[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2555-2556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1077]


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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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         Transaciton No.                  Acquiring                   Acquired                  Entities
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/09/2002
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20030026........................  National Fuel Gas Company  Duke Energy Corporation..  Empire State Pipeline
                                                                                         Company, Inc.
                                                                                        St. Clair Pipeline
                                                                                         Company, Inc.
                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/10/2002
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20030134........................  Groupe Danone............  Sparkling Spring Water     Sparking Spring Water
                                                              Holdings Limited.          Holdings Limited.
20030155........................  SHPS, Inc................  eBenX, Inc...............  eBenX, Inc.
20030156........................  Visa U.S.A. Inc..........  Visa International         Inovant, Inc.
                                                              Service Association.
20030169........................  BC Gas Inc...............  EnCana Corporation.......  EnCana Pipelines (USA)
                                                                                         Inc.
                                                                                        Express Holdings (USA)
                                                                                         Inc.
20030178........................  O'Charley's Inc..........  99 Boston Inc............  99 Boston Inc.
20030179........................  O'Charley's Inc..........  Doe Family II, LLC.......  Doe Familym II, LLC.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/11/2002
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20030141........................  The Charles A. Sammons     Sun Life Financial         Clarica U.S. Inc.
                                   1987.                      Services of Canada Inc.
                                  Charitable Remainder
                                   Trust 2.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/12/2002
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20030112........................  3M Company...............  Corning Incorporated.....  Corning Precision Lens
                                                                                         Incorporated.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/13/2002
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20030124........................  Bertarelli & Cie.........  Amgen Inc................  Immunex Corporation
20030157........................  Behrman Capital III, L.P.  Elan Corporation, plc....  Athena Diagnostics, Inc.
20030174........................  Sherritt International     Fording Inc..............  Fording Inc.
                                   Corporation.
20030176........................  Highfields Capital Ltd. c/ Stilwell Financial, Inc..  Stilwell Financial, Inc.
                                   o Goldman Sachs.
20030185........................  Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber  Philipp Holzmann AG II...  J.A. Jones Inc.
20030195........................  The Williams Companies,    The Williams Companies,    Gulf Liquids Holdings
                                   Inc.                       Inc.                       LLC
20030199........................  H.I.G. Capital Partners    J.W. Child Equity          DESA Holdings
                                   III, L.P.                  Partners, L.P.             Corporation
                                                                                        DESA International, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/16/2002
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20030163........................  Plug Power Inc...........  H Power Corp.............  H Power Corp.
20030165........................  Cypress Merchant Banking   RNC Acquisition Corp.....  RNC Acquisition Corp.
                                   Partners II.
20030166........................  Cypress Merchant Banking   Republic National Cabinet  Republic National
                                   Partners II L.P.           Corporation.               Cabinet Corporation.
20030167........................  HSB Holding plc..........  Household International,   Household International,
                                                              Inc.                       Inc.
20030172........................  The Coca-Cola Company....  Pokka Corporation........  Pokka USA, Inc.
20030175........................  The Clorox Company.......  The Procter & Gramble      The Procter & Gamble
                                                              Company.                   Company
20030192........................  Earl E. Payton...........  Vigilant Holdings LLC....  Trend Holdings, Inc.
20030193........................  Bank of America            Vector Capital Management  Vector Partners Limited
                                   Corporation.               LLC.                       Partnership.
                                                                                        Vector TradePipe, LLC.
                                                                                        Vector Trading, LLC.
20030197........................  Welsh, Carson, Anderson &  US Investigations          U.S. Investigations
                                   Stowe IX, L.P.             Services, Inc. ESOT.       Services, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/17/2002
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20030177........................  Farm Bureau Mutual         The Kansas Farm Bureau...  The Kansas Farm Bureau.
                                   Insurance Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/18/2002
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20030140........................  Glaxo SmithKline plc.....  Theravance, Inc..........  Theravance, Inc.
20030198........................  Fritz Gerber.............  ANTISOMA plc.............  Antisoma Research Ltd.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/19/2002
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20030180........................  Hormel Foods Corporation.  Imperial Sugar Company...  Diamond Crystal Brands,
                                                                                         Inc.
                                                                                        Diamond Crystal
                                                                                         Holdings, Inc.
20030183........................  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co...  Allianz                    DrKW Finance Inc.
                                                              Aktiengesellschaft.
20030186........................  HCA Inc..................  Health Midwest...........  Health Midwest.
20030194........................  Wolseley plc.............  JELD-WEN HOLDINGS, Inc...  JELD-WEN, Inc.
                                                                                        Walker Lumber Company.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/20/2002
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20030203........................  Cadence Design Systems,    Celestry Design            Celestry Design
                                   Inc.                       Technologies, Inc.         Technologies, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/23/2002
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20020934........................  Baxter International Inc.  Wyeth....................  Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
                                                                                         Inc.
20030173........................  Tecumseh Products Company  Invensys plc.............  Eaton Technologies, Inc.
                                                                                        Fasco Australia Pty
                                                                                         Limited,
                                                                                        Fasco Industries, Inc.,
                                                                                        Fasco Motors (Thailand)
                                                                                         Limited
                                                                                        Fasco Motors Limited,
20030202........................  General Electric Company.  Osmonics, Inc............  Osmonics, Inc.
20030208........................  Quadrangle (GT) Capital    GT Merchandising &         GT Merchandising &
                                   Partners LP.               Licensing Corp.            Licensing Corp.
20030209........................  Quadrangle (GT) Capital    Good Times Entertainment   Good Times Entertainment
                                   Partners LP.               Limited.                   Limited.
20030211........................  The Pepsi Bottling Group,  Pepsi Cola Buffalo         Pepsi Cola Buffalo
                                   Inc.                       Bottling Corporation.      Bottling Corporation.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/24/2002
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20030149........................  Herbst Gaming, Inc.......  International Game         Anchor Coin, Inc.
                                                              Technology.
20030182........................  King Pharmaceuticals, Inc  Aventis Pharmaceuticals,   Fisons Limited.
                                                              Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/27/2002
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20030216........................  Deseret Management         Simmons Media Group, LLC.  Simmons Media Group,
                                   Corporation.                                          LLC.
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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. 03-1077 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M