[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8984-8985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4614]


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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

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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--02/04/2002
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20020319...................  Cumulus Media Inc..........  DBBC, L.L.C...............  Mr. Juliet Broadcasting,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      Phoenix Broadcasting Inc.
20020338...................  Deutsche Bank AG...........  Zurich Financial Services.  Zurich Scudder
                                                                                       Investments, Inc.
20020373...................  Stilwell Financial Inc.....  The Prudential Insurance    Enhanced investment
                                                           Company of America.         Technologies, Inc.
20020378...................  Caterpillar, Inc...........  FCC Equipment Financing,    FCC Equipment Financing,
                                                           Inc.                        Inc.
20020394...................  Advance Voting Trust.......  PRIMEDIA Inc..............  PRIMEDIA Magazine Finance,
                                                                                       Inc.
                                                                                      PRIMEDIA Magazines Inc.
                                                                                      PRIMEDIANet Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/05/2002
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20020322...................  General Electric Company...  Frederick B. Sontag.......  Unison Industries, Inc.
20020326...................  Sobel N.V..................  E. ON AG..................  SKW Gelatin & Specialties
                                                                                       Manufacturing, LLC.
                                                                                      SKW Gelatin & Specialties
                                                                                       Sales, LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/11/2002
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20020381...................  Henkel KFaA................  Ecolab Inc................  Ecolab Inc
20020405...................  Kao Corporation............  James A. Mazzotta.........  KMS Research, Inc.
20020406...................  Pharmaceutical Product       Dr. Evan A. Stein.........  Medical Research
                              Development, Inc.                                        Laboratories
                                                                                       International, Inc.
20020407...................  Dr. Evan A. Stein..........  Pharmaceutical Product      Pharmaceutical Product
                                                           Development, Inc.           Development, Inc.
20020413...................  Forstmann Little & Co.       XO Communications, Inc....  XO Communications, Inc.
                              Equity Partnership VII,
                              L.P.
20020414...................  Forstmann Little & Co. Sub.  XO Communications, Inc....  XO Communications, Inc.
                              Debt & Equity Mgmt Buyout
                              VIII.
20020415...................  Carso Global Telecom, S.A.   XO Communications, Inc....  XO Communications, Inc.
                              de C.V.
20020421...................  Providence Equity Partners   Citigroup Inc.............  F&W Publications, Inc.
                              IV L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/13/2002
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20020408...................  Norsk Hydro ASA............  E. ON AG..................  VAW aluminum AG.
20020412...................  WPS Resources Corporation..  CH Energy Group, Inc......  CH Resources, Inc.
20020422...................  Timothy T. Mueller & Diane   Oak Hill Capital Partners,  Steamboat Ski & Resort
                              P. Mueller.                  L.P.                        Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/15/2002
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20020418...................  Greater Bay Bancorp........  Alburger, Basso, de Grosz   Alburger, Basso, de Grosz
                                                           Insurance Services, Inc.    Insurance Services, Inc.
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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. 02-4614 Filed 2-26-02; 8:45 am]
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