[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2884-2885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1475]


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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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                                                             Acquired
  Transaction No.    Acquiring person   Acquired person      entities
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/13/2001
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20020040...........  Groupe Danone...  Stonyfield Farm,  Stonyfield
                                        Inc..             Farm, Inc.
20020085...........  Applied           Schlumberger      Schlumberger
                      Materials, Inc.   Limited.          Technologies,
                                                          Inc.
20020088...........  Dan L. Duncan...  Ultramar Diamond  Diamond-Koch
                                        Shamrock          III, L.P.
                                        Corporation.     Diamond-Koch
                                                          L.P.
20020089...........  Dan L. Duncan...  Koch Industries,  Diamong-Koch
                                        Inc..             III, L.P.
                                                         Diamond-Koch,
                                                          L.P.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/14/2001
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20020038...........  GlobeSpan, Inc..  Virata            Virata
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
20020047...........  Kenneth Rainin..  Mettler-Toledo    Mettler-Toledo
                                        International     international
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20020048...........  Mettler-Toledo    Kenneth Rainin..  Rainin
                      International                       Instrument,
                      Inc.                                LLC.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/15/2001
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20020053...........  ARAMARK           The               CMI Group, Inc.
                      Corporation.      ServiceMaster    Halliwell
                                        Company.          Engineering
                                                          Services,
                                                          L.L.C.
                                                         Quantum
                                                          Resource
                                                          Corporation.
                                                         ServiceMaster
                                                          Direct
                                                          Marketing
                                                          Corporation.
                                                         ServiceMaster
                                                          Management
                                                          Services
                                                          Limited
                                                          Partnership.
                                                         ServiceMaster
                                                          Management
                                                          Services, Inc.
                                                         ServiceMaster
                                                          Management
                                                          Services of
                                                          Canada, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/19/2001
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20020063...........  Anglo American..  Normandy Mining   Normandy Mining
                                        Limited.          Limited.
20020070...........  AT&T Wireless     Telecorp PCS,     Telecorp PCS,
                      Services, Inc.    Inc.              Inc.
20020071...........  Bally Total       Douglas H.        Crunch Fitness
                      Fitness Holding   Levine.           International,
                      Corporation.                        Inc.
20020074...........  Greenwich Street  Regal Cinemas,    Regal Cinemas,
                      Capital           Inc.              Inc.
                      Partners II,
                      L.P.
20020082...........  Ballard Power     Ford Motor        Ford Electric
                      Systems Inc.      Company.          Drive Holdings
                                                          Company.

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20020083...........  Enbridge Energy   Koch Industries,  Koch Midstream
                      Partners, L.P.    Inc.              Gasmark
                                                          Company, LP.
                                                         Koch Midstream
                                                          Processing
                                                          Company, L.P.
                                                         Koch Midstream
                                                          Services
                                                          Company, LLC.
20020087...........  Weatherford       Vivendi           Johnson
                      International,    Universal, S.A.   Screens, Inc.
                      Inc.
20020092...........  American          Enron Corp......  Indian Mesa
                      Electric Power                      Power Partners
                      Company, Inc.                       I LP.
                                                         Indian Mesa
                                                          Power Partners
                                                          II LP.
20020096...........  Rothmans Inc....  Santa Fe Natural  Santa Fe
                                        Tobacco           Natural
                                        Company, Inc.     Tobacco
                                                          Company, Inc.
20020098...........  Brunswick         Genmar Holdings,  Hatteras
                      Corporation.      Inc.              Yachts, Inc.
20020104...........  General Electric  Madison Dearborn  Telemundo
                      Company.          Capital           Communications
                                        Partners IV.      Group, Inc.
                                        L.P.
20020105...........  The Williams      Duke Energy       Duke Energy
                      Companies, Inc.   Corporation.      Field
                                                          Services, LP.
20020106...........  Duke Energy       The Williams      NEWCO LLC.
                      Company.          Companies, Inc.
20020113...........  Taylor Nelson     Thomas S.         RapidChek
                      Sofres, plc.      Perakos.          Reporting Inc.
                                                         Theatrical
                                                          Entertainment
                                                          Services, Inc.
20020118...........  Inversion         High Plains       High Plains
                      Corporativa       Corporation.      Corporation.
                      I.C., S.A.
20020121...........  Amerada Hess      The Marital       Jomarco, Inc.
                      Corporation.      Trust under
                                        agreement dated
                                        January 17,
                                        1991.
20020127...........  Cinven            WCM Beteiligungs- Klockner
                      Luxembourg I      und Grundbesitz-  Capital
                      S.a.r.l.          Aktiengesellsch   Corporation,
                                        aft.              Klockner
                                                          Pentaplast
                                                          GmbH.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/20/2001
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20020122...........  Cadence Design    Silicon           Silicon
                      Systems, Inc.     Perspective       Perspective
                                        Corp.             Corp.
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    For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay or Chandra L. 
Kennedy, 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. 02-1475 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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