Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: November 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 220)]

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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.

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Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/01/2001

20012387................... Fortis (B)................. Protective Life

Protective Life Insurance Corporation.

Company. 20012442................... Adventist Health System PorteCare Adventist Health PorteCare Adventist Health Sunbelt Healthcare

System.

System. Corporation. 20012444................... Constellation Brands, Inc.. Derek Benham.............. Codera Production Group, LLC. Codera Wine Group, Inc 20012445................... BRL Hardy Ltd.............. Derek Benham.............. Coderal Production Group, LLC. Coderal Wine Group, Inc 20012449................... Constellation Brands, Inc.. Courtney Benham........... Codera Production Group, LLC. Codera Wine Group, Inc 20012450................... BRL Hardy Ltd.............. Courtney Benham........... Codera Production Group, LLC. Codera Wine Group, Inc. 20012461................... Hewlett-Packard Company.... Indigo N.V................ Indigo N.V.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/04/2001

20012303................... Trinity Industries, Inc.... Thrall Car Management Thrall Car Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Company. 20012304................... Thrall Car Management

Trinity Industries, Inc... Trinity Industries, Inc. Company, Inc. 20012419................... Capital One Financial

PeopleFirst Inc........... PeopleFirst Inc. Corporation. 20012452................... NTELOS Inc................. Conesoga Enterprises, Inc. Conestoga Enterprises, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/05/2001

20012405................... American Water Works

Enron Corp................ Azurix Industries Corp. Company, Inc. Azurix North America Corp. 20012406................... American Water Works

Marlin Water Trust........ Azurix Industries Corp. Company, Inc. Azurix North America Corp 20012447................... Joseph Littlejohn & Levy LaQuinta Properties, Inc.. Meditrust Healthcare Fund III, L.P.

Corporation. 20012465................... Warburg Pincus Private MSN Holdings, Inc......... MSN Holdings, Inc. Equity VIII L.P. 20012470................... GS Capital Partners 2000, Apple American Midwest, Apply American Limited L.P..

Inc..

Partnership of Indiana. Apple American Limited Partnership of Ohio. 20012472................... Madison Dearborn Capital Focal Communications

Focal Communications Partners IV, L.P.

Corporation.

Corporation. 20012483................... Verizon Communications Inc. Gregory A. Neely.......... Alabama Wireless, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/09/2001

20012404................... Fisher Scientific

Cole-Parmer Instrument Cole-Parmer Instrument International Inc.

Company.

Company. 20020003................... Marriott International, Inc Scottish Power plc........ Birmingham Syn Fuel I, Inc. Birmingham SynFuel II, Inc. Brimingham SynFuel, LLC. PacificCorp Financial Services, Inc. PacificCorp SynFuel, LLC.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/10/2001

20012178................... Koninklijke Philips

Marconi plc............... Marconi Medical Systems, Electronics N.V.

Inc. 20012460................... ESL Partners, L.P.......... AutoNation, Inc........... AutoNation, Inc. 20012484................... Cadbury Schweppes plc...... Pernod Ricard S.A......... Yoo-Hoo Industries Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/11/2001

20012468................... H&CB....................... Kookmin Bank.............. Kookmin Bank. 20012469................... Kookmin Bank............... H&CB...................... H&CB 20012474................... Ivax Corporaiton........... Elan Corporation plc...... Elan Pharma International Limited. 20012477................... Warburg, Pincus Ventures, BEA Systems, Inc.......... BEA Systems, Inc. L.P.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/12/2001

20012437................... Deutsche Telekom AG........ NTELOS Inc................ NTELOS Acquisition Corp., Conestoga Wireless Company. 20012448................... CSR Limited................ Cemex, S.A. de C.V........ Cemex, S.A. de C.V. 20012451................... Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Lau Massachusetts Business Lau Defense Systems, LLC. Trust. 20012454................... Smithfield Foods, Inc...... Packerland Holdings, Inc.. Packerland Holdings, Inc. 20012482................... Tyco International Ltd..... SBC Communications Inc.... Alarm Holdings, Inc. 20020002................... AT&T Wireless Services, Inc MetroPCS, Inc............. GWI PCS8, Inc., PCS81, LLC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives. Federal Trade Commission, Permerger Notification Office, Bureau of

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Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

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

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