[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 3640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1042]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 U.S. Antitrust Division


Federal Register Notice; United States v. Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. 
and Rinker Group Limited; Proposed Modification of the Modified Final 
Judgment

    Take notice that a Joint Motion to Establish Notice and Comment 
Procedures and to Modify the Modified Final Judgment, a Memorandum of 
Plaintiff United States in Support of Joint Motion to Establish Notice 
and Comment Procedures and to Modify the Modified Final Judgment have 
been filed, and a proposed Order to Establish Notice and Comment 
Procedures for the Modification of the Modified Final Judgment has been 
entered, in the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia in United States v. Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. and Rinker Group 
Limited, Civil No. 1:07-cv-00640. On April 4, 2007, the United States 
filed a Complaint (and an Amended Complaint on May 2, 2007) alleging 
that Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V.'s (``Cemex'') proposed acquisition of Rinker 
Group Limited (``Rinker'') would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 
15 U.S.C. 18, by substantially lessening competition in the production 
and distribution of ready mix concrete in the metropolitan areas of 
Fort Walton Beach/Panama City/Pensacola, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa/
St. Petersburg, Fort Myers/Naples, Florida, and the metropolitan areas 
of Flagstaff and Tucson, Arizona. In addition, the acquisition would 
have substantially lessened competition in the production and 
distribution of concrete block in metropolitan Tampa/St. Petersburg and 
Fort Myers/Naples, Florida. Finally, the acquisition would have 
substantially lessened competition in the production and distribution 
of aggregate in metropolitan Tucson, Arizona.
    The Modified Final Judgment, entered on November 28, 2007, required 
Cemex to divest 39 ready mix concrete, concrete block, and aggregate 
plants that served metropolitan areas in Florida and Arizona, including 
the Orlando, Florida area. On November 30, 2007, Cemex divested these 
assets to CRH plc (``CRH''). The current proposed modification would 
allow Cemex to reacquire Rinker's Kennedy ready mix concrete plant, 
located at 1406 Atlanta Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32806, which was one 
of the plants divested to CRH. Cemex's reacquisition of the Kennedy 
plant is conditioned on CRH's acquisition of Cemex's own plant in 
Orlando, which is located only one-half mile away from the Kennedy 
plant.
    Copies of the Joint Motion to Establish Notice and Comment 
Procedures and to Modify the Modified Final Judgment, the Memorandum of 
Plaintiff United States in Support of Joint Motion to Establish Notice 
and Comment Procedures and to Modify the Modified Final Judgment, and 
the proposed Order to Establish Notice and Comment Procedures for the 
Modification of the Modified Final Judgment, and all other papers filed 
with the Court in connection with the motion are available for 
inspection at the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Antitrust 
Documents Group, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Suite 1010, Washington, DC 
20530 (202-514-2481), on the Department of Justice Web site (http://www.usdoj.gov/atr), and at the Office of the Clerk of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia.
    Interested persons may address comments to Maribeth Petrizzi, 
Chief, Litigation II, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 
City Center Building, 1401 H Street, NW., Suite 3000, Washington, DC 
20530 (202-307-0924), within 30 days of the date of this notice.

Patricia Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations.
 [FR Doc. E9-1042 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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