[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44332-44337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19149]


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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

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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.

                  Transaction Granted Early Termination
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       ET date          Trans No.   ET req status        Party name
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09-JUN-03............     20030667  G              k1 Ventures Limited.
                       ...........  G              Citizens
                                                    Communications
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              Citizens
                                                    Communications
                                                    Company.
                          20030668  G              Warburg Pincus
                                                    Private Equity VIII,
                                                    L.P.
                       ...........  G              Wellman, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Wellman, Inc.
                          20030669  G              TECO Energy, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Panda Energy
                                                    International, Inc.
                       ...........  G              TECO-PANDA Generating
                                                    Company, L.P.
                          20030673  G              2000 Riverside
                                                    Capital Appreciation
                                                    Fund, L.P.
                       ...........  G              The Dwyer Group, Inc.
                       ...........  G              The Dwyer Group, Inc.
                          20030678  G              Liberty Media
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
                       ...........  G              UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
                          20030682  G              Tenet Healthcare
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Tenet Healthcare
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Tenet MetroWest
                                                    Healthcare System,
                                                    Limited Partnership.
11-JUN-03............     20030676  G              Ness Technologies,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Apar Holding Corp.
                       ...........  G              Apar Holding Corp.
12-JUN-03............     20030636  G              Triton PCS Holdings,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Lafayette
                                                    Communications
                                                    Company L.L.C.
                       ...........  G              Lafayette
                                                    Communications
                                                    Company L.L.C.
                          20030672  G              Tomkins plc.
                       ...........  G              The Stackpole
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Stackpole Limited.
                          20030679  G              Robert Bosch
                                                    industrietreuhand
                                                    KG.
                       ...........  G              James V. Zeleski.
                       ...........  G              Vetronix Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Vetronix Sales
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Vetronix Telematics
                                                    LLC.
                       ...........  G              Vetronix Japan KK.
                          20030686  G              MDU Resources Group,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Francis M. Young.
                       ...........  G              YB Holdings, Inc.
13-JUN-03............     20030616  G              Parthenon Investors
                                                    II, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Gemini I, LLC.
                       ...........  G              Gemini Industries,
                                                    Inc.
                          20030660  G              AmerisourceBergen
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Anderson Packaging,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Anderson Packaging,
                                                    Inc.
                          20030683  G              Abbott Laboratories.
                       ...........  G              Spinal Concepts, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Spinal Concepts, Inc.
                          20030689  G              Morgan Stanley.
                       ...........  G              DigitalGlobe, Inc.
                       ...........  G              DigitalGlobe, Inc.
16-JUN-03............     20030204  G              Open Joint Stock
                                                    Company MMC Norilsk
                                                    Nickel.
                       ...........  G              Stillwater Mining
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              Stillwater Mining
                                                    Company.
17-JUN-03............     20030690  G              Kenneth I. Nelkin.
                       ...........  G              Marmon Holdings, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Vessel One
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Candy Cap, L.P. II-
                                                    XX.
                       ...........  G              TU Vessel Leasing
                                                    Corp.
19-JUN-03............     20030302  G              Automatic Data
                                                    Processing, Inc.
                       ...........  G              ProBusiness Services,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              ProBusiness Services,
                                                    Inc.
20-JUN-03............     20030693  G              Fox Paine Capital
                                                    Fund II
                                                    International, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Wind River Investment
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Wind River Investment
                                                    Corporation.

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                          20030696  G              Robert E. Rich, Jr.
                       ...........  G              Dean Foods Company.
                       ...........  G              Dean Foods Company.
                          20030702  G              Reliance Steel &
                                                    Aluminum Co.
                       ...........  G              John R. Eiting.
                       ...........  G              Precision Strip, Inc.
                          20030704  G              Krispy Kreme
                                                    Doughnuts, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Greater DFW
                                                    Doughnuts, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Greater DFW
                                                    Doughnuts, LLP.
                       ...........  G              Hulen St. Doughnut
                                                    Company, LLP
                       ...........  G              Old Towne Doughnut
                                                    Company, LLP.
                       ...........  G              Grapevine Doughnut
                                                    Company, LLP.
                       ...........  G              Arlington Doughnut
                                                    Company, LLP.
                       ...........  G              Euless Doughnut
                                                    Company, LLP.
                       ...........  G              Frisco Doughnut
                                                    Company, LLP.
                          20030712  G              Cinergy Corp.
                       ...........  G              Suez.
                       ...........  G              Trigen-Cinergy
                                                    Solutions of St.
                                                    Paul, LLC.
23-JUN-03............     20030688  G              Municipal Mortgage &
                                                    Equity, LLC.
                       ...........  G              Lend Lease
                                                    Corporation Limited.
                       ...........  G              Acquisition
                                                    Investment Corp.
                       ...........  G              Lend Lease MSR Corp.
                       ...........  G              Lend Lease BFRP, Inc.
                       ...........  G              The Boston Financial
                                                    Group Limited
                                                    Partnership.
                       ...........  G              BFG Investments, LLC.
                          20030699  G              Charter Municipal
                                                    Mortgage Acceptance
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              Stephen M. Ross.
                       ...........  G              RCC Credit Facility,
                                                    L.L.C.
                       ...........  G              Related Capital
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              Related S.J. SLP,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Insured Tax
                                                    Credit Partners III,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Independence
                                                    Associates Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Independence
                                                    Associates III Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Housing
                                                    Programs
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              RCC Corporate
                                                    Monitoring Inc.
                       ...........  G              Liberty Credit
                                                    Assignor Inc.
                       ...........  G              Liberty Credit
                                                    Assignor III Inc.
                       ...........  G              Liberty Credit
                                                    Assignor II Inc.
                       ...........  G              Lehigh Tax Credit
                                                    Partners, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Independence Assignor
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Freedom Assignor,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              CIP Associates, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Charter
                                                    L.L.C.
                       ...........  G              Related Equities
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Related Credit
                                                    Properties, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Credit
                                                    Properties, III Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Credit
                                                    Properties, II Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Beta
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Related Aurora
                                                    Associates, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related AMI
                                                    Associates, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Related Advantaged
                                                    Residential
                                                    Associates Inc.
                       ...........  G              RCC General Corp.
                       ...........  G              Related Charter LP.
                       ...........  G              RCC Managing Member
                                                    LLC.
24-JUN-03............     20030706  G              Sanmina-SCI
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Newisys, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Newisys, Inc.
26-JUN-03............     20030677  G              Amgen Inc.
                       ...........  G              Tularik Inc.
                       ...........  G              Tularik Inc.
30-JUN-03............     20030274  G              Waste Management,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Allied Waste
                                                    Industries, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Giordano Recycling
                                                    Corp.
                       ...........  G              Automated Modular
                                                    Systems, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Garafolo Brothers,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Joe Diresi and Sons,
                                                    Inc.
                          20030685  G              Fritz Gerber.
                       ...........  G              Maxygen, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Maxygen, Inc.
                          20030718  G              Degussa AG.
                       ...........  G              Cargill,
                                                    Incorporated.

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                       ...........  G              Midwest Lysine LLC.
                          20030720  G              United Technologies
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Chubb plc.
                       ...........  G              Chubb plc.
                          20030722  G              Bank One Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Zurich Financial
                                                    Services.
                       ...........  G              Federal Kemper Life
                                                    Assurance Company.
                       ...........  G              Zurich Life Insurance
                                                    Company of America.
                       ...........  G              Zurich Direct, Inc.
                          20030715  G              Schneider Electric
                                                    S.A.
                       ...........  G              EQT Scandinavia
                                                    Limited.
                       ...........  G              TAC Holding AB.
                          20030717  G              eBay Inc.
                       ...........  G              EachNet, Inc.
                       ...........  G              EachNet, Inc.
                          20030721  G              Telefonica, S.A.
                       ...........  G              Terra Networks, S.A.
                       ...........  G              Terra Networks, S.A.
                          20030728  G              Caliper Technologies
                                                    Corp.
                       ...........  G              The Berwind Company
                                                    LLC.
                       ...........  G              ZYAC Holding
                                                    Corporation.
                          20030735  G              CGW Southeast
                                                    Partners IV, L.P.
                       ...........  G              R. Wayne Penrod.
                       ...........  G              Ladd Industries, Inc.
02-JUL-03............     20030726  G              Liberty Mutual
                                                    Holding Company Inc.
                       ...........  G              Prudential Financial,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Prudential Commercial
                                                    Insurance Company,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Prudential Property
                                                    and Casualty
                                                    Insurance Company.
                       ...........  G              Prudential General
                                                    Insurance Company.
03-JUL-03............     20030595  G              The Procter & Gamble
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              Wella AG.
                       ...........  G              Wella AG.
                          20030687  G              Illinois Tool Works
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              APC Senior Holdings,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Acme Packaging
                                                    Corporation.
                          20030703  G              Patterson-UTI Energy,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              TMBR/Sharp Drilling,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              TMBR/Sharp Drilling,
                                                    Inc.
                          20030725  G              Quad-C Partners VI,
                                                    L.P.
                       ...........  G              Max Gondon, Jr. and
                                                    Diana B. Gondon.
                       ...........  G              Walnut Investment
                                                    Corp. d/b/a
                                                    Acoustical Material
                                                    Services.
07-JUL-03............     20030731  G              Mercury Interactive
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Kintana, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Kintana, Inc.
                          20030732  G              Cortec Group Fund
                                                    III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Jeffrey R. Haines.
                       ...........  G              Royce Medical
                                                    Company.
                          20030738  G              TCV IV, L.P.
                       ...........  G              InPhonic, Inc.
                       ...........  G              InPhonic, Inc.
                          20030743  G              Kroll Inc.
                       ...........  G              Factual Data Corp.
                       ...........  G              Factual Data Corp.
                          20030744  G              B&C Privatstifung.
                       ...........  G              Semperit
                                                    Aktiengesellschaft
                                                    Holding.
                       ...........  G              Semperit
                                                    Aktiengesellschaft
                                                    Holding.
                          20030746  G              DLJ Merchant Banking
                                                    Partners III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Jostens, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Jostens, Inc.
                          20030748  G              American Securities
                                                    Partners III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Kirtland Capital
                                                    Partners III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Unifrax Corporation.
10-JUL-03............     20030576  G              Konica Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Minolta Co., Ltd.
                       ...........  G              Minolta Co., Ltd.
                          20030713  G              Warburg Pincus
                                                    Private Equity VIII,
                                                    L.P.
                       ...........  G              Odyssey Investment
                                                    Partners Fund, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Transdigm Holding
                                                    Company.
                          20030747  G              Picnal Limited.
                       ...........  G              CORNISH H E's
                                                    Settlement Trust.
                       ...........  G              LINPAC Group Limited.

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11-JUL-03............     20030729  G              Omnicare, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Sun Healthcare Group,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Sunscript Pharmacy
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              First Class Pharmacy,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              HoMed Convalescent
                                                    Equipment, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Advantage Health
                                                    Services, Inc.
                          20030772  G              Willis Stein &
                                                    Partners III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              TWC Virginia, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Baker & Taylor
                                                    Corporation.
14-JUL-03............     20030692  G              McCarthey Family,
                                                    LLC.
                       ...........  G              MediaNews Group, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Kearns-Tribune, LLC.
                          20030700  G              PeopleSoft, Inc.
                       ...........  G              J.D. Edwards &
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              J.D. Edwards &
                                                    Company.
                          20030741  G              Reed Elsevier PLC.
                       ...........  G              Applied Discovery,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Applied Discovery,
                                                    Inc.
                          20030742  G              Reed Elsevier NV.
                       ...........  G              Applied Discovery,
                                                    Inc.
                       ...........  G              Applied Discovery,
                                                    Inc.
                          20030755  G              Societe Generale S.A.
                       ...........  G              Robert M. Bass.
                       ...........  G              FEP Capital, L.P.
                          20030758  G              Inergy Propane, LLC.
                       ...........  G              Robert A. Pascal.
                       ...........  G              United Propane, Inc.
                          20030760  G              Cablevision Systems
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Cablevision Systems
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              The Independent Film
                                                    Channel LLC.
                       ...........  G              American Movie
                                                    Classics Company.
                          20030763  G              Marathon Fund Limited
                                                    Partnership IV.
                       ...........  G              The Elder-Beerman
                                                    Stores Corp.
                       ...........  G              The Elder-Beerman
                                                    Stores Corp.
                          20030764  G              Callaway Golf
                                                    Company.
                       ...........  G              SHC, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Top-Flite Golf
                                                    Company.
15-JUL-03............       200307  G              Cytec Industries Inc.
                       ...........  G              Avecia (Jersey)
                                                    Limited.
                       ...........  G              Avecia Inc.
                          20030770  G              Temasek Holdings
                                                    (Private) Limited.
                       ...........  G              Global Crossing Ltd.
                       ...........  G              Global Crossing Ltd.
                          20030779  G              Geac Computer
                                                    Corporation Limited.
                       ...........  G              Comshare,
                                                    Incorporated.
                       ...........  G              Comshare,
                                                    Incorporated.
                          20030788  G              Gas Natural SDG, S.A.
                       ...........  G              Enron Corp. (Debtor-
                                                    in-Possession).
                       ...........  G              Enron LNG Power
                                                    (Atlantic) Ltd.
                       ...........  G              Buenergia Gas &
                                                    Power, Ltd.
                       ...........  G              El Puerto Rico
                                                    Operations, Inc.
                       ...........  G              LNG Power III, L.L.C.
                       ...........  G              Enron Development
                                                    Corp.
16-JUL-03............     20030740  G              WebMD Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Advanced Business
                                                    Fulfillment, Inc.
                       ...........  G              Advanced Business
                                                    Fulfillment, Inc.
17-JUL-03............     20030719  G              Northrop Grumman
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              XonTech, Inc.
                       ...........  G              XonTech, Inc.
                          20030769  G              Dearborn Holdings
                                                    Corporation.
                       ...........  G              Exelon Corporation.
                       ...........  G              InfraSource
                                                    Incorporated.
                          20030773  G              Francisco Partners,
                                                    L.P.
                       ...........  G              Schlumberger Limited.
                       ...........  G              NPTest, Inc.
                          20030776  G              J.W. Childs Equity
                                                    Partners III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Murray's Inc.
                       ...........  G              Murray's Inc.
                          20030780  G              Three Cities Fund
                                                    III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              US Liquids Inc.
                       ...........  G              Romic Environmental
                                                    Technologies
                                                    Corporation.

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                       ...........  G              Parallel Products of
                                                    Kentucky, Inc.
                       ...........  G              US Liquids of La.,
                                                    L.P.
                       ...........  G              USL Parallel Products
                                                    of California.
18-JUL-03............     20030775  G              Olympus Growth Fund
                                                    III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              Orlando Foods, Ltd.
                       ...........  G              Orlando Foods, Ltd.
                          20030783  G              Wachovia Corporation.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource Inc.
                          20030784  G              Madison Dearborn
                                                    Capital Partners
                                                    III, L.P.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                          20030785  G              Farallon Capital
                                                    Institutional
                                                    Partners, L.P.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                          20030786  G              Farallon Capital
                                                    Partners, L.P.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                          20030787  G              Friedman Fleischer &
                                                    Lowe Capital
                                                    Partners, L.P.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                          20030790  G              Jason M. Fish.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                          20030791  G              John K. Delaney.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
                       ...........  G              CapitalSource, Inc.
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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 the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-19149 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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