Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,
[Federal Register: May 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 94)]
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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
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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 No.
Acquiring
Acquired
Entities
Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/27/2000
20002112........... Calsonic
Kansei
Kansei Corporation. Corporation. Corporation. 20002118........... AECOM Technology Vivendi S.A..... Metcalf & Eddy, Corporation.
Inc. 20002163........... Grotech
Pathnet
Pathnet Partners, IV, Telecommunicati Telecommunicat L.P.
ons, Inc.
ions, Inc. 20002246........... Northwestern Lucent
Lucent Corporation. Technologies Technologies Inc.
Inc. 20002254........... Thomas H. Lee Richard T. Aab.. US LEC Corp. Equity Fund IV, L.P. 20002279........... Fred Hassan..... Monsanto Company Monsanto Company. 20002281........... Internet Capital Breakaway
Breakaway Group, Inc. Solutions, Inc. Solutions, Inc. 20002284........... Quantum
Integra Life Integra Life Industrial
Sciences
Sciences Holdings Ltd. Holdings
Holdings Corporation. Corporation. 20002295........... Time Warner Inc. The Welk Group, Heartland Inc.
Music, LP. 20002304........... North Castle Elizabeth Arden Elizabeth Arden Partners II, Salon-Holdings, Salon- L.P.
Inc.
Holdings, Inc. 20002308........... UICI............ HealthAxis, Inc. HealthAxis, Inc. 20002311........... GTCR Fund VII, MidAmerican MidAmerican L.P.
Energy Holdings Security Company.
Company. 20002315........... Wind River
Embedded Support Embedded Systems, Inc. Tools
Support Tools Corporation. Corporation. 20002325........... Canon Inc....... Energy
Emergy Conversion
Conversion Devices, Inc. Devices, Inc. 20002328........... The Reader's World's Finest World's Finest Digest
Chocolate, Inc. Chocolate, Association,
Inc. Inc. 20002333........... The Bank of New Societe Generale SG Cowen York Company,
Securities Inc.
Corporation. 20002336........... William Blair Pawnee
Borse Capital
Rotational
Industries, Partners VI, Molding
L.P. L.P.
Partners VI, Fremont L.P.
Plastics Products, Inc. Wedco Moulded Products Company. 20002337........... Fyffes plc...... C.I. Union de Turbana Bananeros de Corporation. Uraba, S.A.. 20002346........... Odwalla, Inc.... Bain Capital Samantha Fund VI, L.P. Investors, LLC. 20002347........... Bain Capital Odwalla, Inc.... Odwalla, Inc. Fund VI, L.P. 20002351........... Penn National Pinnacle
Casino Magic Gaming, Inc. Entertainment, Corp., Inc.
Boomtown, Inc. 20002354........... United Rentals, National
Safety Lights Inc.
Equipment
Sales and Services, Inc. Leasing, Inc. of Texas. 20002355........... National
United Rentals NES Texoma Equipment
(North
Acquisition Services, Inc. America), Inc. Corp. 20002357........... Stuart P. Olsten Adecco SA....... Adecco SA. 20002369........... Vincent L.
Calender
Calender Martin.
Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. 20002392........... Westbrand, Inc.. Robert W. Amis, Advance Jr.
Acceptance Corporation. 20002393........... TPG Partners II, The Cherry
Cherry L.P.
Corporation. Semiconductor Corporation. 20002399........... Castle Harlan Financiere Saint Financiere Partners III, Luc.
Saint Luc. L.P. 20002402........... C-MAC Industries Charterhouse A-Plus Inc.
Equity Partners Manufacturing II, L.P.
Corp. 20002403........... Berkshire Fund Marconi plc..... GEC IV, Limited
International Partnership.
Limited. Maatschappij Van Berkel's Patent BV. 20002413........... Golder, Thoma, Douglas T.
Kwikee Products Cressey, Ruaner Mergenthaler. Company, Inc. Fund V, L.P. 20002414........... Lowes
Continental Continental Corporation. National
National Corporation. Corporation. 20002416........... Richard A.
Miller Buckeye Miller Buckeye Bernstein.
Biscuit Company. Biscuit Company. 20002419........... Swifty Serve, Martin Resource Midstream Fuel LLC.
Management
Service, Inc., Corporation, a an Alabama Texas
corporation. corporation. 20002440........... Elan Corporation The Liposome The Liposome plc.
Company, Inc. Company, Inc. 20002441........... Safeguard
MS Farm
AgWeb.Com. Scientifics, International, Inc.
L.P. 20002444........... Motorola, Inc... C-Port
C-Port Corporation. Corporation. 20002454........... Stonington
Lernout &
Lernout & Capital
Hauspie Speech Hauspie Speech Appreciation Products N.V. Products N.V. 1994 Fund, L.P. 20002455........... Lernout &
Stonington
Dictaphone Hauspie Speech Capital
Corporation. Products N.V. Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/28/2000
20002155........... Pro Mach
Jack G. Swope... Rennco, Inc. Holdings, L.L.C. 20002156........... Pro Mach
Stanley J. Swope Rennco, Inc. Holdings, L.L.C.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/29/2000
20001439........... Thomas W. Bedell Johnson
Century Separate Share Worldwide
Divestiture Trust.
Associates, Inc. Co. 20002256........... Calpine
Duke Energy Duke Energy Corporation. Corporation. Hidalgo Holding, Inc. 20002264........... Country Mutual Mutual Service Mutual Service Insurance
Casualty
Casualty Company.
Insurance
Insurance Company.
Company. 20002301........... AT&T Corp....... ICG
ICG Communications, Communications Inc.
, Inc. 20002302........... HMTF Bridge ICG
ICG Partners, L.P. Communications, Communications Inc.
, Inc. 20002303........... HMTF Equity Fund ICG
ICG IV (1999), L.P. Communications, Communications Inc.
, Inc. 20002307........... HealthAxis, Inc. HealthAxis.com, HealthAxis.com, Inc.
Inc. 20002329........... C.H. Boehringer Pharmacia & Pharmacia & Sohn.
Upjohn Company. Upjohn Company. 20002349........... Chase Manhattan Viatel, Inc..... Viatel, Inc. Corporation (The).
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20002350........... Durr
Harald Quandt Carl Schenck Aktiengesellsch Beteiliguangen AG. aft.
GmbH & Co. 20002373........... Harvest Partners Kevin D.
The Finlay III, L.P.
Kalagher.
Brothers Company. 20002445........... LifeMinders.com, University
WITI Inc.
Corporation for Corporation. Atmospheric Research. 20002470........... E*Trade Group, Card Capture Card Capture Inc.
Services, Inc. Services, Inc. 20002472........... Nemetschek
Richard Diehl... Diel Aktiengesellsha
Grapshsopt, ft.
Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/30/2000
20001342........... Duke Energy Phillips
Phillips Gas Corporation. Petroleum
Company. Company. 20001351........... Duke Energy Conoco Inc...... Conoco Inc. Corporation. 20001353........... Duke Energy George P.
Mitchell Gas Corporation. Mitchell.
Services, L.P. 20001354........... George P.
Duke Energy Duke Energy Mitchell.
Corporation. Field Services, Inc. 20001892........... Computer
Sterling
Sterling Associates
Software, Inc. Software, Inc. International, Inc. 20002167........... Winsloew
Wabash Valley Wabash Valley Furniture, Inc. Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Inc.
Inc. 20002263........... Christopher Michael J.
MGM Co., Inc. Redlich, Jr. Browning.
MGM Transportation Services, Inc. O'Toole Transportation Works, Inc. XMGM Co., Inc. XMGM of California, Inc. XMGM of Florida, Inc. 20002285........... Century Aluminum Xstrata AG...... Xstrata Company.
Aluminum Corporation. 20002339........... Unicom
Thomas F. Nelson Metropolitan Corporation.
Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--03/31/2000
20002210........... Pittsburgh Tube J.H. Roberts J.H. Roberts Company.
Industries, Inc. Industries, Inc. 20002320........... Bank of Montreal Pittsburgh Tube Pittsburgh Tube Company.
Company. 20002433........... Ensign Resources Gary Drilling Gary Drilling Service Group Company.
Company. Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/03/2000
20002251........... Smurfit-Stone St. Laurent St. Laurent Container
Paperboard Inc. Paperboard Corporation.
Inc. 20002272........... M. & G.
N. V.
Crystal Polymer Finanziaria Koninklijke Ltd. Industriale Nederlandsche Pecten Group S.p.A.
Petroleum
S.A. de C.V. Maatschappij. Shell Oil Company. Shell Polyesters LLC. SIPET S.p.A. 20002316........... Windward Capital Mobile Storage Mobile Storage Partners II, Group, Inc. Group, Inc. L.P. 20002323........... UbiquiTel
Sprint
Sprint Holdings, Inc. Corporation. Corporation. 20002348........... Fosters Brewing Klein Foods, Inc Windsor Group Limited.
Vineyards. 20002356........... Pequot Private Netlab L.L.C.... Online Retail Equity Fund II,
Partners, Inc. L.P. 20002364........... Wei Yen......... ATI
ATI Technologies, Technologies, Inc.
Inc. 20002368........... BTG, Inc........ TV Guide, Inc... SSDS, Inc. 20002371........... SOFTBANK Corp... Naviant, Inc.... Naviant, Inc. 20002372........... Naviant, Inc.... SOFTBANK Corp... SOFTBANK Capital Advisors Fund LP. 20002375........... Citigroup Inc... Reliance Group Reliance Holdings, Inc. Insurance Company. 20002387........... Quintus
Mustang.com, Inc Mustang.com, Corporation.
Inc. 20002411........... Diamond Products The Gillette The Gillette Company.
Company.
Company. 20002452........... Robotic
Bailey P.
Wright Technology
Robinson, III Industries, Systems PLC. and Laura Sue Inc. Robinson, (spouses). 20002471........... Aarque GPC, Inc. John M. Fayad... Alkar Steel Corporation. 20002508........... The Interpublic Caribiner
Caribiner Group of
International, International, Companies, Inc. Inc.
Inc.
Transactons Granted Early Termination--04/04/2000
20002376........... CMGI, Inc....... uBid, Inc....... uBid, Inc. 20002381........... Software.com, At Mobile.com, At Mobile.com, Inc.
Inc.
Inc. 20002383........... Windward Capital Richard Samuels. Water Country Partners II,
Corporation & L.P.
Bellwood Assoc., L.P. 20002384........... Windward Capital Joseph O'Donnell Water Country Partners II,
Corporation & L.P.
Bellwood Assoc., L.P. 20002385........... Hanover
Applied Process Applied Process Compressor
Solutions,
Solutions, Company.
Incorporated. Incorporated. 20002386........... Russell
Toxey D. Haas... Hass Outdoors, Corporation.
Inc. 20002389........... John J. Fauth... TSI Incorporated TSI Incorporated. 20002394........... Morgan Stanley Texas Utilities TXU Processing Dean Witter Company d/b/a Company. Capital
TXU Corp. Partners IV, L.P. 20002395........... Berkshire Fund Thomas A.
TVI, Inc. V, Limited
Ellison. Partnership. 20002397........... DTE Energy
Covol
Mountaineer Company.
Technologies, Fuel, LLC. Inc.
Synfuel Investments, Inc. 20002407........... Pathology
Questor Partners PathSOURCE, consultants of Fund, L.P.
Inc. America, Inc. 20002408........... Questor Partners Pathology
Pathology Fund, L.P.
Consultants of Consultants of America, Inc. America, Inc.
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20002412........... Gateway, Inc.... OfficeMax, Inc.. OfficeMax, Inc. 20002418........... Peter J.
Gerald Durnell Pizza Expo, Callahan.
and Kaye
Inc. Durnell
ProTech (spouses).
Publishing and Communications , Inc. 20002422........... Bain Capital Trustee of the Broder Bros., Fund VI, L.P. Harold Brode Co. Revocable Living Trust. 20002423........... Tyco
Westlock
Westlock International Controls
Controls Ltd.
Corporation. Corporation, a Delaware corporation. 20002424........... AT&T Corp....... Alloy Online, Alloy Online, Inc.
Inc. 20002425........... Ford Motor
Budget Group, Warren Wooten Company.
Inc.
Ford, Inc., Paul West Ford, Inc. 20002426........... Equant N.V...... NEWCO........... NEWCO. 20002427........... Reuters Group NEWCO........... NEWCO. PLC. 20002428........... Exact Holding Macola
Macola N.V.
Technologies, Technologies, Inc.
Inc. 20002430........... CRH plc......... Northern Ohio Northern Ohio Paving Company. Paving Company. 20002432........... Solectron
Zhone
Premisys Corporation. Technologies, Communications Inc.
, Inc. 20002434........... Morgan Stanley TNT Post Group Ansett Dean Witter & N.V.
Worldwide Co.
Aviation Services. 20002436........... David E. Harvey. Connectivity Connectivity Technologies, Products Inc.
Incorporated. 20002439........... Telapex, Inc.... ALLTEL
ALLTEL Corporation. Communications , Inc. 20002442........... Nera ASA........ World Access, Cellular Inc.
Infrastructure Supply, Inc. WA Telcom Products Co., Inc. 20002443........... Siemens AG...... ENTEX
ENTEX Associates, L.P. Information Services, Inc. 20002447........... William H. Joyce The Dow Chemical The Dow Company.
Chemical Company. 20002449........... Morgan Stanley The News
Ansett Dean Witter & Corporation Worldwide Co.
Limited.
Aviation Services. 20002483........... United
E.C. Hunt....... Thermo- Technologies
Industries, Corporation.
Inc. 20002601........... Bayer AG........ ALZA Corporation ALZA Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/05/2000
20002446........... BP Amoco p.l.c.. Burmah Castrol Burmah Castrol p.l.c.
p.l.c. 20002517........... VS&A
Data
Data Communications Transmission Transmission Partners III, Network
Network L.P.
Corporation. Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/06/2000
20002367........... Warburg, Pincus, Hilltopper
Hilltopper Equity
Holding Corp. Holding Corp. Partners, L.P. 20002391........... Richard D. Rehm, MedicaLogic, Inc MedicaLogic, M.D.
Inc. 20002453........... Cumulus Media, William White McDonald Media Inc.
McDonald Family Group, Inc. GST Exempt Perpetual Trust. 20002456........... The Hain Food Celestial
Celestial Group, Inc. Seasonings, Inc. Seasonings, Inc. 20002457........... World Access, Communication Communication Inc.
TeleSystems TeleSystems International d/ International b/a
d/b/a WORLDxCHANGE. WORLDxCHANGE. 20002458........... Iceberg
World Access, World Access, Transport, S.A. Inc.
Inc. 20002459........... Roger Abbott.... World Access, World Access, Inc.
Inc. 20002462........... UAL Corporation. Air Canada...... Air Canada. 20002463........... Sonepar, S.A.... Capital Lighting Capital & Supply, Inc. Lighting & Supply, Inc. 20002464........... Uni-Marts, Inc.. Frank R. and Orloski Service Adeline Orloski. Station, Inc. 20002466........... VA Linux
Andover.Net, Inc Andover.Net., Systems, Inc.
Inc. 20002467........... The Clayton & The Drescher The Drescher Dubilier
Corporation. Corporation. Private Equity Fund IV L.P. 20002474........... Allianz
Sol Edelstein... World Access, Aktiengellschaf
Inc. t. 20002475........... TPG Partners Quantum Bridge Quantum Bridge Ill, L.P.
Communications, Communications Inc.
, Inc. 20002481........... Montana Power Qwest
TeleDistance Company.
Communications Holdings, Inc. International Inc. 20002485........... CRH plc......... Thomas H.
American Stone- Maddux, III. Mix, Inc. 20002486........... Arena Capital UniDial
UniDial Investment
Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. Fund, L.P. 20002495........... Chase Manhattan Gabriel
Gabriel Corporation, Communications, Communications (The).
Inc.
, Inc. 20002505........... Mohr, Davidow Netcentives, Inc Netcentives, Ventures IV,
Inc. L.P. 20002509........... Communications Flashcom, Inc... Flashcom, Inc. Ventures III, L.P. 20002511........... Mayfield IX..... Flashcom, Inc... Flashcom, Inc. 20002513........... Pfingsten
Katherine C. Four Wheel Executive Fund, Kennedy.
Drive L.P.
Hardware, Inc. 20002515........... HNC Software, The Frank Gates Celerity Inc.
Companies, Inc. Technologies, Inc. 20002518........... Thames Water Plc E'town
E'town Corporation. Corporation. 20002528........... Lee R. Anderson, Gregg R.
Alliance Fire Sr.
Huennekens. Protection, Inc. United States Fire Protection/ Illinois, Inc. United States Fire Protection/ Wisconsin, Inc. 20002532........... American
Metapoint
Vutek, Inc. Securities
Partners Fund- Partners II, Ill, L.P. L.P. 20002539........... ELIFIN, S.A..... Carl-F. Bardusch Bardusch Corporation. 20002540........... Securtiy Capital Equity Office Allegheny Tower U.S. Realty. Properties
Limited Trust.
Partnership. Boston Harbor Garage, L.L.C. Forbes/Allies Limited Partnership. Indianapolis Convention Ctr. Parking Ltd. Partnership. 20002541........... Thomas T. Gores. Philip C. Denzer Process Software Corporation.
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20002546........... General Electric Trade Out.com, Trade Out.com, Company.
Inc.
Inc. 20002547........... Horizon Capital ED&F Man Group PERT Partners IA plc.
Laboratories, Limited
Inc. Partnership.
Seabrook Enterprises, Inc. 20002555........... NBTY, Inc....... Rexall Sundown, Rexall Sundown, Inc.
Inc. 20002566........... Tribune Company. The Times Mirror The Times Company.
Mirror Company. 20002400........... U.S. Bancorp.... John F. Allen... Oliver-Allen Corporation, Inc. 20002506........... Nashua
Andrew B. Albert Rittenhouse Corporation.
Paper Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/10/2000
20002243........... Cummins Engine Ben J. Strafuss. Cummins Mid- Company, Inc.
South, Inc. 20002390........... John H. Dayani, MedicaLogic, Inc MedicaLogic, PhD.
Inc. 20002437........... Matrix Partners OnDisplay, Inc.. OnDisplay, Inc. IV, L.P. 20002473........... Charles E.
Plymouth Tube Plymouth Tube Hurwitz.
Company.
Company. 20002510........... Behrmman Capital Flashcom, Inc... Flashcom, Inc. II, L.P. 20002521........... Medical Manager Medical Mutual Medical Mutual Corporation. of Ohio.
of Ohio. 20002524........... URM Stores, Inc. Rosauers
Rosauers Employee Stock Supermarkets, Ownership Trust. Inc. 20002550........... CGW Southeast Printmasters, Printmasters, Partners III, Inc.
Inc. L.P. 20002551........... David Bing...... Lear Corporation Lear Corporation. 20002552........... Radio One, Inc.. William G. Mays. IBL L.L.C. 20002556........... Z-Tel
Touch 1, Inc.... Touch 1, Inc. Technologies, Inc. 20002562........... Avnet, Inc...... Savior
Savior Technology
Technology Group, Inc. Group, Inc. 20002563........... Arbella Mutual Hellman &
The Covenant Insurance
Friedman
Group, Inc. Company.
Capital Partners III, L.P. 20002565........... 24/7 Media, Inc. Exactis.com, Inc Exactis.com, Inc. 20002569........... Softbank
TeraBeam
TeraBeam Technology
Corporation. Corporation. Ventures V, L.P. 20002570........... Corman
Z-Tel
Z-Tel Foundation, Inc. Technologies, Technologies, Inc.
Inc. 20002630........... Marmon Holdings, Hampshire Equity Streater, Inc. Inc.
Partners II, L.P. 20002647........... Royal Bank of Prism Financial Prism Financial Canada.
Corporation. Corporation. 20002679........... John F. Allen... U.S. Bancorp.... U.S. Bancorp.
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. 00-12125Filed5-12-00; 8:45 am]
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