Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: December 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 240)]

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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.

Trans Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/03/2003

20040009........... Barry Diller.... Hotwire, Inc.... Barry Diller. Hotwire, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/04/2003

20040050........... Triad Hospitals, Tenet Healthcare Central Inc.

Corporation. Arkansas Hospital, Inc. Central Care, Inc. Dedicated Health PHO, Inc. Garland Managed Care Organization, Inc. Jonesboro Health Services, L.L.C. National Park Medical Center, Inc. NPMC Healthcenter-- Physician Services, Inc. StarCare of Jonesboro, Inc. St. Mary's Medical Group, Inc. St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Inc. Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Tenet HealthSystem medical, Inc. Triad Hospitals, Inc. 20040054........... American

Alcoa, Inc...... Advanced Industrial

Technology and Partners

Equipment, Capital Fund

Inc. III, L.P. Alcoa, Inc. American Industrial Partners Capital Fund III, L.P. Stolle Machiner, Inc. 20040055........... Littlejohn Fund General Electric General III, LP.

Company.

Electric Canada, Inc. General Electric Company. General Electric Plastics France (SNC). General Electric South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd. GEP Italia SRL. GE Plastics Hong Kong Ltd. GE Plastics Ltd. GE Polymerland Korea Ltd. GEP South America LTDA. GE Superabrasives Europe GmbH. GE Superabrasives , Inc. GE Surperabrasive s US, Inc. Littlejohn Fund II, LP. 20040060........... U.S. Commercial Good Guys, Inc.. Good Guys, Inc. Corp., S.A. de C.V. U.S. Commercial Corp., S.A. de C.V. 20040064........... Peter M. Brant.. Enron Corp. Enron Corp. (Debtor-in- (Debtor-in- Possession). Possession). Papiers Stadacona Ltee. Peter M. Brant. St. Aurelie Timberlands, Co., Ltd. 20040066........... Gryphon Partners The Great

Gryphon II, L.P.

Atlantic &

Partners II, Pacific Tea L.P. Company, Inc. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. 20040069........... CCG Investments Concertro

CCG Investments (BVI), L.P. Software, Inc.. (BVI), L.P.

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Concertro Software, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/07/2003

20040023........... Schlumberger Atos Origin SA.. Atos Origin SA. Limited. Schlumberger Limited. 20040041........... Allergan, Inc... Oculex

Allergan, Inc. Pharmaceuticals , Inc. Oculex Pharmaceutical s, Inc. 20040059........... The BISYS Group, Richard P. Love, Richard P. Inc.

Jr.

Love, Jr. The BISYS Group, Inc. USA Insuracne Group, Inc. 20040067........... ValueClick, Inc. Commission

Commission Junction, Inc. Junction, Inc. Value Click, Inc. 20040079........... The TJX

Bob's Stores, Bob's H.C., Inc Companies, Inc. Inc. Bob's Inc. Bob's Non- Connecticut Operating Co. Bob's Stores Center, Inc. Bob's Stores, Inc. The TJX Companies, Inc. 20040082........... Apollo

ConAgra Foods, 2326396 Canada, Investment Fund Inc.

Inc. V, L.P. Apollo Investment Fund V. ConAgra Foods, Inc. United Agri Products Canada Inc. United Agri Products, Inc. 20040084........... Apollo

UAP Holding Corp Apollo Investment Fund

Investment V, L.P.

Fund V, L.P. UAP Holding Corp. 20040085........... Macromedia, Inc. eHelp

eHelp Corporation. Corporation. Macromedia, Inc. 20040090........... Lions Gate

Audax

Audax Entertainment Enterainment, Entertainment, Corp.

L.P.

L.P. Film Holdings Co. Lions Gate Enterainment Corp.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/10/2003

20040068........... Sabre Holdings My Travel Group My Travel Group Corporation. plc.

plc. Sabre Holdings Corporation. Travel Services International, Inc. TTC Holdings, Inc. World Choice Travel, Inc. 20040071........... The Goldman Cogentrix

Congentrix Sachs Group, Energy, Inc. Energy, Inc. Inc. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 20040091........... Avaya Inc....... NorthWestern Avaya Inc. Corporation. Expanets, Inc. NorthWestern Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/13/2003

20040058........... Merit Partners, Royal Dutch Merit Partners, L.P.

Petroleum

L.P. Company. Midstream Capital Corp. Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. Shell Michigan Pipeline Company. Shell Onshore Ventures Inc. SWEPI LP. 20040061........... National Leisure MyTravel Group Blue Sea Group, Inc. plc.

Partners, Inc. MyTravel Group plc. National Leisure Group, Inc. 20040074........... Digital Insight Magnet

Digital Insight Corporation. Communications, Corporation. Inc. Magnet Communications , Inc. 20040075........... Manulife

John Hancock John Hancock Financial

Financial

Financial Corporation. Services, Inc. Services, Inc. Manulife Financial Corporation. 20040089........... Clipper Group Lasco Shipping Clipper Group Trust.

Co.

Trust. Lasco Shipping Co. 20040095........... Jeld-Wen

Windowmaster Jeld-Wen Holdings, Inc. Products.

Holdings, Inc. Windowmaster Products.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/17/2003

20040015........... Vestar Capital Terrance Johnson Mayer-Johnson, Partners IV,

Inc. L.P. Terrance Johnson. Vestar Capital Partners IV, L.P. 20040053........... dj Orthopedics, OrthoLogic Corp. dj Orthopedics, Inc.

Inc. OrthoLogic Corp. 20040062........... aaiPharma Inc... Elan Corporation aaiPharma Inc. plc.

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Elan Corporation plc. Elan Pharmaceutical s, Inc. 20040100........... O. Bruton Smith. Michele F. Salta CL Motors, LLC. CTM, LLC. Michele F. Salta O. Bruton Smith. 20040102........... MetLife, Inc.... Allianz

Allianz Aktiengesellsch Aktiengesellsc aft.

haft. Allianz Life Insurance company of North America. MetLife, Inc. 20040106........... Veeco

Lauren D. Lackey Advanced Instruments Inc. and Barbara Imaging, Inc. Lackey. Lauren D. Lackey and Barbara Lackey. Veeco Instruments Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/18/2003

20040110........... Scottish Re General Electric ERC Life Group Limited. Company.

Reinsurance Corporation. General Electric Company. Scottish Re Group Limited.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/20/2003

20040087........... Apollo

Royal Numico, Apollo Investment Fund N.V.

Investment V, L.P.

Fund V, L.P. General Nutrition Companies, Inc. GNC Franchising Canada, Ltd. GNC Franchising Nutrition Commpanies, Inc. Royal Numico, N.V. 20040108........... Estate of Burk Heritage Fund I, Estate of Burk Zanft, c/o

L.P.

Zanft, c/o Deutsche Bank.

Deutsche Bank. Heritage Fund I, L.P. New England Pottery Co., Inc. 20040109........... Wellspring

Walter

JW Aluminum Capital

Industries, Inc. Company. Partners III, L.P. Walter Industries, Inc. Wellspring Capital Partners III, L.P. 20040115........... Quovadx, Inc.... Rogue Wave

Quovadx, Inc. Software, Inc. Rogue Wave Software, Inc. 20040118........... Dycom

Willian T.

Dycom Industries, Inc. Stover.

Industries, Inc. First South Utility Construction, Inc. William T. Stover.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/24/2003

200440072.......... Marquette

KBK Capital KBK Capital Financial

Corporation. Corporation. Companies. Marquette Financial Companies. 20040093........... Lehman Brothers Hunter Fan

Hunter Fan Holdings Inc. Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 20040135........... Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Chemical

Chemical

Chemical Corporation. Corporation. Corporation. Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/25/2003

20031016........... Symantec

PowerQuest

PowerQuest Corporation. Corporation. Corporation. Symantec Corporation. 20040107........... drugstore.com, lan and Louise drugstore.com, Inc.

Mummery.

Inc. lan and Louise Mummery. International Vision Direct Corp. 20040121........... TA IX L.P....... Logistics

Logistics Health, Inc. Health, Inc. TA IX L.P. 20040123........... Ephesos

Sirona Dental Ephesos Vermogensverwal Systems S.a.r.l. Vermogensverwa tung GmbH.

ltung GmbH. SIRONA Beteilligungs- -und Verwaltungsges ellschaft. Sirona Dental Systems S.a.r.l. 20040125........... J.W. Childs John T. Walton.. John T. Walton. Equity Partners III, L.P. J.W. Childs Equity Partners III, LP. Xyron, Inc. 20040127........... Liz Claiborne, Cerberus SBI Cerberus SBI Inc.

Investor L.P. Investor L.P. Enyce Holding LLC Liz Claiborne, Inc. 20040129........... Maple Leaf Foods Smithfield

Maple Leaf Inc.

Foods, Inc. Foods Inc. Smithfield Canada Limited. Smithfield Foods, Inc. 20040134........... Heritage Propane LaGrange Energy, ETC Oasis GP, Partners, L.P. L.P.

LLC. Five Dawaco, Inc.

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Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. LA GP, LLC. La Grange Acquisition, L.P. La Grange Energy, L.P. LGM, LLC. LG PL, LLC. 20040138........... Siegwerk GmbH & Color Converting Color Co. KG.

Industries Co. Converting Industries Co. Color Converting, LLC. Siegwerk GmbH & Co. KG. 20040145........... Orbitz, Inc..... Orbitz, LLC..... Orbitz, Inc. Orbitz, LLC. 20040147........... Sun

Waveset

Sun Microsystems, Technologies, Microsystems, Inc.

Inc.

Inc. Waveset Technologies, Inc. 20040150........... Lawrence F. Fox & Roach/ Fox & Roach/ Flick, IV.

Trident, G.P. Trident, G.P. Lawrence F. Flick, IV. 20040154........... Littlejohn Fund LTS Holdings, Littlejohn Fund II, L.P.

Inc.

II, L.P. LTS Holdings, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/28/2003

2004076............ L-3

The Veritas L-3 Communications Capital Fund Communications Holdings, Inc. L.P.

Holdings, Inc. The Veritas Capital Fund L.P. Vertex Aerospace LLC. 2004081............ Computershare Geogeson

Computershare Limited.

Shareholder Limited. Coimmunications , Inc. Geogeson Shareholder Communications Inc. 20040101........... KAT Holdings, General Electric Atrium L.P.

Company.

Corporation. General Electric Company. KAT Holdings, L.P. 20040119........... Reliant

Abbott

Abbott Pharmaceuticals Laboratories. Laboratories. , LLC. Reliant Pharmaceutical s, LLC. 20040130........... The Home Depot, RMA Home

RMA Home Inc.

Services, Inc. Services, Inc. The Home Depot, Inc. 20040131........... Bain Capital Bombardier Inc.. Bain Capital Fund VII, L.P.

Fund VII, L.P. Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Motor Corporation of America. 20040132........... Ralcorp

Wind Point

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. Partners III, Holdings, Inc. L.P. Value Added Bakery Holding Company. Wind Point Partners III, L.P. 20040133........... Unilin Holding Fritz Homann.... Fritz Homann. N.V. Homanit USA, Inc. Unilin Holding N.V. 20040136........... Rural Cellular AT&T Wireless ABC Wireless, Corporation. Services, Inc. LLC AirCom PCS, Inc. AMT Cellular, LLC AT&T Wireless PCS, LLC. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Comet Wireless, Inc. QuinCom, Inc. Rural Cellular Corporation. Tritel A/B Holding Corp. Tritel C/F Holding Corp. 20040137........... AT&T Wireless Rural Cellular AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. Corporation. Services, Inc. RCC Holdings, Inc. RCC Minnesota, Inc. Rural Cellular Corporation. 20040142........... BB&T Corporation McGriff, Seibels BB&T & Williams, Inc. Corporation. McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc. 20040151........... Aetna Inc....... Frederick H. Aetna Inc. Chicos. Chickering Benefit Planning Insurance Agency, Inc. Chickering Claims Administrators , Inc. Frederick H. Chicos. 20040155........... Copperweld

The LTV

Copperweld Acquisition Corporation Acquisition Corporation. (Debtor-in- Corporation. Possession). Copperweld Canada, Inc. Copperweld Corporation. LTV Copperweld Bimetallics UK (Holdings) Ltd. The LTV Corporation (Debtor-in- Possession). 20040161........... Aetna Inc....... Kenneth Chicos.. Aetna Inc. Chickering Benefit Planning Insurance Agency, Inc. Kenneth Chicos.

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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. 03-30861 Filed 12-12-03; 8:45 am]

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