[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50148-50150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21292]


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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 transaction 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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                  Transaction Granted Early Termination
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                                               ET REQ
            ET date              Trans Num     Status      Party Name
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07-AUG-03.....................     20030813  G          Liberty Media
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Comcast
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          QVC, Inc.
                                   20030814  G          Richard B. Cohen
                                ...........  G          Fleming
                                                         Companies, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Fleming
                                                         Transportation
                                                         Service, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Fleming Foods of
                                                         Texas L.P.
                                ...........  G          Fleming Foods
                                                         Management Co.,
                                                         L.L.C.
                                ...........  G          RFS Marketing
                                                         Services, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Piggly Wiggly
                                                         Company
                                ...........  G          Fleming
                                                         International
                                                         Ltd.
                                   20030825  G          Boralex Power
                                                         Income Fund
                                ...........  G          Black Hills
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Northern
                                                         Electric Power
                                                         Co., L.P.
                                ...........  G          South Glens
                                                         Falls Limited
                                                         Partnership
                                   20030826  G          Boralex Power
                                                         Income Fund
                                ...........  G          William Rockford
                                ...........  G          Northern
                                                         Electric Power
                                                         Co., L.P.
                                ...........  G          South Glens
                                                         Falls Limited
                                                         Partnership
08-AUG-03.....................     20030754  G          The Black &
                                                         Decker
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Masco
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Weiser Lock
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Baldwin Hardware
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Baldwin Hardware
                                                         Service, LLC
29-JUL-03.....................     20030647  G          Grupo TMM, S.A.
                                ...........  G          Kansas City
                                                         Southern
                                ...........  G          Kansas City
                                                         Southern
                                   20030806  G          Cooperative De
                                                         Serguros
                                                         Mutiples De
                                                         Puerto Rico
                                ...........  G          Royal & Sun
                                                         Alliance
                                                         Insurance Group
                                                         plc
                                ...........  G          Royal & Sun
                                                         Alliance
                                                         Insurance
                                                         (Puerto Rico),
                                                         Inc.
                                   20030815  G          Sandler Capital
                                                         Partners V,
                                                         L.P.
                                ...........  G          Paul G. Allen
                                ...........  G          Charter
                                                         Communications,
                                                         L.P.
30-JUL-03.....................     20030762  G          J.W. Childs
                                                         Equity Partners
                                                         II, L.P.
                                ...........  G          Keith E.
                                                         Loiselle
                                ...........  G          CDL Medical
                                                         Technologies,
                                                         Inc.
                                   20030794  G          Florida Rock
                                                         Industries,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Lafarge S.A.
                                ...........  G          Lafarge Florida
                                                         Inc.
                                   20030811  G          Cadence Design
                                                         Systems, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Verplex Systems,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Verplex Systems,
                                                         Inc.
31-JUL-03.....................     20030767  G          Select Medical
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          The Henry H.
                                                         Kessler
                                                         Foundation,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Kessler
                                                         Rehabilitation
                                                         Corporation
                                   20030778  G          Nabi
                                                         Biopharmaceutic
                                                         als
                                ...........  G          Braintree
                                                         Holdings
                                ...........  G          Braintree
                                                         Laboratories,
                                                         Inc.
06-AUG-03.....................     20030789  G          IDEC
                                                         Pharmaceuticals
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Biogen, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Biogen, Inc.
                                   20030808  G          WellPoint Health
                                                         Networks Inc.
                                ...........  G          Wisconsin United
                                                         for Health
                                                         Foundation,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Cobalt
                                                         Corporation
                                   20030810  G          Dean Foods
                                                         Company
                                ...........  G          Horizon Organic
                                                         Holding
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Horizon Organic
                                                         Holding
                                                         Corporation
24-JUL-03.....................     20030774  G          ING Furman Selz
                                                         Investors III
                                                         L.P.
                                ...........  G          Wabash National
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Apex Trailer
                                                         Leasing &
                                                         Rentals, L.P.
                                ...........  G          Wabash National
                                                         Trailer
                                                         Centers, Inc.
                                   20030777  G          Code, Hennesy &
                                                         Simmons IV.
                                                         L.P.
                                ...........  G          Churchill ESOP
                                                         Capital
                                                         Investments
                                                         Partners
                                ...........  G          Jones Stephens
                                                         Corp.
                                   20030797  G          ASP Westward
                                                         Partners, L.P.
                                ...........  G          NiSource Inc.
                                ...........  G          Primary Energy,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Cokenergy, LLC
                                ...........  G          Lakeside Energy,
                                                         LLC
                                ...........  G          North Lake
                                                         Energy, LLC

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                                ...........  G          Portside Energy,
                                                         LLC
                                ...........  G          Ironside Energy,
                                                         LLC
                                ...........  G          Harbor Coal LLC
25-JUL-03.....................     20030674  G          Siemens AG
                                ...........  G          ALSTOM
                                ...........  G          ALSTOM
                                   20030805  G          Arsenal Capital
                                                         Partners
                                                         Qualified
                                                         Purchaser Fund
                                                         LP
                                ...........  G          Wyeth
                                ...........  G          Scientific
                                                         Protein
                                                         Laboratories,
                                                         Inc.
                                   20030807  G          Morgan Stanley
                                                         Dean Witter
                                                         Capital
                                                         Partners IV,
                                                         L.P.
                                ...........  G          NiSource Inc.
                                ...........  G          Columbia Energy
                                                         Resources, Inc.
                                   20030812  G          El Chico Holding
                                                         Company, L.P.
                                ...........  G          J.W. Childs
                                                         Equity
                                                         Partners, L.P.
                                ...........  G          Chevys, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Rio Bravo
                                                         Acquisitions,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Chevys New York,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Chevys of
                                                         Parsippany,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Chevys of
                                                         Greenbelt, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Katmandu
                                                         Creations, Inc.
28-JUL-03.....................     20030745  G          General Dynamics
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Veridian
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Veridian
                                                         Corporation
21-JUL-03.....................     20030648  G          Deutsche Post AG
                                ...........  G          Airborne, Inc.
                                ...........  G          Airborne, Inc.
                                   20030727  G          Alcatel
                                ...........  G          Avanex
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Avanex
                                                         Corporation
                                   20030736  G          Avanex
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Corning
                                                         Incorporated
                                ...........  G          Corning
                                                         Incorporated
                                   20030737  G          Corning
                                                         Incorporated
                                ...........  G          Avanex
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Avanex
                                                         Corporation
                                   20030782  G          JLG Industries,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Textron Inc.
                                ...........  G          TRAK
                                                         International,
                                                         Inc.
                                   20030793  G          Austin Ventures
                                                         VIII, L.P.
                                ...........  G          Staktek
                                                         Corporation
                                ...........  G          Staktek
                                                         Corporation
22-JUL-03.....................     20030733  G          Zimmer Holdings,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Centerpulse Ltd.
                                ...........  G          Centerpulse Ltd.
                                   20030766  G          Cash America
                                                         International,
                                                         Inc.
                                ...........  G          Lee Schear
                                ...........  G          Cashland, Inc.
                                   20030799  G          Timothy N.
                                                         Poster
                                ...........  G          Kirk Kerkorian
                                ...........  G          GNLV, Corp.
                                ...........  G          GNL, Corp.
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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.

Shira Pavis Minton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-21292 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M