[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11700-11701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6253]


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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--02/19/2002
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20020388.............................  deCODE genetics, Inc...  MediChem Life Sciences,  MediChem Life Sciences,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc
20020417.............................  Carl C. Icahn..........  Imclone Systems          Imclone Systems
                                                                 Incorporated.            Incorporated
20020420.............................  McLaren Health Care      Bay Medical Center.....  Bay Medical Center
                                        Corporation.
20020428.............................  ESL Partners, L.P......  AutoNation, Inc........  AutoNation, Inc
20020429.............................  The Nichido Fire and     The Tokio Marine and     The Tokio Marine and
                                        Marine Insurance         Fire Insurance           Fire Insurance
                                        Company, Limited.        Company, Ltd.            Company, Ltd
20020430.............................  Liberty Mutual Holding   Liberty Mutual Fire      Liberty Mutual Fire
                                        Company, Inc.            Insurance Company.       Insurance Company
20020431.............................  Liberty Mutual Holding   Employers Insurance of   Employers Insurance of
                                        Company, Inc.            Wausau Mutual Holding    Wausau Mutual Holding
                                                                 Company.                 Company
20020436.............................  The 1818 Fund III, L.P.  Xspedius Holding Corp..  Xspedius Holding Corp
20020440.............................  Ziff Asset Management,   AutoNation, Inc........  AutoNation, Inc
                                        L.P.
20020447.............................  Nexfor, Inc............  International Paper      International Paper
                                                                 Company.                 Company
20020451.............................  Cinergy Corp...........  Oak Mountain             Oak Mountain Products,
                                                                 Acquisition Company,     LLC
                                                                 LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/20/2002
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20020410.............................  The Toronto-Dominion     John S. Stafford, Jr...  JSS Investments, L.L.C
                                        Bank.
20020438.............................  Corvis Corporation.....  Dorsal Networks, Inc...  Dorsal Networks, Inc
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/26/2002
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20020404.............................  Grupo Industrial Bimbo,  W. Galen Weston........  Entenmann's Inc
                                        S.A. de C.V. (a
                                        Mexican corp.).
                                                                                         Entenmann's Products,
                                                                                          Inc
                                                                                         Entenmann's Sales
                                                                                          Company, Inc
                                                                                         George Weston Bakeries,
                                                                                          Inc
20020435.............................  The Lubrizol             William Frost..........  Chemron Corporation
                                        Corporation.
20020448.............................  U.S. Unwired, Inc......  Georgia PCS Management,  Georgia PCS Management,
                                                                 L.L.C.                   L.L.C
20020449.............................  EMCOR Group, Inc.......  Comfort Systems USA,     CSUSA Holdings L.L.C
                                                                 Inc.
20020450.............................  Forbo Holding AG.......  Dainippon Ink and        Reichhold, Inc
                                                                 Chemicals,
                                                                 Incorporated.
20020452.............................  SmartForce Public        Centra Software, Inc...  Centra Software, Inc
                                        Limited Company.
20020453.............................  O. Bruton Smith........  Donald E. Massey.......  Arngar, Inc
                                                                                         Capitol Cadillac Corp
                                                                                         Crest Cadillac Corp
                                                                                         Donald Massey Buick Inc
                                                                                         Donald Massey Cadillac
                                                                                          Inc
                                                                                         Massey Cadillac, Inc
                                                                                         Massey Cadillac,
                                                                                          Incorporated
                                                                                         Massey Chevrolet, Inc
                                                                                         Massey-Cadillac-
                                                                                          Oldsmobile, Ltd
20020454.............................  First Reserve Fund IX,   Frank Vallentine Novak,  Welding Services, Inc
                                        L.P.                     Jr.
20020455.............................  First Reserve Fund IX,   Philip Nelson Hulsizer.  Welding Services, Inc
                                        L.P.
20020456.............................  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  Carl M. Bouckaert and    Beaulieu Group, LLC
                                                                 Marie T. Bouckaert.

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                                                                                         South Richmond
                                                                                          Chemical, LLC
20020458.............................  First Horizon            AstraZeneca plc........  AstraZeneca UK Limited
                                        Pharmaceutical
                                        Corporation.
20020460.............................  US Unwired Inc.........  IWO Holdings, Inc......  IWO Holdings, Inc
20020463.............................  Exxon Mobil Corporation  Solutia Inc............  Advanced Elastomer
                                                                                          Systems, L.P
20020470.............................  JAKKS Pacific, Inc.....  Toymax International,    Toymax International,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc
20020472.............................  Giant Industries Inc...  BP, p.l.c..............  BP Corporation North
                                                                                          America Inc
20020478.............................  Deutsche Post AG.......  DHL International        DHL International
                                                                 Limited.                 Limited
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--02/28/2002
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20020434.............................  Cablevision Systems      Loral Space &            R/L DBS Company L.L.C
                                        Corporation.             Communications Ltd.
20020457.............................  Keane, Inc.............  Arlington Capital        SignalTree Solutions
                                                                 Partners, L.P.           Holdings, Inc
20020459.............................  Kvaerner ASA...........  Kjell Inge Rokke.......  Aker Oil & Gas Holding
                                                                                          AS
20020461.............................  Spectrum Equity          Broadwing, Inc.........  Cincinnati Bell
                                        Investors IV, L.P.                                Director Inc
20020468.............................  Joseph M. & Marie H.     Jeffrey H. Smulyan.....  Emmis Radio License
                                        Field.                                            Corporation
                                                                                         Emmis Radio Corporation
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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. 02-6253 Filed 3-14-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M