[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19826-19827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9853]


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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 Termination--03/24/2003
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20030458...........  Fiserv, Inc.....  Bruce             Precision
                                        Christensen.      Computer
                                                          Systems, Inc.
20030462...........  General Atlantic  SSA Investor,     SSA Global
                      Partners 76,      LLC.              Technologies,
                      L.P.                                Inc.
20030469...........  Cooperatieve      Southeast         Southeast
                      Centrale          Timber, Inc.      Timber, Inc.
                      Raiffeisen-
                      Boerenleenbank
                      B.A.
20030470...........  International     Southeast         Southeast
                      Paper Company.    Timber, Inc.      Timber, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/25/2003
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20030421...........  Johnson &         Grunenthal        Gruenthal GmbH.
                      Johnson.          Pharma GmbH &
                                        Co. KG.
20030448...........  Philadelphia      DQE, Inc........  AcquaSource
                      Suburban                            Development
                      Corporation.                        Company.
                                                         Aqua Source
                                                          Operations,
                                                          Inc.
                                                         AquaSource
                                                          Utility, Inc.
                                                         The Reynolds
                                                          Group, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/26/2003
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20021081...........  A. Jerrold        Hispanic          Hispanic
                      Perenchio.        Broadcasting      Broadcasting
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
                                                         Univision
                                                          Communications
                                                          , Inc.
20030419...........  Behrman Capital   ILC Industries,   ILC Industries,
                      III, L.P.         Inc.              Inc.
20030457...........  Artal Group S.A.  Florine Mark....  The WW Group,
                                                          Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/27/2003
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20030375...........  L-3               Goodrich          Goodrich
                      Communications    Corporation.      Aerospace
                      Holdings, Inc.                      Component
                                                          Overhaul &
                                                          Repair, Inc.
                                                         Goodrich
                                                          Avionics
                                                          Systems, Inc.
                                                         Goodrich
                                                          FlightSystems,
                                                          Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/28/2003
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20030484...........  The Riverside     VS&A              ExpoExchange,
                      Company.          Communications    LLC.
                                        Partners II,
                                        L.P.
20030488...........  MidMark Equity    Davis             Davis
                      Partners II,      Industries, Inc.  Industries,
                      L.P.                                Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/01/2003
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20030471...........  Perry Ellis       Salant            Salant
                      International,    Corporation.      Corporation.
                      Inc.
20030475...........  Citigroup Inc...  Worldspan, L.P..  Worldspan, L.P
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/02/2003
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20030452...........  Taylor & Francis  Information       CRC Press (UK)
                      Group plc.        Holdings Inc.     LLC.
                                                         CRC Press LLC.
                                                         The Parthenon
                                                          Publishing
                                                          Group Inc.
20030459...........  Societe Wallonne  Duferco           Duferco U.S.
                      de Gestion et     Participation     Investment
                      de                Holding Limited.  Corp.
                      Participations,
                      S.A.
20030464...........  Johnson &         Scios Inc.......  Scios Inc.
                      Johnson.
20030472...........  CBRE Holding,     Insignia          Insignia
                      Inc.              Financial         Financial
                                        Group, Inc.       Group, Inc.
20030476...........  Liz Claiborne,    Pamela Skaist-    Travis Jeans,
                      Inc.              Levy and          Inc.
                                        Jeffrey Levy.
20030480...........  Blum Strategic    CBRE Holding,     CBRE Holding,
                      Partners, L.P.    Inc.              Inc.
20030481...........  Blum Strategic    CBRE Holding,     CBRE Holding,
                      Partners II,      Inc.              Inc.
                      L.P.
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    For Further Information Contact:
    Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative or Renee Hallman, Legal 
Technician, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, 
Bureau of Competition, Room H-303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-
3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-9853 Filed 4-21-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M