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

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Federal RegisterAug 7, 2001
66 Fed. Reg. 41235 (Aug. 7, 2001)

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, 07/09/2001-07/18/2001

Transaction Acquiring person Acquired person Acquired entities
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/09/2001
20011959 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Structural Dynamics Research Corporation Structural Dynamics Research Corporation.
20011965 American Italian Pasta Company Whitehall Associates, L.P BFC Investments, L.P., BF Foods International Corporation.
Borden Foods Corporation.
20011978 Mme Ginette Dalloz Engineering Henri Bacou S.A Engineering Henri Bacou S.A.
20012057 Cendant Corporation Galileo International, Inc Galileo International, Inc.
Transactions Early Termination—07/10/2001
20012000 Pride International, Inc Marine Drilling Companies, Inc Marine Drilling Companies, Inc.
20012050 Limestone Electron Trust Energy Investors Fund, L.P Cambria CoGen Company.
20012070 Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Mr. Brad Kelley Commonwealth Brands, Inc.
20012072 Ultraframe Plc Joseph Eposito C&J Realty Co.
Fisher Skylights, Inc.
Four Seasons Holbrook, Inc.
Four Seasons Marketing Corp.
Four Seasons Solar Products Corp.
20012073 Ultraframe Plc Christopher Esposito C&J Realty Co.
Fisher Skylights, Inc.
Four Seasons Holbrook, Inc.
Four Seasons Marketing Corp.
Four Seasons Solar Products Corp.
20012087 WideOpenWest Holdings, LLC SBC Communications Inc Ameritech New Media, Inc.
20012090 Mellon Financial Corporation SAW Trust Pilgrim Escrow Company, LLC.
Standish, Ayer & Wood Inc.
20012124 Radio One, Inc U.S. Broadcasting Limited Partnership U.S. Broadcasting Limited Partnership.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/11/2001
20011970 AOL Time Warner, Inc Future Network plc Future Network plc.
20012084 Perot Systems Corporation Advanced Receivables Strategy, Inc Advanced Receivables Strategy, Inc.
20012094 Tangua Charitable Trust Heartland Steel, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession Heartland Steel, Inc.
20012117 Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Inc Sound Advice, Inc Sound Advice, Inc.
20012120 Berkshire Hathaway Inc FINOVA Group Inc. (The) FINOVA Group Inc. (The).
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/12/2001
20012015 Maytag Corporation Amana Appliance Company, L.P Amana Appliance Company, L.P.
20012026 First Data Corporation NYCE Corporation NYCE Corporation.
20012083 Wicks Communications & Media Partners, L.P Torstar Corporation Cambridge Physics Outlet, Inc.
Delta Education, Inc.
20012112 BCE Inc Wildblue Communications, Inc Wildblue Communications, Inc .
20012129 Misys plc Sidney A. Goldblatt, MD Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/13/2001
20012014 Pulte Homes, Inc Del Webb Corporation Del Webb Corporation.
20012041 Automatic Data Processing, Inc Avert, Inc Avert, Inc.
20012066 Marubeni Corporation Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc.
20012067 ITOCHU Corporation Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc Marubeni-Itochu Steel, Inc.
20012075 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Infineon Technologies AG.
20012079 Johnson & Johnson Inverness Medical Technology, Inc Inverness Medical Technology, Inc.
20012085 Medtronic, Inc MiniMed Inc MiniMed Inc.
20012086 Medtronic, Inc Medical Research Group, Inc Medical Research Group, Inc.
20012092 AT&T Corp Sprint Corporation Sprint Corporation.
20012093 Spring Corporation AT&T Corp AT&T Corp.
20012107 TD Capital Canadian Private Equity Partners (QLP) L.P Harrowston Inc Harrowston Inc.
20012111 AOL Time Warner Inc AOL Time Warner Inc TWI Cable Inc.
20012115 Cascades Inc Plainwell Shasta Holdings Inc Plainwell Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/16/2001
20012077 EQT Northern Europe AG AB Electrolux White Consolidated Industreis, Inc.
20012103 e-MedSoft.com Thor Capital Holdings, LLC Chartwell Diversified Services, Inc.
20012122 Lawrence L. Garlcik Peregrine Systems, Inc Peregrine Systems, Inc.
20012131 Kelso Investment Associates VI, L.P CPI Development Corporation Carter-Wallance, Inc.
20012133 CSL Limited, an Australian Capital Territory Corporation Nabi, a Delaware Corporation Nabi, a Delaware Corporation.
20012137 Protective Life Corporation Irish Life Permanent plc First Variable Life Insurance Company.
Inter-State Assurance Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/17/2001
20012132 AK Steel Holding Corporation Acme Metals Incorporated Alpha Tube Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/18/2001
20012028 UMC Health System Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Children's Community Care.
20012042 Peregrine Systems, Inc Remedy Corporation Remedy Corporation.

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.

Benjamin I. Berman,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01-19725 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]

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