[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63097-63099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25758]


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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 Terminations--08/28/2002
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200208011............................  Symmetricom, Inc.......  Datum Inc..............  Datum Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--08/29/2002
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20021065.............................  Akzo Nobel NV..........  Ferro Corporation......  Ferro Corporation.
20021094.............................  Homebase Acquisition,    McLeodUSA Incorporated.  Consolidated Market
                                        LLC.                                              Response, Inc.,
                                                                                          Illinois Consolidated
                                                                                          Telephone Company,
                                                                                          McLeodUSA Integrated
                                                                                          Business Systems,
                                                                                          McLeodUSA Public
                                                                                          Services, Inc.,
                                                                                          McLeodUSA
                                                                                          Telecommunications
                                                                                          Services, Inc.
20021096.............................  The Bank of New York     Lockwood Financial       Electronic Managed
                                        Company, Inc.            Group II, LLC.           Account Technologies,
                                                                                          Inc., LFG, Inc.
20021097.............................  Veridian Corporation...  Roger Mody.............  Signal Corporation,
                                                                                          Signal Services,
                                                                                          L.L.C.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--08/30/2002
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20021102.............................  ARAMARK Corporation....  Premier, Inc...........  Premier Technology
                                                                                          Management, Inc.
20021103.............................  Inverness Medical        MedPointe Inc..........  MedPointe Healthcare
                                        Innovations, Inc.                                 Inc.
20021104.............................  Ascension Health.......  Carondelet Health        Carondelet Health
                                                                 System, Inc.             System, Inc
20021106.............................  Leucadia National        Williams Communications  Williams Communications
                                        Corporation.             Group, Inc. (Debtor-in-  Group, Inc. (Debtor-in-
                                                                 Possession).             Possession).
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/03/2002
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20021058.............................  Smurfit-Stone Container  MeadWestvaco             The Mead Corporation.
                                        Corporation.             Corporation.
20021098.............................  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  DLJ Brand Holdings, Inc  DLJ Brand Holdings,
                                                                                          Inc.
20021099.............................  Virginia L. Shaw.......  Halliburton Company....  Bredero-Shaw, Inc.
20021107.............................  Equilease Holding Corp.  Vivendi Universal, S.A.  National Energy
                                                                                          Development Inc.,
                                                                                          Sithe Energies, Inc.
20021108.............................  Fremont Partners III,    Artal Group S.A........  NC Holdings, Inc.
                                        L.P.
20021109.............................  Equilease Holding Corp.  Exelon Corporation.....  National Energy
                                                                                          Development Inc.,
                                                                                          Sithe Energies, Inc.
20021115.............................  Hitachi, Ltd...........  Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd..  Hitachi Printing
                                                                                          Solutions, Ltd.
20021117.............................  Intuit, Inc............  Russell D. Hobbs, III..  Blue Ocean Software,
                                                                                          Inc.
20021118.............................  Matlin Patterson Global  Polymer Group Inc......  Polymer Group Inc.
                                        Opportunities Partners
                                        L.P.
20021121.............................  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  CTB International Corp.  CTB International Corp.
20021123.............................  El Paso Energy           El Paso Corporation....  El Paso Corporation.
                                        Partners, L.P.
20021124.............................  AMERIGROUP Corporation.  Miguel B. Fernandez....  PHP Holdings, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/04/2002
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20021111.............................  Fidelity National        Factual Data             Factual Data
                                        Financial, Inc.          Corporation.             Corporation.
20021113.............................  Novellus Systems, Inc..  SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc.....  SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc.
20021116.............................  Hitachi, Ltd...........  UNISIA JECS Corporation  UNISIA JECS
                                                                                          Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/05/2002
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20021120.............................  Exel plc...............  Power Packaging, Inc...  Power Packaging, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/06/2002
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20020644.............................  Aggregate Industries,    Wakefield Materials      Wakefield Materials
                                        PLC.                     Corporation.             Corporation.
20020851.............................  Archer-Daniels-Midland   Minnesota Corn           Minnesota Corn
                                        Company.                 Processors, LLC.         Processors, LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/09/2002
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20021101.............................  William H. Gates, III..  Six Flags, Inc.........  Six Flags, Inc.
20021128.............................  Scottish Power plc.....  Aquila, Inc............  Aquila Merchant
                                                                                          Services, Inc., Aquila
                                                                                          Storage and
                                                                                          Transportation, L.P.
20021129.............................  Edward W. Stack........  Edward W. Stack........  Dick's Sporting Goods,
                                                                                          Inc.
20021130.............................  Dex Holdings LLC.......  Qwest Communications     GPP LLC, SGN LLC.
                                                                 International Inc.
20021136.............................  Code, Hennessy &         LLS Corp...............  LLS Corp.
                                        Simmons IV, L.P.
20021143.............................  Kaneb Pipe Line          Koch Industries, Inc...  Koch Fertilizer Storage
                                        Partners, LP.                                     and Terminal Company,
                                                                                          Koch Pipeline Company,
                                                                                          L.P.
20021148.............................  Regent Communications,   Brill Media Company,     Brill Media Company,
                                        Inc.                     LLC.                     LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/10/2002
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20021140.............................  Washington Mutual, Inc.  National Australia Bank  HomeSide Lending, Inc.,
                                                                 Limited.                 SR Investment, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/12/2002
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20021145.............................  Green Equity Investors   Phoenix Scientific, Inc  Phoenix Scientific,
                                        III, L.P.                                         Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/13/2002
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20021131.............................  U.S. Bancorp...........  State Street             State Street Bank and
                                                                 Corporation.             Trust Company.
20021150.............................  David Smilow...........  Conseco, Inc...........  Conseco Variable
                                                                                          Insurance Company.
20021156.............................  Penn National Garning,   Hollywood Casino         Hollywood Casino
                                        Inc.                     Corporation.             Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/16/2002
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20021100.............................  OSI Systems, Inc.......  L-3 Communications       PerkinElmer Detection
                                                                 Holdings, Inc.           System, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/17/2002
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20021141.............................  SPO Partners II, L.P...  Advent Software, Inc...  Advent Software, Inc.
20021146.............................  Robert Bosch             Koninklijke Philips      Professional
                                        Industrietreuhand KG.    Electronics N.V.         Communication,
                                                                                          Security and Imaging.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/18/2002
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20021119.............................  Paychex, Inc...........  Willis Stein &           Advantage Payroll
                                                                 Partners, L.P.           Services, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/19/2002
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20021151.............................  Groupe Laperriere &      Baker Hughes             Baker Process, Inc.
                                        Verreault Inc.           Incorporated.
20021157.............................  Pentair, Inc...........  Vivendi Environment,     Ametek Filters, Ltd.,
                                                                 S.A.                     Plymouth Products,
                                                                                          Inc.
20021159.............................  La Grange Energy, L.P..  Aquila, Inc. (f/k/a      AQP Holdings, L.P.,
                                                                 UtiliCorp United Inc.).  Aquila Gas Pipeline
                                                                                          Corporation, Oasis
                                                                                          Pipe Line Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/20/2002
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20021169.............................  MDU Resources Group,     Limestone Electron       BIV Generation Company
                                        Inc.                     Trust.                   LLC, Brush Generation
                                                                                          Company LLC, Mesquite
                                                                                          Investors, LLC, Morgan
                                                                                          Generation Company
                                                                                          LLC.
20021170.............................  International Steel      Acme Metals              Acme Steel Company.
                                        Group Inc.               Incorporated.
20021171.............................  Kauai Island Utility Co- Citizens Communications  Citizens Communications
                                        Op.                      Company.                 Company.
20021172.............................  JetBlue Airways          LiveTV, LLC............  LiveTV, LLC.
                                        Corporation.
20021173.............................  Hoosier Energy Rural     The Williams Companies,  Williams Energy
                                        Electric Cooperative,    Inc.                     Marketing & Trading
                                        Inc.                                              Company.
20021177.............................  Fremont Partners III,    Don Tyson..............  SBI Holdings Inc., SBI
                                        L.P.                                              Holdings, Inc.

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20021178.............................  Landry's Restaurants,    Metro National           Kimberley Restaurants,
                                        Inc.                     Corporation.             Ltd., MNC Restaurant
                                                                                          Properties, L.P., Well
                                                                                          Seasoned, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/23/2002
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20021122.............................  Honeywell International  Invesys plc............  Invesys plc.
                                        Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/24/2002
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20021135.............................  Cadence Design Systems,  International Business   International Business
                                        Inc.                     Machines Corporation.    Machines Corporation.
20021175.............................  MAAX, Inc..............  Aker Plastics Company,   Aker Plastics Company,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/25/2002
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20021164.............................  Yves Barrette..........  Ronald D. Erwin........  Erwin Industries, LLC.
20021182.............................  G&K Services, Inc......  Russell Waggoner, Jr...  Rental Uniform Company,
                                                                                          Inc., Rental Uniform
                                                                                          Service of Somset
                                                                                          Kentucky, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/26/2002
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20021133.............................  Toshiba Corporation....  Mitsubishi Electric      Mitsubishi Electric
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Terminations--09/27/2002
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20021154.............................  Gencorp Inc............  General Dynamics         General Dynamics OTS
                                                                 Corporation.             (Aerospace), Inc.
20021167.............................  Waste Connections, Inc.  Allied Waste             Allied Waste
                                                                 Industries, Inc.         Industries, Inc.
20021168.............................  RF Micro Devices, Inc..  Carlyle Partners III,    Jazz Semiconductor,
                                                                 L.P.                     Inc.
20021174.............................  General Electric         Advanced Ceramics        Advanced Ceramics
                                        Company.                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20021179.............................  Newco, a to-be-formed    Vivendi Universal, S.A.  Houghton Mifflin
                                        Luxembourg SARL.                                  Company, Vivendi
                                                                                          Universal Publishing
                                                                                          S.A.
20021186.............................  Groupe Editions Holding  Vivendi Universal, S.A.  Houghton Mifflin
                                        I, SARL.                                          Company.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Hallman, 
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. 02-25758 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
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