[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2886-2889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1477]


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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--12/10/2001
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20020130...........  Emerson Electric  MKS Instruments,  MKS
                      Co.               Inc.              instruments,
                                                          Inc.
20020131...........  MKS Instruments,  Emerson Electric  ENI Technology,
                      Inc.              Co.               Inc.
20020137...........  Kerr-McGee        Kinder Morgan,    Kinder Morgan
                      Corporation.      Inc.              Power Company.
20020141...........  Enbridge Inc....  Williams          Goebel
                                        Companies, Inc.   Gathering
                                                          Company,
                                                          L.L.C.
                                                         Transcontinenta
                                                          l Gas Pipe
                                                          Line
                                                          Corporation.
                                                         WFS Gathering
                                                          Company,
                                                          L.L.C.,
                                                         WFS-Liquids
                                                          Company.
20020144...........  Kaneb Pipe Line   Statia Terminals  Statia
                      Partners, LP.     Group N.V.        Technology,
                                                          Inc., Statia
                                                          Marine, Inc.
                                                         Statia
                                                          Terminals
                                                          International
                                                          N.V.
20020178...........  Fortress          AMRESCO, INC.     AMRESCO
                      Investment Fund   (Debtor-in-       Commercial
                      LLC.              Possession).      Finance, Inc.
                                                         AMRESCO
                                                          Independence
                                                          Funding, Inc.
20020181...........  Motorola, Inc...  Vincent R.        Synchronous,
                                        Borelli.          Inc.
20020183...........  General Motors    Isuzu Motors      IMAC Funding
                      Corporation.      Limited.          Corporation I.
20020193...........  Voest-Alpine AG.  Polynorm N.V....  Polynorm N.V.
20020198...........  Nextel            Chadmoore         Chadmoore
                      Communications,   Wireless Group,   Wireless
                      Inc.              Inc.              Group, Inc.
20020203...........  Health            Clarent Hospital  Lancaster
                      Management        Corporation.      Hospital
                      Associates, Inc.                    Corporation.
                                                         Paracelsus
                                                          Fentress
                                                          County Medical
                                                          Center, Inc.
                                                         Paracelsus
                                                          Mesquite
                                                          Hospital, Inc.
                                                         Paracelsus
                                                          Santa Rosa
                                                          Medical
                                                          Center, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/11/2001
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20020154...........  GS Capital        Global Crossing   IPC Information
                      Partners 2000,    Ltd.              Systems, Inc.
                      L.P.
20020156...........  GS Capital        NEWCO (a joint    NEWCO.
                      Partners 2000,    venture).
                      L.P.
20020167...........  LaQuinta          LaQuinta          LaQuinta
                      Corporation.      Properties, Inc.  Properties,
                                                          Inc.
20020192...........  CAE Inc.........  General Electric  SimuFlite
                                        Company.          Training
                                                          International,
                                                          Inc.
20020199...........  ConAgra Foods,    Nestle' S.A.....  Nestle USA,
                      Inc.                                Inc.
20020205...........  AutoNation, Inc.  Richard B.        Fox Valley
                                        Cogswell, Jr.     Imports, Inc.
                                                         Laurel Audi,
                                                          LLC.
                                                         Laurel
                                                          Automotive
                                                          Group of
                                                          Tinley Park,
                                                          LLC.
                                                         Laurel Motors,
                                                          Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/13/2001
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20020170...........  AMETEK, Inc.....  PerkinElmer, Inc  PerkinElmer
                                                          Instruments,
                                                          Inc.
20020207...........  Immunex           American Home     Greenwich
                      Corporation.      Products          Holdings Inc.
                                        Corporation.      ,
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/14/2001
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20012216...........  International     Anchor Gaming...  Anchor Gaming.
                      Game Technology.
20020169...........  Progress Energy,  Powergen plc....  Powergen plc.
                      Inc.
20020194...........  Nortrax, Inc....  Nortrax Inc.....  Nortrax II,
                                                          Inc.
20020195...........  Nortrax Inc.....  Nortrax II, Inc.  Nortrax Inc.
20020208...........  Ford Motor        Ford Motor        FRN of Greater
                      Company.          Company.          Salt Lake
                                                          City, LLC.
20020210...........  Mohawk            Dal-Tile          Dal-Tile
                      Industries, Inc.  International     International
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20020211...........  Atlantic Equity   Ranpak Corp.....  Ranpak Corp.
                      Partners III,
                      L.P.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/17/2001
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20020177...........  AOL Time Warner   WGBH Educational  WGBH
                      Inc.              Foundation.       Educational
                                                          Foundation.
20020212...........  CRH plc.........  Nuckolls          Nuckolls
                                        Concrete          Concrete
                                        Services, Inc.    Services, Inc.
20020215...........  Mellon Financial  PriceWaterhouseC  Unifi Network
                      Corporation.      oopers LLP.       LLC.
20020219...........  Cal Dive          Canyon Offshore,  Canyon
                      International,    Inc.              Offshore, Inc.
                      Inc.
20020220...........  CRH plc.........  Cemex, S.A. de    Cemex, Inc.
                                        C.V.
20020222...........  Tyco              Wellspring        Paragon Trade
                      International     Capital           Brands, Inc.
                      Ltd.              Partners II,
                                        L.P.
20020232...........  National          Brambles          Brambles
                      Equipment         Industries        Equipment
                      Services, Inc.    Limited.          Services, Inc.
                                                         Brambles
                                                          Equipment
                                                          Services,
                                                          Inc., (Canada)
                                                          ,
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/18/2001
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20020172...........  B & C             Bayerische Hypo - Peter Frank
                      Privatstiftung.    und              GmbH.
                                        Vereinsbank AB.
20020175...........  Gencorp Inc.....  GenCorp Inc.....  Aerojet Fine
                                                          Chemicals LLC.
20020201...........  UNIPAC Service    EFS, Inc........  EFS, Inc.
                      Corporation.
20020221...........  Digimarc          Polaroid          Polaroid
                      Corporation.      Corporation.      Corporation ID
                                                          Systems, Inc.
20020223...........  Limestone         El Paso           El Paso Golden
                      Electron Trust.   Corporation.      Power, L.L.C.
20020230...........  The PMI Group,    Fairbanks         Fairbanks
                      Inc.              Capital Holding   Capital
                                        Corp.             Holding Corp.
20020243...........  National Dairy    Suiza Foods       Suiza Foods
                      Holdings, LP.     Corporation.      Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/19/2001
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20020165...........  CHB Capital       Law Companies     Law Companies
                      Partners II, LP.  Group, Inc.       Group, Inc.
20020188...........  OSI               Gilead Sciences,  Gilead
                      Pharmaceuticals   Inc.              Sciences, Inc.
                      , Inc.
20020209...........  President and     CCC Information   CCC Information
                      Fellows of        Services Group,   Services
                      Harvard College.  Inc.              Group, Inc. ,
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/20/2001
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20012438...........  Smith Investment  Ocelot Oil Corp.  State
                      Company.                            Industries,
                                                          Inc.
20020217...........  EdperPartners     Lambert Bedard..  Great Northern
                      Limited.                            Paper, Inc.
20020218...........  EdperPartners     Joseph Kass.....  Great Northern
                      Limited.                            Paper, Inc., a
                                                          Delaware
                                                          Corporation.
20020231...........  Sandvik AB......  Walter AG.......  Walter AG.
20020239...........  Tyco              FCC Equipment     FCC Equipment
                      International     Financing, Inc.   Financing,
                      Ltd.                                Inc. ,
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/21/2001
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20012475...........  Mr. Georg F. W.   FAG Kugelfischer  FAG
                      Schaeffler.       Georg Schafer     Kugelfischer
                                        AG.               Georg Schafer
                                                          AG
20020062...........  Reliant Energy,   Orion Power       Orion Power
                      Incorporated.     Holdings, Inc.    Holdings, Inc.
20020107...........  Neopost S.A.....  Ascom Holding AG  Ascom Hasler
                                                          Mailing
                                                          Systems Inc.
20020189...........  Newmont Mining    Normandy Mining   Normandy Mining
                      Corporation.      Limited ACN 009   Limited ACN
                                        295 765.          009 295 765
20020224...........  The Right Start,  Royal Vendex KBB  F.A.O.
                      Inc.              N.V..             Schwartz.
                                                         Quality
                                                          Fulfillment
                                                          Services, Inc.
20020235...........  NetBank, Inc....  Resource          Resource
                                        Bancshares        Bancshares
                                        Mortgage Group,   Mortgage
                                        Inc.              Group, Inc.
20020237...........  Tyco              Code, Hennessy &  CIIT Holdings,
                      International     Simmons, III,     Inc.
                      Ltd.              L.P.
20020238...........  El Paso           El Paso           Photon
                      Corporation.      Corporation.      Investors,
                                                          L.L.C.
20020240...........  J.P. Morgan       III Associates..  System &
                      Chase & Co.                         Services
                                                          Technologies,
                                                          Inc.
20020241...........  Plexus Corp.....  MCMS, Inc.......  MCMS Customer
                                                          Services, Inc.
                                                         MCMS
                                                          International,
                                                          Inc.
20020244...........  Three Cities      ABC-NACO Inc....  ABC-NACO Inc.
                      Fund III, L.P.
20020246...........  ABRY Partners     Monitronics       Monitronics
                      IV. L.P.          International,    International,
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20020249...........  CDV Trust.......  Marks & Spencer   Brooks
                                        p.l.c.            Brothers, Inc.
20020250...........  Stella            Honewell          Honewell
                      Vermogensverwal   International     Commercial
                      tungs GmbH.       Inc.              Vehicle
                                                          Systems
                                                          Company.
20020251...........  JDS Uniphase      International     International
                      Corporation.      Business          Business
                                        Machines          Machines
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
20020253...........  Cumulus Media     Frank D. Osborn.  Aurora
                      Inc.                                Communications
                                                          , LLC
                                                         Aurora
                                                          Management,
                                                          Inc.
20020254...........  Consumer          MFN Financial     MFN Financial
                      Portfolio         Corporation.      Corporation.
                      Services, Inc.
20020255...........  Terex             Schaeff Holding   BHS
                      Corporation.      GmbH & Co. KG.    Baumaschinen
                                                          Handels.
                                                         Fuchs-Bagger
                                                          Gmbh& Co. KG.
                                                         Fuchs-Bagger
                                                          Verwaltungs
                                                          GmbH.
                                                         Karl Schaeff
                                                          GmbH & Co.
                                                         Nippon Schafu
                                                          Kabuskiki
                                                          Kaisha.
                                                         Portatz
                                                          Baumaschinen
                                                          GmbH & Co.
                                                         Potratz GmbH.
                                                         Schaeff & Co.
                                                          (UK).
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Biegetechnik
                                                          Besitz GmbH &
                                                          Co.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Biegetechnik
                                                          GmbH.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Ersatzteile-
                                                          Service GmbH &
                                                          Co. KG.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Ersatztiele.
                                                         Schaeff France
                                                          SARL.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Gesellschaft.
                                                         Schaeff GmbH.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Grundbesitz
                                                          GbR.
                                                         Schaeff Holding
                                                          GmbH & Co. KG.
                                                         Schaeff Holding
                                                          Verwaltungs-
                                                          GmbH.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Komponenten
                                                          Beteilligungs.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Komponenten
                                                          GmbH & Co.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Limited.
                                                         Schaeff
                                                          Machinery
                                                          (Shanghai) Co.
                                                         Schaeff Service
                                                          Limited.
20020259...........  Nationwide        Provident Mutual  Provident
                      Mutual            Life Insurance    Mutual Life
                      Insurance         Company of        Insurance
                      Company.          Philadelphia.     Company of
                                                          Philadelphia.
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For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay or Chandra L. Kennedy, 
Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger 
Notification Officer, Bureau of Competition, Room

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

    By Directions of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1477 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M