Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: January 17, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 12)]

[Notices]

[Page 2555-2556]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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.

Transaciton No.

Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/09/2002

20030026........................ National Fuel Gas Company Duke Energy Corporation.. Empire State Pipeline Company, Inc. St. Clair Pipeline Company, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/10/2002

20030134........................ Groupe Danone............ Sparkling Spring Water Sparking Spring Water Holdings Limited.

Holdings Limited. 20030155........................ SHPS, Inc................ eBenX, Inc............... eBenX, Inc. 20030156........................ Visa U.S.A. Inc.......... Visa International

Inovant, Inc. Service Association. 20030169........................ BC Gas Inc............... EnCana Corporation....... EnCana Pipelines (USA) Inc. Express Holdings (USA) Inc. 20030178........................ O'Charley's Inc.......... 99 Boston Inc............ 99 Boston Inc. 20030179........................ O'Charley's Inc.......... Doe Family II, LLC....... Doe Familym II, LLC.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/11/2002

20030141........................ The Charles A. Sammons Sun Life Financial

Clarica U.S. Inc. 1987.

Services of Canada Inc. Charitable Remainder Trust 2.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/12/2002

20030112........................ 3M Company............... Corning Incorporated..... Corning Precision Lens Incorporated.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/13/2002

20030124........................ Bertarelli & Cie......... Amgen Inc................ Immunex Corporation 20030157........................ Behrman Capital III, L.P. Elan Corporation, plc.... Athena Diagnostics, Inc. 20030174........................ Sherritt International Fording Inc.............. Fording Inc. Corporation. 20030176........................ Highfields Capital Ltd. c/ Stilwell Financial, Inc.. Stilwell Financial, Inc. o Goldman Sachs. 20030185........................ Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber Philipp Holzmann AG II... J.A. Jones Inc. 20030195........................ The Williams Companies, The Williams Companies, Gulf Liquids Holdings Inc.

Inc.

LLC 20030199........................ H.I.G. Capital Partners J.W. Child Equity

DESA Holdings III, L.P.

Partners, L.P.

Corporation DESA International, Inc.

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Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/16/2002

20030163........................ Plug Power Inc........... H Power Corp............. H Power Corp. 20030165........................ Cypress Merchant Banking RNC Acquisition Corp..... RNC Acquisition Corp. Partners II. 20030166........................ Cypress Merchant Banking Republic National Cabinet Republic National Partners II L.P.

Corporation.

Cabinet Corporation. 20030167........................ HSB Holding plc.......... Household International, Household International, Inc.

Inc. 20030172........................ The Coca-Cola Company.... Pokka Corporation........ Pokka USA, Inc. 20030175........................ The Clorox Company....... The Procter & Gramble The Procter & Gamble Company.

Company 20030192........................ Earl E. Payton........... Vigilant Holdings LLC.... Trend Holdings, Inc. 20030193........................ Bank of America

Vector Capital Management Vector Partners Limited Corporation.

LLC.

Partnership. Vector TradePipe, LLC. Vector Trading, LLC. 20030197........................ Welsh, Carson, Anderson & US Investigations

U.S. Investigations Stowe IX, L.P.

Services, Inc. ESOT. Services, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/17/2002

20030177........................ Farm Bureau Mutual

The Kansas Farm Bureau... The Kansas Farm Bureau. Insurance Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/18/2002

20030140........................ Glaxo SmithKline plc..... Theravance, Inc.......... Theravance, Inc. 20030198........................ Fritz Gerber............. ANTISOMA plc............. Antisoma Research Ltd.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/19/2002

20030180........................ Hormel Foods Corporation. Imperial Sugar Company... Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. Diamond Crystal Holdings, Inc. 20030183........................ J.P. Morgan Chase & Co... Allianz

DrKW Finance Inc. Aktiengesellschaft. 20030186........................ HCA Inc.................. Health Midwest........... Health Midwest. 20030194........................ Wolseley plc............. JELD-WEN HOLDINGS, Inc... JELD-WEN, Inc. Walker Lumber Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/20/2002

20030203........................ Cadence Design Systems, Celestry Design

Celestry Design Inc.

Technologies, Inc.

Technologies, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/23/2002

20020934........................ Baxter International Inc. Wyeth.................... Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. 20030173........................ Tecumseh Products Company Invensys plc............. Eaton Technologies, Inc. Fasco Australia Pty Limited, Fasco Industries, Inc., Fasco Motors (Thailand) Limited Fasco Motors Limited, 20030202........................ General Electric Company. Osmonics, Inc............ Osmonics, Inc. 20030208........................ Quadrangle (GT) Capital GT Merchandising &

GT Merchandising & Partners LP.

Licensing Corp.

Licensing Corp. 20030209........................ Quadrangle (GT) Capital Good Times Entertainment Good Times Entertainment Partners LP.

Limited.

Limited. 20030211........................ The Pepsi Bottling Group, Pepsi Cola Buffalo

Pepsi Cola Buffalo Inc.

Bottling Corporation. Bottling Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/24/2002

20030149........................ Herbst Gaming, Inc....... International Game

Anchor Coin, Inc. Technology. 20030182........................ King Pharmaceuticals, Inc Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Fisons Limited. Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination, 12/27/2002

20030216........................ Deseret Management

Simmons Media Group, LLC. Simmons Media Group, Corporation.

LLC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Hallman, Contact Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

By Direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary.

[FR Doc. 03-1077 Filed 1-16-03; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750-01-M

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