[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]
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