Arnold.........  Roadway Corporation......  Arnold Transportation
                                                                                         Services, Inc.
20020077........................  Qwest Communications       KPNQwest N.V.............  KPNQwest N.V.
                                   International Inc.
20020078........................  NMS Communications         Lucent Technologies Inc..  Lucent Technologies Inc.
                                   Corporation.
20020080........................  Union Pacific Corporation  Harold R. Tate...........  Motor Cargo Industries,
                                                                                         Inc., Ute Trucking and
                                                                                         Leasing.
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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. 01-28942 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M