[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]
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