Meetings: Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,
[Federal Register: November 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 224)]
[Notices]
[Page 58147-58148]
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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 expirationa nd requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal Register.
The following transactions were granted early terminated of the witing 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--10/15/2001
20012431........................ The Mead Corporation..... Westvaco Corporation..... Westvaco Corporation. 20012432........................ Westvaco Corporation..... The Mead Corporation..... The Mead Corporation. 20020004........................ Dennis Wood.............. Solectron Corporation.... Solectron Corporation. 20020006........................ Flextronics International Xerox Corporation........ Xerox Corporation. Ltd. 20020007........................ Paul G. Allen............ High Speed Access Corp... High Speed Access Corp. 20020011........................ Solectron Corporation.... Stream International Inc. Stream International Inc. 20020012........................ El Paso Energy Partners, El Paso Corporation...... Deepwater Holdings, L.P.
L.L.C. 20020016........................ Sun Capital Partners II, Brunswick Corporation.... Igloo Holding, Inc. L.P.
Igloo Products Corp. 20020017........................ Mellon Financial
Eagle Investment Systems Eagle Investment Systems Corporation.
Corp.
Corp.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/16/2001
20012471........................ M. Francois Pinault...... Gucci Group N.V.......... Gucci Group N.W.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/18/2001
20012467........................ O. Bruton Smith.......... Ray Childress Acquisition Ray Childress I, L.O.
Acquisition I, L.P. 20012473........................ UTI Corporation.......... Unique Instruments, Inc.. Unique Instruments, Inc. 20020018........................ AirGate PCS, Inc......... iPCS, Inc................ iPCS, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/19/2001
20020005........................ Stiching Interbrew....... Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG.
KH. 20020019........................ General Electric Company. Spirent pic.............. Spirent Sensing, Inc. 20020029........................ Hitachi, Ltd............. Tactica Holdings, Inc.... Tactica Holdings, Inc. 20020031........................ Hilfreich Foundation..... The Resort at Summerlin The Resort at Summerlin Limited Partnership. Limited, Partnership. 20020034........................ Blackstone iPCS Capital AirGate PCS, Inc......... AirGate PCS, Inc. Partners L.P.. 20020035........................ Blackstone Communications AirGate PCS, Inc......... AirGate PCS, Inc. Partners I, L.P.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/22/2001
20020041........................ nv Nuon.................. Utilities, Inc........... Utilities, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/23/2001
20020010........................ Ascension Health......... Baptist Hospital System, Baptist Hospital System, Inc.
Inc. 20020033........................ The Bank of New York Westminster Research Westminster Research Company, Inc.
Associates, Inc.
Associates, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/26/2001
20020022........................ Daughters of Charity Catholic Healthcare West. Catholic Healthcare Ministry Service
West. Corporation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Officer, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.
By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark, Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28941Filed11-19-01; 8:45 am]
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