[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7376-7377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3830]


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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--01/22/2002
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20020314...................  SBC Communications Inc.....  Yahoo! Inc................  Yahoo! Inc.
20020315...................  CKE Restaurants, Inc.......  Santa Barbara Restaurants   Santa Barbara Restaurants
                                                           Group, Inc..                Group, Inc.
20020320...................  DBBC, L.L.C................  Cumulus Media Inc.........  Cumulus Media Inc.
20020323...................  Atmos Energy Corporation...  Robert M. Hearin Support    Mississippi Valley Gas
                                                           Foundation.                 Company.
20020327...................  Kirin Brewery Company,       Diageo plc................  Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
                              Limited.                                                 Inc.
20020333...................  General Electric Company...  W. Don Cornwell...........  KNTV License, Inc.
                                                                                      KNTV Television, Inc.
20020335...................  Joseph M. & Marie Field....  Tribune Company...........  Tribune Denever Radio,
                                                                                       Inc.
20020339...................  Crandell C. & Erskine B.     Carl M. & Marie T.          Beaulieu Canada Company.
                              Bowels.                      Bouckaert.
                                                                                      Beaulieu Group, LLC.
20020340...................  Heartland Industrial         Carl M. & Marie T.          Beaulieu Canada Company.
                              Partners, L.P..              Bouckaert.
                                                                                      Beaulieu Group, LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/23/2002
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20020290...................  GTCR Fund VII, L.P.........  Verizon Communications      TSI Telecommunications
                                                           Inc..                       Services Inc.
20020332...................  The Bank of New York         Credit Suisse Group.......  Autranet LLC.
                              Company, Inc..
20020348...................  SBC Communications, Inc....  Newco.....................  Newco.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/24/2002
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20020351...................  Tyco International Ltd.....  McGrath RentCorp..........  McGrath RentCorp.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/25/2002
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20020325...................  Yahoo! Inc.................  HotJobs.com, Ltd..........  HotJobs.com,Ltd
20020342...................  Nextel Communications, Inc.  NeoWorld Holdings, LLC....  NeoWorld Communications,
                                                                                       Inc.
20020346...................  Digi International Inc.....  NetSilicon, Inc...........  NetSilicon, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/28/2002
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20020353...................  Moore Corporation Limited..  The Nielsen Group, Inc....  The Nielsen Company.
20020355...................  Chiron Corporation.........  Matrix Pharmaceutical,      Matrix Pharmaceutical,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20020356...................  Danaher Corporation........  Marconi plc...............  Marconi Data Systems, Inc.
20020359...................  Dycom Industries, Inc......  Arguss Communications,      Arguss Communications,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20020360...................  Sumner M. Redstone.........  Sumner M. Redstone........  MTVI Group LP.
20020361...................  Barcardi U.S.A., Inc.......  Tequila Cazadores, S.A. de  Tequila Cazadores, S.A. de
                                                           C.V..                       C.V.
20020366...................  IM Internationalmedia AG...  Spyglass Enterainment       Spyglass Entertainment
                                                           Group, Inc..                Group, Inc.
20020367...................  Gray Barber................  IM Internationalmedia AG..  IM Internationalmedia AG.
20020370...................  Pierre Lassonde............  Newmont Mining Corporation  Newmont Mining
                                                                                       Corporation.
20020371...................  Seymour Schulich...........  Newmont Mining Corporation  Newmont Mining Corporation
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/29/2002
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20020324...................  Carl C. Icahn..............  Willamette Industries,      Willamette Industries,
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20020328...................  Northwestern Corporation...  The Montana Power Company.  The Montana Power Company
20020357...................  Alpha Industries, Inc......  Conexant Systems, Inc.....  Washington Sub, Inc.
20020365...................  Respironics, Inc...........  Novametrix Medical Systems  Novametrix Medical Systems
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20020369...................  General Electric Company...  PII Group Limited.........  PII Group Limited
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/30/2002
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20020264...................  Danaher Corporation........  Pennon Group, Plc.........  Viridor Instrumentation
                                                                                       Limited.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/01/2002
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20020306...................  Elan Corporation, plc......  Ligand Pharmaceuticals      Ligand Pharmaceuticals
                                                           Incorporated.               Incorporated.
20020336...................  Adelphia Communications      ML Media Partners, L.P....  Century/ML Cable Venture.
                              Corporation.
20020374...................  Nestle S.A.................  PhotoCure ASA.............  PhotoCure ASA.
20020375...................  Mrs. L. Bettencourt........  PhotoCure ASA.............  PhotoCure ASA.
20020377...................  Yellow Pages Investments,    McLeodUSA Incorporated....  McLeodUSA Media Group,
                              L.P..                                                    Inc.
20020389...................  Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria.......  Mr. John W. Henry.........  Florida Marlins Baseball
                                                                                       Club, L.L.C.
                                                                                      Marlins Ballpark
                                                                                       Development Company.
20020390...................  Mr. John W. Henry..........  The Jean R. Yawkey Trust,   Boston Red Sox Baseball
                                                           dated July 28, 1981, as     Club L.P.
                                                           amended.
20020393...................  UBS AG.....................  Enron Corp................  Enron Corp.
20020395...................  CenturyTel, Inc............  Verizon Communications      Verizon Communications
                                                           Inc..                       Inc.
20020396...................  Voting Trust Agreement.....  R.R. Engstrom.............  Darr Equipment Operating
                                                                                       Co., L.P.
                                                                                      Darr Rental Co.
20020401...................  Peter M. Holt..............  R.R. Engstrom.............  Darr Energy Services, L.P.
                                                                                      Darr Equipment Operating
                                                                                       Co., L.P.
                                                                                      Darr Rental Co.
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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. 02-3830 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6750-01-M