[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52398-52400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22412]


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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.

                                      Transaction Granted Early Termination
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                                                     ET req
                   Party name                        status      Trans No.                 ET date
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Invitrogen Corporation..........................            G      20030795  11-Aug-03
Dr. Richard P. Haugland and Dr. Rosaria Haugland            G   ...........  ...................................
Molecular Probes, Inc...........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II L.P........            G      20030833  ...................................
J.W. Childs Equity Partners II, L.P.............            G   ...........  ...................................
Meow Mix Holdings, Inc..........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Alliance Data Systems Corporation...............            G      20030847  ...................................
Stage Stores, Inc...............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Stage Stores, Inc...............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Cumberland Farms, Inc...........................            G      20030697  12-Aug-03
ConocoPhillips Corp.............................            G   ...........  ...................................
ConocoPhillips Corp.............................            G   ...........  ...................................
American International Group, Inc...............            G      20030824  ...................................
General Electric Company........................            G   ...........  ...................................
GE Property & Casualty Insurance Company........            G   ...........  ...................................
Crown Finance Foundation........................            G      20030844  ...................................
StoryFirst Communications, Inc..................            G   ...........  ...................................
StoryFirst Communications, Inc..................            G   ...........  ...................................
Whitney V, L.P..................................            G      20030855  ...................................
Matt J. Wollman.................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Interactive Health LLC..........................            G   ...........  ...................................
BASF Aktiengesellschaft.........................            G      20030846  13-Aug-03
Mine Safety Appliances Company..................            G   ...........  ...................................
Mine Safety Appliances Company..................            G   ...........  ...................................
nVIDIA Corporation..............................            G      20030828  15-Aug-03
MediaQ, Inc.....................................            G   ...........  ...................................
MediaQ, Inc.....................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Cisco Systems, Inc..............................            G      20030849  ...................................
Andiamo Systems, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Andiamo Systems, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Dex Holdings LLC................................            G      20030869  ...................................
Qwest Communications International Inc..........            G   ...........  ...................................
SGN LLC.........................................            G   ...........  ...................................
GPP LLC.........................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Thoma Cressey Fund VII, LP......................            G      20030831  18-Aug-03
Kings Holdings, LLC.............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Daticon, Inc....................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Abbott Laboratories.............................            G      20030832  ...................................
Mr. Christopher P. Baker........................            G   ...........  ...................................
ZonePerfect Nutrition Company...................            G   ...........  ...................................
Associated Materials Holdings, Inc..............            G      20030848  ...................................
Gentek Holdings, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Gentek Holdings, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P..........            G      20030853  ...................................
Nestle S.A......................................            G   ...........  ...................................

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Nestle Prepared Foods Company...................            G   ...........  ...................................
Phelps Dodge Corporation........................            G      20030850  19-Aug-03
Phelps Dodge Corporation........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Chino Mines Company.............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Intelsat Ltd....................................            G      20030852  ...................................
Loral Space & Communications Ltd................            G   ...........  ...................................
Loral Space & Communications Corporation                    G   ...........  ...................................
 (``LSCC'').
Loral Satellite, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Loral SpaceCom Corporation......................            G   ...........  ...................................
Chico's FAS, Inc................................            G      20030859  ...................................
The White House, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
The White House, Inc............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Fidelity National Financial, Inc................            G      20030863  ...................................
WebTone Technologies, Inc.......................            G   ...........  ...................................
WebTone Technologies, Inc.......................            G   ...........  ...................................
Fox Paine Capital Fund II, L.P..................            G      20030876  ...................................
Alfonso Romo Garza..............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Seminis, Inc....................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Globespan Virata, Inc...........................            G      20030820  20-Aug-03
Intersil Corporation............................            G   ...........  ...................................
SICOM, Inc......................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Choice-Intersil Microsystems, Inc...............            G   ...........  ...................................
Intersil B.V. and No Wires Needed...............            G   ...........  ...................................
Intersil Corporation............................            G      20030827  ...................................
Globespan Virata, Inc...........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Globespan Virata, Inc...........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Morgenthaler Partners, VII, L.P.................            G      20030857  ...................................
Tomkins plc.....................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Gates Formed Fibre LLC..........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Trelleborg AB...................................            G      20030839  21-Aug-03
Smiths Group plc................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Smiths Polymer Sealing Solutions................            G   ...........  ...................................
Citigroup Inc...................................            G      20030821  22-Aug-03
Sears, Roebuck and Co...........................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Life Insurance Company....................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Financial Holding Corporation.............            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc...............            G   ...........  ...................................
SRFG, Inc.......................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Brands LLC................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Intellectual Property Management Company..            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc....            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Insurance Services of Alabama, LLC........            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Insurance Agency, Inc.....................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Insurance Services, LLC...................            G   ...........  ...................................
SLRR, Inc.......................................            G   ...........  ...................................
SVFT, Inc.......................................            G   ...........  ...................................
SMTB, Inc.......................................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears Life Holding Corporation..................            G   ...........  ...................................
Sears National Bank.............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Bain Capital Fund VII, L.P......................            G      20030838  ...................................
Allan R. Dragone, Jr............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Graphic Communications Holdings, Inc............            G   ...........  ...................................
Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund A..........            G      20030841  ...................................
KASP Management, L.P............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking Newark, L.L.C.........            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking Riteway, LLC..........            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking New Jersey, LLC.......            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking Hartford, L.L.C.......            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking O'Hare, L.L.C.........            G   ...........  ...................................
Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund B..........            G      20030842  ...................................
KASP Management, L.P............................            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking Newark, L.L.C.........            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking Riteway, LLC..........            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking New Jersey, LLC.......            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking Hartford, L.L.C.......            G   ...........  ...................................
Airport Satellite Parking O'Hare, L.L.C.........            G   ...........  ...................................
Smithfield Foods, Inc...........................            G      20030854  ...................................
Cumberland Gap Provision Company................            G   ...........  ...................................
Cumberland Gap Provision Company................            G   ...........  ...................................
General Dynamics Corporation....................            G      20030862  ...................................
Datron Inc......................................            G   ...........  ...................................

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Intercontinental Manufacturing Company..........            G   ...........  ...................................
Exelon Corporation..............................            G      20030877  ...................................
Exelon Corporation..............................            G      20030877  22-Aug-03
National Energy Development, Inc................            G   ...........  ...................................
Exelon Corporation..............................            G      20030883  ...................................
Equilease Holding Corp..........................            G   ...........  ...................................
National Energy Development, Inc................            G   ...........  ...................................
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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. 03-22412 Filed 9-2-03; 8:45 am]
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