[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48473-48475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18703]


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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 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--06/24/2002
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20020795........................  Kaman Corporation........  Dae Y. Shin..............  DSE Inc.
20020868........................  Holding Eurocard, S.A....  MasterCard Incorporated..  MasterCard Incorporated.
 

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20020872........................  CSFB Global Opportunities  Oxford Automotive, Inc...  Oxford Automotive, Inc.
                                   Partners, L.P.
20020876........................  Daniel K. Thome..........  GS Industries (Debtor-In-  Georgetown Steel
                                                              Possesion).                Corporation.
20020880........................  WorldCom, Inc............  Star Telecommunications,   PT-1 Communications,
                                                              Inc.                       Inc.
                                                                                        PT-1 Long Distance, Inc.
                                                                                        PT-1 Technologies, Inc.
20020882........................  The PMI Group, Inc.......  Fairbanks Capital Holding  Fairbanks Capital
                                                              Corp.                      Holding Corp.
20020883........................  AT&T Broadband Corp......  GSA Commerce, Inc........  GSA Commerce, Inc.
20020884........................  GTCR Fund VII, L.P.......  Alex E. Gores............  VeriFone, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--06/25/2002
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20020873........................  MedPoint Inc.............  MedPoint Inc.............  Wallace Pharmaceuticals/
                                                                                         ASTA Medica L.L.C.
20020879........................  Cooperatieve Centrale      General Mills, Inc.......  General Mills, Inc.
                                   Raiffeisen--                                         GM Cereals Operations,
                                   Boerenleenbank B.A.                                   Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--06/26/2002
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20020888........................  Alcatel..................  Telera, Inc..............  Telera, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--06/28/2002
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20020838........................  DRS Technologies, Inc....  Eaton Corporation........  Eaton Corporation.
20020853........................  Striker Corporation......  Tyco International Ltd...  Surgical Dynamics
                                                                                         Canada, Inc.
                                                                                        Surgical Dynamics
                                                                                         Germany GmbH.
                                                                                        Surgical Dynamics Inc.
20020858........................  South African Breweries    Philip Morris Companies,   Miller Brewing Company.
                                   plc.                       Inc.
20020869........................  GS Capital Partners 2000,  Atlantic Equity Partners   BPC Holding Corporation.
                                   L.P.                       International II, L.P.
20020893........................  Group 1 Automotive, Inc..  Miller Trust of 1980       Miller Automotive Group
                                                              (restated).                Inc.
20020898........................  Electronic Data System     Loudcloud, Inc...........  Loudcloud, Inc.
                                   Corporation.
20020902........................  CompuCredit Corporation..  Federated Department       Fingerhut Receivables,
                                                              Stores Inc.                Inc.
20020905........................  Novell, Inc..............  SilverStream Software,     SilverStream Software,
                                                              Inc.                       Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/01/2002
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20020863........................  Aquila, Inc..............  George T. Lewis, Jr. and   Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
                                                              Betty G. Lewis.
20020871........................  ABM Industries             Michael Sweig............  Lakeside Building
                                   Incorporated.                                         Maintenance, Inc.
20020877........................  Carl C. Icahn............  Tyco International Ltd...  Tyco International Ltd.
20020896........................  Gray Communication         Stations Holding Company,  Stations Holding
                                   Systems, Inc.              Inc.                       Company, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/02/2002
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20020900........................  Thomas J. Petters........  Federated Department       Fingerhut Companies,
                                                              Stores, Inc.               Inc.
20020901........................  Theordore Deikel.........  Federated Department       Fingerhut Companies,
                                                              Stores, Inc.               Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/03/2002
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20020906........................  Cemex, S.A. de C.V.......  Puerto Rican Cement        Puerto Rican Cement
                                                              Company, Inc.              Company, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/04/2002
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20020892........................  Warburg Pincus Private     Agere Systems, Inc.......  Agere Systems, Inc.
                                   Equity VIII, L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--07/05/2002
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20020899........................  Proxim Corporation.......  Agere Systems, Inc.......  Agere Systems, Inc.
20020907........................  EDO Corporation..........  Behrman Capital II, L.P..  CEI Systems, Inc.
                                                                                        Condor Systems, Inc.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, Contact 
Representative. Federal Trade Commission, Premeger Notification Office, 
Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-18703 Filed 7-23-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M