Meetings: Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: January 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 15)]

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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

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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--12/26/2000 20010829............................. Sanrise Group, Inc..... Exodus Communications, Exodus Communities, Inc.

Inc. 20010834............................. Westmoreland Health Frick Health System.... Frick Health System. System.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/27/2000

20010941............................. GMT Communications Formus Communications.. Formus Communications Partners II, L.P.

Inc. 20010958............................. TeleCorp PCS, Inc...... Marshall W. Pagon...... Pegasus PCS Partners, L.P. 20010959............................. IVAX Corporation....... Jinn Wu and Diana Wu, Xenobiotic (husband & wife).

Laboratories, Inc. 20010970............................. Verizon Communications James & Jean Douglas Illinois Nine Inc.

Irrevocable

Corporation. Descendant's Trust. 20011007............................. Zhone Technologies, Inc Ind-TeleSoft Pvt. Ltd.. Xybridge Technologies, Inc. 20011028............................. Leap Wireless

Cook Inlet Region, Inc. CIVS IV License Sub I, International, Inc.

LLC. 20011033............................. Nippon Telegraph and AT&T Corp.............. AT&T Corp. Telephone Corporation. 20011040............................. Bank of Montreal....... Alexander J. Vogl...... Wilton Corporation. 20011051............................. Mitsui Marine and Fire American Financial American Financial Insurance Co., Ltd. Group, Inc.

Group, Inc. 20011062............................. Universal Insurance Nationwide Mutual

Caribbean Alliance Group, Inc.

Insurance Company. Insurance Company. 20011067............................. ABN AMRO Holding N.V... Alleghany Corporation.. Alleghany Asset Management, Inc. 20011073............................. TSG3 L.P............... The Proctor & Gamble The Proctor & Gamble Company.

Company. 20011076............................. Deere & Company........ FdG Capital Partners McGinnis Farms, Inc. LLC. 20011079............................. Resurrection Health Sisters of the Holy Sisters of the Holy Care Corporation.

Family of Nazareth- Family of Nazareth- Sacred Heart Province. Sacred Heart Province. 20011080............................. Bank of America

CAF Holdings, Inc...... CAF Holdings, Inc. Corporation. 20011091............................. Morgenthaler Partners Catena Networks, Inc... Catena Networks, Inc. VI, L.P.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/29/2000

20010975............................. Welsh, Carson, Anderson OrthoLink Physicians OrthoLink Physicians & Stowe VII, L.P.

Corporation.

Corporation. 20010984............................. Sprout Capital IX, L.P. Credit Suisse Group.... Focus Technologies, Inc. 20011015............................. SBC Communications Inc. VoiceStream Wireless Omnipoint NY MTA Corporation.

License, LLC. 20011016............................. VoiceStream Wireless SBC Communications Inc. Pacific Telesis Mobile Corporation.

Services LLC. 20011023............................. Internet Capital Group, Logistics.com, Inc..... Logistics.com, Inc. Inc. 20011042............................. Silverline Technologies SeraNova, Inc.......... SeraNova, Inc. Limited. 20011058............................. DST Systems, Inc....... Bank One Corporation... EquiServe Limited Partnership. 20011061............................. M. Francciois Pinault.. George A. & Kay A. Ryall Electric Supply Wilson.

Company. 20011071............................. Lee R. Anderson, Sr.... James Doody............ Doody Mechanical, Inc. 20011085............................. Oak Investment Partners Michael J. Noonan...... Fiber Optic Network IX, Limited

Solutions Corp. Partnership. 20011086............................. Morgenthaler Partners Michael J. Noonan...... Fiber Optic Network VI, L.P.

Solutions Corp. 20011093............................. Sun Microsystems, Inc.. HighGround Systems, HighGround Systems, Inc Inc.. 20011096............................. VNU N.V................ VNU N.V................ Entertainment Marketing Information Systems. 20011101............................. Sanofi-Synthelabo...... Atrix Laboratories, Inc Atrix Laboratories, Inc. 20011102............................. Parsons Corporation.... Harold W. Wyatt, Jr.... H.E. Hennigh, Inc. 20011109............................. Motiva Enterprises LLC. R.R. Morrison & Son, R.R. Morrison & Son, Inc.

Inc. 20011112............................. ALZA Corporation....... Pharmaceutical

Genupro, Inc. Development, Inc. 20011116............................. 2000 Riverside Capital Donald H. Drew......... DHD Healthcare Appreciation Fund, L.P.

Corporation. 20011117............................. 2000 Riverside Capital Bruce J. Drew.......... DHD Healthcare Appreciation Fund, L.P.

Corporation. 20011118............................. Sandy Springs Bancorp, Progress Financial Progress Financial Inc.

Corporation.

Corporation 20011121............................. Metro National

Saltgrass, Inc......... Saltgrass, Inc. Corporation. 20011131............................. UBS Capital Americas Oresis Communications, Oresis Communications, II, LLC.

Inc.

Inc. 20011133............................. United Rentals, Inc.... Harold W. Wiese........ Wiese Planning & Engineering. 20011137............................. General Electric

General Electric

Curtis Power Co., LLC. Company.

Company. 20011139............................. Robert Bosch

Detection Systems, Inc. Detection Systems, Inc. Industrietreuhand KG. 20011142............................. Aegis Group plc........ Stanford Nygard........ Outdoor Vision. 20011143............................. Aegis Group plc........ Sterling Pile, III..... Outdoor Vision. 20011150............................. Hvide Marine

Hvide Marine

Lightship Partners, LP. Incorporated.

Incorporated. 20011155............................. Ford Motor Company..... Ford Motor Company..... FRN of Rochester, LLC. 20011157............................. Bank of America

Cupertino Electric, Inc Cupertino Electric, Corporation.

Inc. 20011163............................. Voting Shares

Hans P. Utsch.......... Edgemont Asset Irrevocable Trust.

Management Corporation. 20011164............................. Voting Shares

Lawrence Auriana....... Edgemont Asset Irrevocable Trust.

Management Corporation.

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20011166............................. Norman P. Creighton.... Comerica Incorporated.. Comercia Incroporated. 20011169............................. Wolters Kluwer nv...... Loislaw.com, Inc....... Losilaw.com, Inc. 20011172............................. Wolseley plc........... Vernon Mountcastle, Jr. Interior Distributors, Inc. 20011174............................. Olympus Growth Fund Griffin Land &

Griffin Land & III, L.P.

Nuseries, Inc.

Nurseries, Inc. 20011175............................. Thoma Cressey Fund VI, Phillip D. Whisenhunt.. CMS Wireless, LLC. L.P. 20011186............................. Linsalata Capital

Kevco, Inc............. Kevco, Inc. Partners Fund III, L.P.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/02/2001

20010916............................. Brinker International, NERC Limited

NE Restaurant Company, Inc.

Partnership; NERC

Inc. Limited Partnership II. 20011126............................. Apax Europe IV-A, L.P.. CenterBeam, Inc........ CenterBeam, Inc. 20011128............................. ICVF 1999, L.P......... Allegro Networks, Inc.. Allegro Networks, Inc. 20011129............................. Michael Devlin......... Rational Software

Rational Software Corporation.

Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/03/2001

20010994............................. Macromedia, Inc........ Atom Corporation....... Atom Corporation. 20011069............................. Royal Dutch Petroleum Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/04/2001

20010960............................. Allied Waste

Republic Services, Inc. Republic Services of Industries, Inc.

Pennsylvania, LLC. 20011010............................. Richard E. Jordan, II.. Strongco, Inc.......... Strongco (USA), Inc. 20011084............................. Insilco Holding Co..... InNet Technologies, Inc InNet Technologies, Inc. 20011105............................. Siemens AG............. Ramtron International Ramtron International Corporation.

Corporation. 20011146............................. George L. Graziadio, Jr Comercia Incorporated.. Comerica Incorporated 20011148............................. Harvest Partners III, Frank Defino, Sr....... Tukaiz Communications, L.P.

L.L.C. 20011149............................. Harvest Partners III, Matthews International Tukaiz Communications, L.P.

Corporation.

L.L.C. 20011168............................. Mohawk Industries, Inc. Burlington Industries, The Bacova Guild, Ltd. Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--01/05/2001

20010698............................. ANTEC Corporation...... Nortel Networks

Arris Interactive Corporation.

L.L.C. 20010699............................. Nortel Networks

ANTEC Corporation...... Newco. Corporation. 20010943............................. Xcel Energy Inc........ LS Power, LLC.......... Grantie Power Partners, II, L.P., LS Power Management, LLC. 20010972............................. Mr. Lloyd Dorfman...... Preussag

Thomas Cook Inc. Aktiengesellschaft. 20011047............................. Asyst Technologies, Inc Advanced Machine

Advanced Machine Programming, Inc.. Programming, Inc. 20011134............................. Morgan Stanley Dean AMR Corporation........ AMR Corporation. Wittner & Co. 20011153............................. Safeguard Scientifics, MicroAge, Inc.......... MicroAge, Inc. Inc. 200179............................... Artal Group S.A........ Weighco Enterprise, Inc Weighco Enterprise, Inc. 20011181............................. Professionals Group, Medical Assurance, Inc. Medical Assurance, Inc. Inc. 20011182............................. Medical Assurance, Inc. Professionals Group, Professionals Group, Inc.

Inc. 20011183............................. A. Derrill Crowe, M.D.. ProAssurance

ProAssurance Corporation.

Corporation. 20011189............................. Andrew McKelvey........ Tomasz L. Schellenberg. ADEPT, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives. 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. 01-2044Filed1-22-01; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6750-01-M

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