Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

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Federal RegisterMar 31, 2000
65 Fed. Reg. 17277 (Mar. 31, 2000)

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.

Transactions Granted Early Termination

Trans No. and acquiring Acquired Entities
JAN. 18, 2000
20000877—Brian L. Roberts Mr. H.F. Lenfest Lenfest Communications, Inc.
20000878—Brian L. Roberts AT&T Corp Lenfest Communications, Inc.
20001218—E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company Burmah Castrol plc Castrol Indsutrial North America, Inc.
JAN. 19, 2000
20001217—Burman Castrol plc E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
20001268—Safeguard International Fund, L.P Golden Bear Oil Specialties, Inc Golden Bear Oil Specialties, Inc.
20001297—Tenet Healthcare Corporation Tendex, Inc Tendex, Inc.
20001303—Centre Capital Investors III, L.P Kjell Inge Rokke American Seafoods Company. Frionor U.S.A., Inc. Resource Group International, Inc.
20001305—Centre Capital Investors Ill, L.P Jaeger Investment Company NJ Vessel Corporation.
20001352—Gerald Gorman Netmoves Corporation Netmoves Corporation.
20001355—The AES Corporation The AES Corporation BV Partners.
20001371—Kirtland Capital Partners III L.P Donald and Barbara Battis Accurate Fabricators, Inc. Profile Realty, Inc., Profile Metal Forming, Inc. S&H Precision Manufacturing Co., Inc., Profile, Inc.
20001372—Global Crossing Ltd StorageNetworks, Inc StorageNetworks, Inc.
20001373—Dell Computer Corporation StorageNetworks, Inc StorageNetworks, Inc.
20001387—Ralcorp Holdings, Inc Cascade Acquisition, Inc Cascade Acquisition, Inc.
JAN. 20, 2000
20001266—Office Specialties, Inc. d/b/a/ INSCAPE SMED International Inc SMED International Inc.
20001378—Thomas H. Lee Foreign Fund IV-B, L.P MJD Communications, Inc MJD Communications, Inc.
20001383—Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund IV, L.P MJD Communications, Inc MJD Communications, Inc.
JAN. 21, 2000
20001231—Bristol-Myers-Squibb Company OXiGENE, Inc OXiGENE, Europe, AB.
20001286—PPG Industries, Inc The Monarch Paint Company Monarch Paint Company I, Ltd.
20001306—SOFTBANK Corp. Law.com, Inc Law.com, Inc.
20001357—Nortel Networks Corporation Qtera Corporation Qtera Corporation.
JAN. 24, 2000
20001255—SunGard Data Systems Inc Michael J. & Marianne Cassidy Cassidy Jones & Co., Inc.
20001256—Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc Dauphin Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan Dauphin Associates, Inc.
20001260—El Paso Energy Corporation MCN Energy Group, Inc MCNIC CSG Pipeline Company
20001307—The Associates First Capital Corporation KeyCorp Key Bank USA, N.A.
20001334—CheckFree Holdings Corporation BlueGill Technologies, Inc BlueGill Technologies, Inc.
20001359—Bill Gross' idealab!, Inc GoTo.com, Inc GoTo.com, Inc.
20001362—Qwest Communications International Inc USInternetworking, Inc USInternetworking, Inc.
20001364—Qwest Communications International Inc Global Crossing Ltd Global Crossing Ltd.
20001376—WPG Corporate Development Associates V, LLC* Leonard N. Stern City Pages, Inc Cleveland Free Times, Inc. Long Island Voice, Inc.
Los Angeles Weekly, Inc.
OC Weekly, Inc.
Quickfish Media, Inc.
Stern Publishing, Inc.
VV Publishing Corporation.
20001381—Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc Lady Luck Gaming Corporation Lady Luck Gaming Corporation.
20001384—Corporacion Patricio Echeverria, S.A Ingersoll-Rand Company The Corona Clipper Division Clipper of Harrow Products, Inc.
20001388—NOVA Corporation Frank L. Farrar First Savings Bank Merchant Division, Inc.
20001430—Drugstore.com, Inc Roger Barnett Beauty.com, Inc.
20001431—Roger Barnett Drugstore.com, Inc Drugstore.com, Inc.
JAN. 27, 2000
20001304—BYOWC Partners LLC Bridgeport Holdings Inc Bridgeport Holdings Inc.
20001316—FS Equity Partners IV, L.P Bridgeport Holdings Inc Bridgeport Holdings Inc.
20001348—Blackstone CCC Capital Partners L.P Sirius Satellite Radio Inc Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
20001379—Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc (The) NFO Worldwide, Inc NFO Worldwide, Inc.
20001389—BCI Growth V, L.P ATG Group, Inc ATG Group, Inc.
20001395—Warren A. Hood, Jr Owens Corning Falcon Foam Corporation.
20001396—Clayton, Dublier & Rice Fund VI L.P Carl A. Albert Fairchild Aerospace Corporation.
20001399—Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc Multex.com, Inc Multex.com, Inc.
20001406—WellPoint Health Networks Inc Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Rush Prudential Health Plans.
20001407—WellPoint Health Networks Inc The Prudential Insurance Company of America Rush Prudential Health Plans.
20001409—Churchill Environmental & Industrial Equity Partners, L.P Allied Waste Industries, Inc Browning-Ferris Industries of Hawaii/Maui Disposal Co., Inc. Maui Disposal Co., Inc.
20001411—L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc Raytheon Company AMI Instruments, Inc. Raytheon Company.
20001416—Amercian Standard Companies, Inc Howell E. Adams, Jr Georgia Air Conditioning Company, Inc.
20001417—United Rentals, Inc Ronald D. Offutt RDO Rental Co.
20001418—Mohr, Davidow Ventures, IV, L.P ChannelPoint, Inc ChannelPoint, Inc.
20001419—Landmark Communications, Inc David Altomare Brento Coporation
20001420—Cox Enterprises, Inc David Altomare Brento Corporation.
20001424—CMGI, Inc Raging Bull, Inc Raging Bull, Inc.
20001428—Knight Transportation, Inc John R. Fayard John Fayard Fast Freight, Inc.
20001429—Willis Stein & Partners II, L.P SOFTBANK Corp ZD Inc.
20001432—Whittman-Hart, Inc USWeb Corporation USWeb Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
20001435—Green Equity Investors III, L.P InterDent, Inc InterDent, Inc.
20001438—Magellan Health Services, Inc Vivra Holdings, Inc Vivra, Inc.
20001442—Heritage Fund II, L.P Gerald Yablans P.O.P. Displays, Inc.
20001443—Mr. Robert Alpert Castle Harian Parnters III, L.P LNS Holding Corp.
20001445—Deutsche Bank AG Richard L. Gelb The Charter Corporation.
20001446—Deutsche Bank AG Bruce S. Gelb The Charter Corporation.
20001450—Expro International Group PLC TriPoint, Incorporated Tri Point, Incorporated.
20001460—Gilat Communications Ltd The Times Mirror Company Allen Communication.
20001464—Career Education Corporation California Culinary Academy, Inc California Culinary Academy, Inc.
20001468—Mazda Motor Corporation Transnational Motors, Inc Transnational Motors, Inc.
20001474—Safeguard International Fund, L.P Richard W. Bowen II International Filler Corp.
20001475—Cliffstar Corporation Northland Cranberries, Inc Northland Cranberries, Inc.
20001479—Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer VIII, L.P Redback Networks Inc Redback Networks Inc.
20001480—KPCB VIII Founders Fund, L.P Redback Networks Inc Redback Networks Inc.
20001481—KPCB Information Sciences Zaibatsu Fund II, L.P Redback Networks Inc Redback Networks Inc.
20001482—St. Ives plc Global Financial Press, a New York Corporation Global Financial Press, a New York Corporation.
20001488—Thoma Cressey Fund VI, L.P PennCorp Financial Group, Inc Occidental Life Insurance Company of North Carolina. Pioneer Security Life Insurance Company.
20001490—Torch Acquisition Company Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation.
20001492—Advance Communications Group, Inc Richard O'Neal Big Stuff, Inc.
20001497—MVP.com, Inc SportsLine.com, Inc Golf Club Trader, Inc. International Gold Outlet, Inc. TennisDirect.com, Inc.
20001498—SportsLine.com, Inc MPV.com, Inc MVP.com, Inc.
JAN. 28, 2000
20001393—Richard A. Bernstein I. Epstein & Sons, Inc I. Epstein & Sons/New York, Inc.
20001415—Bell Atlantic Master Trust Bridgeport Holdings Inc Bridgeport Holdings Inc.
JAN. 30, 2000
20001520—William S. Morris III and Mary Sue Ellis (husband and wife) Mediacom Communications Corporation Mediacom Communications Corporation.
20001521—Rocco B. Commisso Mediacom Communications Corporation Mediacom Communications Corporation.
JAN. 31, 2000
20001319—Healtheon/WebMD Corporation Electronic Data Systems Corporation Kinetra LLC.
20001408—Money's Mushrooms Ltd Vlasic Foods International Inc Vlasic Foods International Inc.
20001473—George G. Beasley George G. Beasley Beasley Reed Acquisition Partnership.
20001500—Cox Enterprises, Inc Rapid Communications Partners, L.P Rapid Communications Partners, L.P.
20001510—Elisabeth Badinter Bernard and Miriam Frankel (husband and wife) Frankel & Company.
20001511—Washington Mutual, Inc Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc Alta Residential Mortgage, Inc.
20001513—Citizens Utilities Company GTE Corporation GTE Midwest Incorporated, GTE North Incorporated.
20001539—DICOM Group plc Imaging Components Corporation Imaging Components Corporation.
FEB. 1, 2000
20001382—Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P William H. Hegamyer Pioneer Metals, Inc.
20001507—AT&T Corp AT&T Corp United Cable Television of Baltimore Limited Partnership.
20001512—Fremont Partners L.P QualPro, Inc QualPro, Inc.
20001517—Crosspoint Venture Partners-1999 L.P SiteLine, Inc SiteLine, Inc.
20001523—ASCo Group plc Mary Lou Conrad Venture Transport Inc.
20001524—Daniel S. Aegerter Ariba, Inc Ariba, Inc.
20001526—Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Moore Products Co Moore Products Co.
20001531—SOFTBANK Corp AllAdvantage.com AllAdvantage.com.
20001541—Transhumance Employee Stock Ownership Trust Donald DeBey Mountain Meadows Lamb Corporation.
20001542—Transhumance Employee Stock Ownership Trust Verner W. Averch Mountain Meadows Lamb Corporation.
20001543—Star Gas Partners, L.P All Star Gas Corp All Star Gas Corp.
20001545—Outsourcing Services Group, Inc David G. Knust and Susan L. Purkrabek K.P. Properties. Precision Packaging and Services, Inc.
20001547—Quanta Services, Inc Dennis G. Klumb Arby Construction, Inc.
20001548—RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P Playtex Products, Inc Playtex Products, Inc.
20001552—Peco Energy Company NorthEast Optic Network, Inc NEON Communications, Inc.
20001553—Jorge Mas MasTec, Inc MasTec. Inc.
20001559—Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II L.P Hannaford Bros. Co Home Runs.com. Inc.
20001562—Phillip Morris Companies, Inc Boca Holdings, Inc Boca Holdings, Inc.
20001563—Edward S. Rogers AT&T Corp At Home Corporation.
FEB. 2, 2000
19994747—Allied Waste Industries, Inc James E. Galante Advanced Recycling Corp.
Advanced Waste Systems, Inc.
Automated Waste Disposal, Inc.
Diversified Waste Disposal, Inc.
Environmental systems, Inc.
Ny-Conn Waste Recylcing, Inc.
Superior Waste Disposal, Inc.
20001440—Blackstone CCC Capital Partners L.P Arunas A. Chesonis PaeTec Corp.
20001441—Madison Dearborn Capital Parnters III, L.P Arunas A. Chesonis PaeTec Corp.
200011489—Odyssey Investment Partners Fund, LP IWO Holdings, Inc IWO Holdings, Inc.
FEB. 3, 2000
20001444—Carl C. Icahn Prison Realty Trust, Inc Prison Realty Trust, Inc.
20001486—Bank Austria Aktiengesellschaft Rice partners II, L.P Cherokee Sanford Group, LLC.
20001487—Koceram N.V Rice Partners II, L.P Cherokee Sanford Group, LLC.
FEB. 4, 2000
20000612—Thyssen-Bornemisza Continuity Trust Vertex Communications Corporation Vertex Communications Corporation.
20001397—Voest-Alpine Stahl A.G Barlow W. Brooks, Jr Roll Forming Corporation.
20001398—Voest-Alpine Stahl A.G J. William Brooks Roll Forming Corporation.
FEB. 7, 2000
20001394—MJD Communications, Inc TPG Partners, L.P TPG Communications, Inc.
20001400—BASF Aktiengesellschaft Rohm and Haas Company Morton International, Inc.
20001410—Kyocera Corporation QUALCOMM Incorporated QUALCOMM Incorporated.
20001421—Entravision Communications Company, L.L.C Latin Communications Group Inc Latin Communications Group Inc.
20001433—Emerson Electric Co Knaack Manufacturing Company Knaack Manufacturing Company.
20001434—MAPFRE Mutualidad Allchurches Trust Limited Chatham Holdings, Inc.
20001437—Federal Signal Corporation PCS Company PCS Company.
20001448—Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting First Southeast Telephone Company of Wisconsin, Inc Southeast Telephone Company of Wisconsin, Inc.
20001455—Solectron Company Alcatel Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P. DSC of Puerto Rico, Inc.
20001456—James N. Blue Unicom Corporation Cotter Corporation.
20001457—Albert J. Latner Dr. Robert Adams LabSouth, Inc.
20001465—SOFTBANK Corp SmartAge Corp SmartAge Corp.
20001469—Electronic Arts Inc Dreamworks L.L.C Dreamworks Interactive L.L.C.
20001472—McLeod USA Incorporated Spiltrock Services, Inc Splitrock Services, Inc.
20001476—VHA Southwest Community Health Corporation Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Baptist Hospital, Orange. Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas.
20001491—Resurrection Health Care Corporation The Catholic Bishop of Chicago Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
20001494—William L. Sauder Joseph S. Palencar M&M Sale Corp.
20001495—ReliaStar Financial Corp The BISYS Group, Inc BISYS Brokerage Services, Inc. BWC Investment Services, Inc.
20001499—Salton, Inc George Foreman George Foreman.
20001501—United News & Media plc Carlton Communications Plc Carlton Communications Plc.
20001502—Phillip R. Bennett Barry J. Lind Lind-Waldock & Company.
20001528—EarthCare Company World Fuel Services Corp International Petroleum Corporation.
20001589—Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co Commerce One, Inc Commerce One, Inc.
20001590—Wells Fargo & Company Redback Networks Inc Redback Networks, Inc.
20001591—First Reserve Fund VIII, L.P COR-VAL, Inc COR-VAL, Inc.
FEB. 8, 2000
20001459—Warmer Chilcott Public Limited Company Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
20001529—Sanmina Corporation Alcatel Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
20001532—Robert A. Daly News Corporation Limited (The) Fox Baseball Holdings, Inc.
20001533—The Great Universal Stores P.L.C Mr. Timothy J. Keane Retail Target Marketing Systems, Inc.
20001540—The St. Paul Companies, Inc MMI Companies, Inc MMI Companies, Inc.
20001549—Flextronics Intermational Ltd Cabletron Systems, Inc Cabletron Systems, Inc.
20001564—Vignette Corporation DataSage, Inc. DataSage, Inc.
20001566—Aliant Inc N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij Shell Offshore Service Company
20001567—Robert Wood Johnson IV The Estate of Leon Hess The New York Jets Football Club, Inc.
20001568—Edward Wanandi Frank Katz Strick Corporation.
20001570—Prudential plc Susan Zolla Packaging Advantage Corp.
20001572—Avant! Corporation Analogy, Inc Analogy, Inc.
20001573—Lady Lucky Gaming Corporation Andrew H. Tompkins Gemini, Inc. International Marco Polo's Services, Inc.
20001574—USFreightways Corporation Transport Corporation of America, Inc Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
20001577—Hoganas A.B ChemFirst Inc FRM Industries, Inc.
20001580—Fabri-Steel Products Incorporated TRW Inc Nelson Stud Welding Division of TRW.
20001584—Clear Channel Communications, Inc Faith Broadcasting, L.P Faith Broadcasting, L.P.
20001585—Prudential Insurance Company of America (The) St. Paul Companies, Inc. (The) THI Holdings (Delaware), Inc.
20001588—Haworth International, Ltd LaCasse Inc LeCasse Inc.
20001594—Loews Corporation Gowin Holdings International Limited Gowin Holdings International Limited.
20001595—LaSalle Re Holdings Limited Trenwick Group Inc Trenwick Group Inc.
20001596—DLJ Merchant Banking Partner II, L.P James D. & Margaret M. Brady-Nallo Precision Offset Printing Company, Inc. Precision Ollan Seal, Inc.
20001600—The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company ARM Financial Group, Inc Integrity Life Insurance Company.
20001602—The Shelly Company Ira L. Morris Waco Oil & Gas., Inc.
20001606—Guidant Corporation Impulse Dynamics, LLC Impulse Dynamics N.V.
20001607—First Reserve Fund VIll, L.P Preferred Industries, Inc Preferred Industries, Inc.
20001609—Gerald W. Schwartz Jannock Limited Jannock Limited.
20001612—AutoNation, Inc Dennis E. Breen Horizon Chevrolet, Inc.
20001615—GPU, Inc MYR Group Inc MYR Group Inc.
20001617—Paul G. Desmarais Allmerica Financial Corporation First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company.
20001618—Flextronics International, Ltd Palo Alto Products International (Pte.) Ltd. (“PAPI”) Palo Alto Products International (Pte.) Ltd. (“PAPI”).
20001622—Mail-Well, Inc American Business Products, Inc American Business Products, Inc.
20001623—Golden State Bancopr Inc Downey Financial Corp Downey Finance Corp.
20001626—Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc BRDC, Inc BRDC, Inc.
20001627—Robert S. Goldstein and Susan J. Goldstein (husband & wife) Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
20001628—Bernard Goldstein and Irene S. Goldstein (husband & wife) Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
20001634—Sigma Partners III, L.P Vignette Corporation Vignette Corporation
20001638—John Steven Late AutoNation, Inc Jack Sherman Chevrolet
20001640—Komatsu Ltd Road Machinery Company Road Machinery Company
20001651—Richard G Haworth SMED International, Inc SMED International, Inc.
20001652—CMGI, Inc yesmail.com, inc yesmail.com, inc.
20001656—Jerry Herbst Alexander W. Rangos Car Spa, Inc.
20001659—Charterhouse Equity Partners III, L.P Whitehall Associates, L.P reSOURCE PARTNER, Inc.
20001664—Baker Communications Fund, L.P Sequoia Software Corporation Sequoia Software Corporation
20001670—Captec Net Lease Realty, Inc Patrick L. Beach Captec Financial Group, Inc.
20001672—Industrial Services Group, Inc Dale Smith Palestine Concrete Tile Company
20001673—Industrial Services Group, Inc Danny Smith Palestine Concrete Tile Company
20001674—Centre Capital Investors III, L.P Michael Lee Malamut Autoland, Inc.
20001690—Bracknell Corporation Michael L. Morrissey Sylvan Industrial Piping Of N.J., Inc.
Sylvan Industrial Piping of Tennessee, Inc.
Sylvan Industrial Piping, Inc.
FEB. 9, 2000
20001179—WHX Corporation Bethlehem Steel Corporation Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
20001402—CBS Corporation SportsLine.com, Inc SportLine.com, Inc.
20001466—Smiths Industries plc SIHI/EMC Investors LLC EMC Technology LLC
20001555—American Tower Corporation James A.R. Veeder U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc.
20001582—The Edward W. Scripps Trust Freedom Communications, Inc Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc.
20001597—CPL Long Term Care Real Estate Investment Trust Renaissance Healthcare Corporation Oakridge Nursing Home, Inc.
Renaissance-Chapel Hill, Inc.
Renaissance-Fox Chase, Inc.
Renaissance-Hamilton Plaza, Inc.
Renaissance-Iliff, Inc.
Renaissance-Park Manor, Inc.
Renaissance-Valley View, Inc.
20001605—Estate of Charles A. Sammons Estate of Charles C. Carson E.R. Craven Company.
20001613—BG Distribution Partners, Ltd Terk Distributing Company, Inc Terk Distributing Company, Inc.
20001616—Bank of America Corporation VeloCom Inc VeloCom Inc.
20001636—General Electric Company Macklanburg-Duncan Co Macklanburg-Duncan Co.
20001642—Baxter International Inc XOMA Ltd XOMA Ireland Limited.
20001687—Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V Grupo Carso, S.A.. de C.V TPC Acquisition Corp.
FEB. 10, 2000
20001556—KKR 1996 Fund L.P Intermedia Communications Inc Intermedia Communications Inc.
20001657—Berkshire Hathaway, Inc CORT Business Services Corporation CORT Business Services Corporation.
FEB. 11, 2000
20001449—Gerald W. Schwartz International Business Machines Corporation International Business Machines Corporation.
20001483—Compaq Computer Corporation InaCom Corp InaCom Corp.
InaCom International, Inc.
Sysorex Corporation.
Vanstar Corporation.
20001579—Atlantic Equity Partners International II, L.P Trust u/w/o Edward S. Litchfield Poly-Seal Corporation.
20001599—Apple Computer, Inc Earthlink Network, Inc Earthlink Network, 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. 00-7971 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]

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