[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 69 (Friday, April 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18908-18911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8089]


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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 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--02/23/2004
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20040346.............................  Ryder System, Inc......  Ruan Financial           Ruan Leasing Company.
                                                                 Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/24/2004
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20040482.............................  Citadel Broadcasting     Albert J. Kaneb........  KIX Broadcasting, Inc,
                                        Corporation.                                      KOOL Broadcasting,
                                                                                          Inc.
20040492.............................  Royal Bank of Scotland   People's Mutual          People's Bank.
                                        Group plc.               Holdings.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/25/2004
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20040472.............................  Weston Presidio Capital  HWH Capital Partners,    NBC Acquisition Corp.
                                        IV, L.P.                 L.P.
20040497.............................  Perseus Market           Workflow Management,     Workflow Management,
                                        Opportunity Fund, L.P.   Inc.                     Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/26/2004
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20040114.............................  Poydras Street           Miller Brands of         Pearce Beverage
                                        Investors L.L.C.         Phoenix, LLC.            Company, LLC.
20040431.............................  Anthem, Inc............  WellPoint Health         WellPoint Health
                                                                 Networks Inc.            Networks Inc.
20040432.............................  Leonard D. Schaeffer...  Anthem, Inc............  Anthem, Inc.
20040455.............................  Poydras Street           Zeb Pearce Companies...  Pearce Beverage
                                        Investors L.L.C.                                  Company, LLC.
20040489.............................  William A. Goldring....  Miller Brands of         Pearce Beverage
                                                                 Phoenix, LLC.            Company, LLC.
20040490.............................  William A. Goldring....  Zeb Pearce Companies...  Pearce Beverage
                                                                                          Company, LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/27/2004
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20040372.............................  Masonite International   The Stanley Works......  The Stanley Works.
                                        Corporation.
20040498.............................  ChoicePoint Inc........  iMapData.com, Inc......  iMapData.com, Inc.
20040510.............................  Boyd Gaming Corporation  Harrah's Entertainment,  Red River Entertainment
                                                                 Inc.                     of Shreveport
                                                                                          Partnership.
20040515.............................  GTCR Fund VIII, L.P....  Bonita Bay Holdings,     Prestige Brands
                                                                 Inc.                     International, Inc.
20040518.............................  Kennametal Inc.........  Conforma Clad Inc......  Conforma Clad Inc.

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20040521.............................  DaimlerChrysler AG.....  Mitsubishi Fuso Truck    Mitsubishi Fuso Truck
                                                                 and Bus Corporation.     and Bus Corporation.
20040522.............................  California Amplifier,    Vytek Corporation......  Vytek Corporation.
                                        Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/02/2004
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20040463.............................  Capital Environmental    Florida Recycling        Florida Recycling
                                        Resource Inc.            Services, Inc., an       Services, Inc., an
                                                                 Illinois corporation.    Illinois corporation.
20040483.............................  Connetics Corporation..  Fritz Gerber...........  Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
20040516.............................  Nexfor Inc.............  MeadWestvaco             Northwood Panelboard
                                                                 Corporation.             Company.
20040520.............................  Yucaipa Corporate        Piccadilly Cafeterias,   Piccadilly Cafeterias,
                                        Initiatives Fund I,      Inc.                     Inc.
                                        L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/04/2004
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20040466.............................  Lap Shun (John) Hui....  Gateway, Inc...........  Gateway, Inc.
20040467.............................  Gateway, Inc...........  Lap Shun (John) Hui....  EM Holdings, Inc.
20040502.............................  Dycom Industries, Inc..  The Berwind Company LLC  Prince Telecom
                                                                                          Holdings, Inc.
20040504.............................  Fenway Partners Capital  Castle Harlan Partners   American Achievement
                                        Fund II, L.P.            III, L.P.                Corporation.
20040507.............................  Mitsui & Co., Ltd......  Roger S. Penske........  United Auto Group, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/05/2004
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20040473.............................  JP Morgan Chase & Co...  Bank One Corporation...  Bank One Corporation.
20040524.............................  J.W. Childs Equity       RCS MediaGroup S.p.A...  Edera Inc., J A Apparel
                                        Partners III, L.P.                                Corp., Nashawena Mills
                                                                                          Corp., Riverside
                                                                                          Manufacturing Corp.
20040544.............................  MBNA Corporation.......  Sky Financial Group,     Sky Financial
                                                                 Inc.                     Solutions, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/08/2004
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20040491.............................  American International   El Paso Corporation....  Bonneville Pacific
                                        Group, Inc.                                       Corporation, Cambria
                                                                                          Clean Coal, LLC,
                                                                                          Dartmouth Power
                                                                                          Holding Company, LLC,
                                                                                          Vandolah Holding
                                                                                          Company, LLC.
20040513.............................  Swiss Reinsurance        Loews Corporation......  CNA International Life
                                        Company.                                          Corp., Continental
                                                                                          Assurance Company.
20040514.............................  I-trax, Inc............  Meridian Occupational    Meridian Occupational
                                                                 Healthcare Associates,   Healthcare Associates,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20040530.............................  Dow Jones & Company,     Wicks Communications &   VentureOne Corporation,
                                        Inc.                     Media Partners, L.P.     Wicks Business
                                                                                          Information, LLC.
20040532.............................  General Catalyst Group   Verizon Communications   BBNT Solutions LLC.
                                        III, L.P.                Inc.
20040535.............................  Port Blakely Tree Farms  President and Fellows    Rainier Mineral Company
                                        (Limited Partnership).   of Harvard College.      LLC, Rainier Timber
                                                                                          Company, LLC.
20040538.............................  GENESCO Inc............  Hat World Corporation..  Hat World Corporation.
20040541.............................  CIENA Corporation......  Catena Networks, Inc...  Catena Networks, Inc.
20040547.............................  Curative Health          Thoma Cressey Fund VII,  Critical Care Systems,
                                        Services, Inc.           L.P.                     Inc.
20040549.............................  Tekelec................  Taqua, Inc.............  Taqua, Inc.
20040555.............................  GTCR Fund VII, L.P.....  Fifth Third Bancorp....  Fifth Third Bank.
20040568.............................  KRG Capital Fund II,     FleetBoston Financial    Interior Specialists,
                                        L.P.                     Corporation.             Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/09/2004
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20040480.............................  Fidelity National        Willis Stein &           Aurum Technology Inc.
                                        Financial, Inc.          Partners, II, L.P.
20040481.............................  Willis Stein &           Fidelity National        Fidelity National
                                        Partners, II, L.P.       Financial, Inc.          Financial, Inc.
20040546.............................  Neurocrine Biosciences,  Wyeth..................  Wyeth Holdings
                                        Inc.                                              Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/10/2004
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20040551.............................  CIENA Corporation......  Sprout Capital IX, L.P.  Internet Photonics,
                                                                                          Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/11/2004
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20040495.............................  Rent-A-Center, Inc.....  Rainbow Rentals, Inc...  Rainbow Rentals, Inc.
20040536.............................  Merck & Co., Inc.......  Aton Pharma, Inc.......  Aton Pharma, Inc.
20040552.............................  Calpine Corporation....  Brazosvalley SP LP LLC.  Brazos Valley Energy
                                                                                          LP, Brazos Valley
                                                                                          Special Purpose GP
                                                                                          Ltd. Partnership,
                                                                                          Brazos Valley Special
                                                                                          Purpose LP Ltd.
                                                                                          Partnership, Brazos
                                                                                          Valley Technology LP.
20040554.............................  BlueScope Steel Limited  Butler Manufacturing     Butler Manufacturing
                                                                 Company.                 Company.
20040559.............................  Aurora Equity Partners   AK Steel Holding         Douglas Dynamics,
                                        II L.P.                  Corporation.             L.L.C.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/12/2004
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20040540.............................  Ariba, Inc.............  FreeMarkets, Inc.......  FreeMarkets, Inc.
20040567.............................  The Amex Membership      National Association of  American Stock
                                        Corporation.             Securities Dealers,      Exchange, LLC.
                                                                 Inc.
20040570.............................  Freedom Communications,  Freedom Communications,  Freedom Newspapers,
                                        Inc.                     Inc.                     Lima News.
20040583.............................  Global Private Equity    Long Term Holdings, Inc  Long Term Holdings,
                                        IV, LP.                                           Inc.
20040595.............................  Adelphia Business        Adelphia Communications  ACC Telecommunications,
                                        Solutions, Inc. dba      Corporation (debtor in   LLC, ACC
                                        TelCove.                 possession).             Telecommunications of
                                                                                          Virginia, LLC,
                                                                                          Adelphia Cable
                                                                                          Partners, L.P.,
                                                                                          Adelphia Cablevision,
                                                                                          LLC, Adelphia
                                                                                          Cablevision of New
                                                                                          York, Inc., Adelphia
                                                                                          Cablevision of West
                                                                                          Palm Beach IV, LLC,
                                                                                          Adelphia California
                                                                                          Cablevision, LLC,
                                                                                          Adelphia Central
                                                                                          Pennsylvania, LLC,
                                                                                          Better TV, Inc. of
                                                                                          Bennington, Chelsea
                                                                                          Communications, LLC,
                                                                                          FrontierVision Access
                                                                                          Partners, LLC, Lake
                                                                                          Champlain Cable
                                                                                          Television
                                                                                          Corporation, Mountain
                                                                                          Cable Company, LP,
                                                                                          Multi-Channel TV Cable
                                                                                          Company; Grand Island
                                                                                          Cable, Inc., Scranton
                                                                                          Cablevision, Inc.,
                                                                                          Southeast Florida
                                                                                          Cable, Inc., Telesat
                                                                                          Acquisition, LLC, UCA,
                                                                                          LLC, Young's Cable TV
                                                                                          Corporation.
20040596.............................  Group 1 Automotive, Inc  Mr. Charles G. Peterson  FLT, Inc., Folsom Lake
                                                                                          Used Car Outlet, Inc.,
                                                                                          Rancho Imports, RMH,
                                                                                          LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/16/2004
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20040500.............................  Gerald W. Schwartz.....  General Electric         LAC Holding Corp.
                                                                 Company.
20040501.............................  Juniper Networks, Inc..  NetScreen Technologies,  NetScreen Technologies,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20040537.............................  Hewlett-Packard Company  Novadigm, Inc..........  Novadigm, Inc.
20040542.............................  Fisher Scientific        Dr. Stephen A. Scaringe  Dharmacon, Inc.
                                        International Inc.
20040594.............................  Thomas Weisel Capital    Trover Solutions, Inc..  Trover Solutions, Inc.
                                        Partners, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/17/2004
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20040586.............................  Boyd Gaming Corporation  Coast Casinos, Inc.....  Coast Casinos, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/18/2004
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20040572.............................  Cytyc Corporation......  Novacept...............  Novacept.
20040573.............................  DigitalNet Holdings,     Yong K. Kim............  User Technology
                                        Inc.                                              Associates, Inc.
20040577.............................  CapitalSource, Inc.....  Security Leasing         Security Leasing
                                                                 Partners, L.P.           Partners, L.P.
20040584.............................  Michael J. Gaughan.....  Boyd Gaming Corporation  Boyd Gaming
                                                                                          Corporation.
20040585.............................  Franklin Toti..........  Boyd Gaming Corporation  Boyd Gaming
                                                                                          Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/19/2004
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20040519.............................  Cable Design             Belden, Inc............  Belden Inc.
                                        Technologies
                                        Corporation.
20040576.............................  Charles W. Ergen.......  Gemstar-TV Guide         SpaceCom Systems, Inc.,
                                                                 International, Inc.      Superstar/Netlink
                                                                                          Group LLC, Telluride
                                                                                          Cablevision, Inc.,
                                                                                          United Video TV, Inc.,
                                                                                          UV Corp., UVTV-A,
                                                                                          Inc., UVTV-X, Inc.
20040587.............................  PP Acquisition           Golder, Thoma Cressey    Polypore, Inc.
                                        Corporation.             Fund III, L.P.
20040593.............................  Lightbridge, Inc.......  InfoSpace, Inc.........  Authorize.Net
                                                                                          Corporation.
20040598.............................  Temasek Holdings         ChipPAC, Inc...........  ChipPAC, Inc.
                                        (Private) Limited.
20040599.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   ConocoPhillips.........  ConocoPhillips Company.
                                        Equity VIII, L.P.
20040600.............................  Robin J. Hardie........  Freedom Communications,  Freedom Communications,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20040601.............................  KKR Millennium Fund LP.  UniSource Energy         UniSource Energy
                                                                 Corporation.             Corporation.
20040606.............................  Fidelity National        Fidelity National        Hansen Quality, LLC.
                                        Financial, Inc.          Financial, Inc.
20040607.............................  Thomas H. Lee Equity     The Nu-Gro Corporation.  The Nu-Gro Corporation.
                                        Fund IV, L.P.
20040617.............................  MemberWorks              Lavalife Inc...........  Lavalife Inc.
                                        Incorporated.
20040619.............................  Ask Jeeves, Inc........  Interactive Search       Interactive Search
                                                                 Holdings, Inc.           Holdings, Inc.
20040622.............................  Threshie Limited         Freedom Communications,  Freedom Communications,
                                        Partnership.             Inc.                     Inc.
20040623.............................  Sun Microsystems, Inc..  Andreas Bechtolsheim...  Kealia, Inc.

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20040624.............................  NdTV Holdings, LLC.....  Vivendi Universal, S.A.  NWI Cable, Inc., NWI
                                                                                          Direct, Inc., NWI
                                                                                          Network, Inc., NWI
                                                                                          Television, Inc., NWI
                                                                                          Vision, Inc.,
                                                                                          Universal Television
                                                                                          Network.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/22/2004
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20040566.............................  Yell Group PLC.........  Roberta Feist..........  Feist Publications,
                                                                                          Inc.
20040581.............................  KKR Millennium Fund L.P  Sealy Corporation......  Sealy Corporation.
20040588.............................  American Capital         Sentinel Capital         Cottman Transmission
                                        Strategies, Ltd.         Partners II, L.P.        Systems, LLC.
20040603.............................  Atlantic Equity          Genstar Capital, ULC...  Prestolite Electric
                                        Partners III, L.P.                                Holding, Inc.
20040615.............................  Koch Industries, Inc...  Georgia-Pacific          Brunswick Pulp & Paper
                                                                 Corporation.             Company, Scott Timber
                                                                                          Company, Georgia-
                                                                                          Pacific Asia (Hong
                                                                                          Kong), Georgia-Pacific
                                                                                          GmbH, Leaf River
                                                                                          Forest Products, Inc.,
                                                                                          LRC Timber, Inc., Old
                                                                                          Agusta Railroad
                                                                                          Company.
20040618.............................  CGI Group Inc..........  American Management      American Management
                                                                 Systems, Incorporated.   Systems, Incorporated.
20040626.............................  C/R BPL Investment       Glenmoor, Ltd..........  Glenmoor, Ltd.
                                        Partnership II, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/23/2004
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20040627.............................  International Business   Trigo Technologies, Inc  Trigo Technologies,
                                        Machines Corp.                                    Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/24/2004
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20040582.............................  Gryphon Partners II,     Jack C. Priegel........  Autotronic Controls
                                        L.P.                                              Corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/26/2004
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20040448.............................  Dental Service of        MOA Investments, LLC...  Doral Dental USA, LLC.
                                        Massachusetts, Inc.
20040561.............................  Mayne Group Limited....  AAIPharma Inc..........  aaiPharma LLC and AAI
                                                                                          Properties, Inc.
20040602.............................  Heroux-Devtek Inc......  Guinn Dale Crousen.....  Progressive
                                                                                          Incorporated,
                                                                                          Promilling, L.P.
20040625.............................  Duke Energy Corporation  ConocoPhillips.........  ConocoPhillips Company.
20040644.............................  Intersil Corporation...  Xicor, Inc.............  Xicor, 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 of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-8089 Filed 4-8-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M