[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55256-55258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21972]


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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 by 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--07/23/2002
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20020924..........  Centrica plc....  American          Mutual Energy
                                       Electric Power    CPL L.P.
                                       Company, Inc.    Mutual Energy
                                                         WTU L.P.
20020967..........  Liberty Media     Wink              Wink
                     Corporation.      Communications,   Communications,
                                       Inc.              Inc.
20020977..........  Weston Presidio   HWH Capital       NBC Acquisition
                     Capital IV, L.P.  Partners, L.P.    Corp.
20020983..........  Brera Capital     Arias             Arias
                     Partners          Acquisitions,     Acquisitions,
                     Limited           Inc.              Inc.
                     Partnership.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/24/2002
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20020962..........  Fonterra Co-      New Zealand       New Zealand
                     operative Group   Dairy Board.      Dairy Board.
                     Limited.
20020979..........  Newfield          EEX Corporation.  EEX Corporation.
                     Exploration
                     Company.
20020981..........  C-COR.Net Corp..  Koninklijke       Philips
                                       Philips           Broadband
                                       Electronics N.V.  Network, Inc.
20020988..........  Cargill,          Alliant Energy    Cargill-Alliant,
                     Incorporated.     Corporation.      LLC.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/25/2002
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20020978..........  SunGard Data      BRUT LLC........  BRUT LLC.
                     Systems Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/26/2002
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20020917..........  Sandvik AB......  Milacron Inc....  Valenite Inc.
20020958..........  Welsh, Carson,    Amdocs Limited..  Amdocs Limited.
                     Anderson &
                     Stowe IX, L.P.
                     (WCAS IX).
20020990..........  First Data        Wachovia          Wachovia
                     Corporation.      Corporation.      Merchant
                                                         Service, L.L.C.
20020991..........  Warburg, Pincus   Newfield          Newfield
                     Equity            Exploration       Exploration
                     Partners, L.P.    Company.          Company.
20020992..........  Gary L. and Mary  James F.          Attention LLC.
                     E. West.          Richards.
20020994..........  Midland           National          HomeSide
                     Financial Co.     Australia Bank    Lending, Inc.
                                       Limited.
20020998..........  FKA Distributing  Bank One          Maquiladora TCA
                     Co.               Corporation.      De Juarez, SA.
                                                         DE C.V.
                                                        Metro
                                                         Corporation.
                                                        Taylor Precision
                                                         Products, L.P.
20021001..........  Permira Europe    Ferretti S.p.A..  Ferretti S.p.A.
                     II L.P.2.
20021005..........  Equifax Inc.....  Naviant, Inc....  Naviant, Inc
20021006..........  Professor Kurt    IDEC              IDEC
                     Jenny.            Pharmaceuticals   Pharmaceuticals
                                       Corporation.      Corporation.
20021009..........  Citigroup Inc...  Antonius M. Kies  ERICO Holding
                                                         Company.
20021011..........  Cornerstone       Vestcom           Vestcom
                     Equity            International,    International,
                     Investors IV,     Inc.              Inc.
                     L.P.
20021012..........  Alimentation      Dairy Mart        Dairy Mart
                     Couche-Tard Inc.  Convenience       Convenience
                                       Stores, Inc.      Stores, Inc.
                                                        Financial
                                                         Opportunities,
                                                         Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/29/2002
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20020975..........  Mr. K. Rupert     Mr. Fred          Newsweb
                     Murdoch.          Eychaner.         Corporation
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/30/2002
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20020938..........  Constellation     The AES           AES NewEnergy,
                     Energy Group,     Corporation.      Inc.
                     Inc.
20020941..........  Goodrich          TRW Inc.........  TRW Inc.
                     Corporation.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/31/2002
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20020989..........  Equifax Inc.....  CBC Companies,    CBC Companies,
                                       Inc.              Inc.
20021002..........  Aktieselskabet    Dampskibsselskab  Dampskibsselskab
                     Dampskibsselska   et ``Norden'' A/  et ``Norden'' A/
                     bet TORM.         S.                S.
20021004..........  Microchip         Fujitsu Limited.  Fujitsu
                     Technology                          Microelectronic
                     Incorporated.                       s, Inc.
20021013..........  Ripplewood        Leslie Jan Leff.  AccuCorp Inc.
                     Partners II,                       L&R Realty
                     L.P.                                Associates,
                                                         Inc.
20021014..........  Ripplewood        Ronnie H. Leff..  AccuCorp Inc.
                     Partners II,                       L&R Realty
                     L.P.                                Associates,
                                                         Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/01/2002
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20020756..........  Fair, Isaac and   HNC Software Inc  HNC Software
                     Company, Inc.                       Inc.
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           TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--08/02/2002
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20020944..........  George J.         William H.        Aegis Research
                     Petersen.         Geiger and Lee    Corporation.
                                       Anne F. Geiger.
20020985..........  Unit Corporation  KFOC Charitable   CREC Rig
                                       Income Trust B.   Acquisition
                                                         Company.
20020986..........  KFOC Charitable   Unit Corporation  Unit
                     Income Trust B.                     Corporation.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, Contact 
Representative, 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. 02-21972 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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