[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1478]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Acquried
  Transaction No.   Acquiring person   Acquired person      entities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/27/2001
------------------------------------------------------------------------
20020202..........  General Electric  CMS Energy        Michigan
                     Company.          Corporation.      Electric
                                                         Transmission
                                                         Company LLC
20020204..........  AT&T Wireless     Gerald T. Vento.  THC of Houston,
                     Services, Inc..                     Inc.
                                                        THC of
                                                         Melbourne, Inc.
                                                        THC of Orlando,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        THC of San
                                                         Diego, Inc.
                                                        THC of Tampa,
                                                         Inc.
20020216..........  Furniture Brands  Furnishings       Drexel Heritage
                     International,    International     Furnishings,
                     Inc..             Inc..             Inc.
                                                        Furnishings
                                                         International
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Henredon
                                                         Furniture
                                                         Industries,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Maitland-Smith
                                                         Pacific, LTD
                                                        Maitland-Smith,
                                                         Inc.
20020242..........  Perot Systems     Dianne H.         Claim Services
                     Corporation.      Patterson.        Resources
                                                         Group, Inc.
20020252..........  Omnicare, Inc...  Mariner Post-     American Medical
                                       Acute Network,    Insurance
                                       Inc..             Billing
                                                         Services, Inc.
                                                        American
                                                         Pharmaceutical
                                                         Serivces, Inc.
                                                        APS Pharmacy
                                                         Management,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Compass Pharmacy
                                                         Services of
                                                         Maryland, Inc.
                                                        Compass Pharmacy
                                                         Services of
                                                         Maryland, Inc.
                                                        Ocean Pharmacy,
                                                         Inc.
                                                        Pinnacle
                                                         Pharmaceutical
                                                         Services, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/28/2001
------------------------------------------------------------------------
20020225..........  Nestle S.A......  Bristol-Myers     Bristol-Myers
                                       Squibb Company.   Squibb Company
20020226..........  L. Bettencourt..  Bistol-Myers      Bistol-Myers
                                       Squibb Company.   Squibb Company
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/01/2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------
20020267..........  American          Rivio, Inc......  Rivio, Inc.
                     Institute of
                     Certified
                     Public
                     Accountants.
20020278..........  Cable and         Exodus            Exodus
                     Wireless Inc..    Communications,   Communications,
                                       Inc..             Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Transactiosn Granted Early Termination--01/03/2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------
20020275..........  AOL Time Warner   Oxygen Media      Oxygen Media
                     Inc..             Corporation.      Corporation
20020276..........  Paul G. Allen...  Oxygen Media      Oxygen Media
                                       Corporation.      Corporation
20020282..........  Berkshire         Craig A. Ponzio.  Albecca Inc.
                     Hathaway Inc..
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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. 02-1478 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M