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

65 Fed. Reg. 60960 (Oct. 13, 2000)

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

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Federal RegisterOct 13, 2000
65 Fed. Reg. 60960 (Oct. 13, 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 08/21/2000-09/01/2000

Transaction No. Acquiring Acquired Entities
Transactions Granted Early Termination-08/21/2000
20004248 E-T-T, Inc Jackpot Enterprises, Inc Cardivan Company/Corral Coin Inc.
  Corral Country Coin, Inc.
20004282 ABS Capital Partners III, L.P @Road, Inc @Road, Inc.
20004321 Pfizer Inc Virbac S.A Virbac S.A.
20004346 BASF Aktiengesellschaft Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd Takeda Vitamin & Food USA, Inc.
20004348 Skanska AB Barclay White, Inc Barclay White, Inc.
20004379 Mary Alice Taylor Webvan Group, Inc Webvan Group, Inc.
20004383 Silgan Holdings Inc OCM Opportunities Fund, L.P RXI Holdings, Inc.
20004384 Aon Corporation divine interVentures, Inc divine interVentures, Inc.
20004385 Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P Royal Dutch Petroleum Company Shell Epoxy Resins Inc.
20004387 Broadcom Corporation Altima Communications, Inc Altima Communications, Inc.
20004394 Cisco Systems, Inc Komodo Technology, Inc Komodo Technology, Inc.
20004395 Partek Oyj Abp Terex Corporation Terex Corporation.
20004396 UtiliCorp United Inc The Empire District Electric Company The Empire District Electric Company.
20004400 The TriZetto Group, Inc IMS Health Incorporated ERISCO Managed Care Technologies, Inc.
20004401 IMS Health Incorporated The TriZetto Group, Inc The TriZetto Group, Inc.
20004402 Marshall W. Pagon SRT Communications, Inc Souris River Television, Inc.
  SRT Communications, Inc.
20004403 Linc. net, Inc InterCon Construction, Inc InterCon Construction, Inc.
20004404 Metacreations Corporation Computer Associates International, Inc Viewpoint Digital, Inc.
20004405 Robert J. McGovern Tribune Company Career Holdings, Inc.
20004406 Robert J. McGovern Knight-Ridder, Inc Career Holding, Inc.
20004409 Health Management Associates, Inc Charterhouse Equity Partners II, L.P NetCare Health Systems, Inc.
20004410 ABRY Broadcast Partners II, L.P Walter E. Hussman Jr. Family Trust KTAL-TV, Inc.
20004414 Rural Cellular Corporation Saco River Telegraph and Telephone Company Saco River Telegraph and Telephone Company.
20004419 Brockway Moran & Partners Fund, L.P DCS Holdings, Inc Dynamic Cooking Systems, Inc.
20004420 Lucent Technologies, Inc Spring Tide Networks, Inc Spring Tide Networks, Inc.
20004426 Safeguard Scientifics, Inc Kanbay International, Inc Kanbay International, Inc.
20004430 Wind Point Partners IV, L.P Twitchell Holding Corporation Twitchell Holding Corporation.
20004432 UBS AG, a Swiss Banking Corporation Xelus, Inc Xelus, Inc.
20004435 TCV IV, L.P Microsoft Corporation Expedia, Inc.
20004436 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co John P. & Barbara A. Woods John P. Woods Co., Inc.
20004437 John P. & Barabara A. Woods Arthur J. Gallagher & Co Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
20004438 Berkshire Fund V, Limited Partnership U.S. Can Corporation U.S. Can Corporation.
20004441 The SK Equity Fund, L.P Roundhouse, Inc Roundhouse, Inc.
20004442 VNU N.V United News & Media plc MFI Holdings, Inc.
20004443 Internet Capital Group, Inc Robert K. Kraft PaperExchange.com, Inc.
20004444 Robert K. Kraft Internet Capital Group, Inc Internet Capital Group, Inc.
20004446 Long Point Capital Fund, L.P FCP Investors V, L.P Colibri Holding Corporation.
20004447 John Wood Group, PLC Mustang Engineering, Inc Mustang Engineering, Inc.
20004483 Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association PhyCor, Inc PhyCor of Hattiesburg, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/22/2000
20004416 Alaska Power & Telephone Company Bell Atlantic Corporation GTE Alaska Incorporated d/b/a Verizon Alaska.
20004448 Kenneth R. Thomson WebCT, Inc WebCT, Inc.
20004460 ENEL S.p.A Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation.
20004467 Zoho Holding Corporation Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
20004468 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc Zoho Holding Corporation Zoho Holding Corporation.
20004484 TPG Partners II, L.P DoveBid, Inc DoveBid, Inc.
20004494 ITXC Corp eFusion, Inc eFusion, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/23/2000
20004242 Summit Capital II, L.P Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc Switch & Data Facilities Comopany, Inc.
20004431 Eaton Corporation Patrick P. Lee Air-Dro Cylinders, Inc.
  Hydro-Line, Inc.
20004449 Conso International Corporation Charles S. Meyer Lending Textile Co., Inc.
  Wm. E. Wright Limited Partnership.
20004453 Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Co New Mexico Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc HMO New Mexico, Inc.
  New Mexico Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc.
20004455 Oak Investment Partners VIII, L.P Xelus, Inc Xelus, Inc.
20004461 The Bear Sterns Companies Inc., BSCC Employee Fund III, LP Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust Johns Manville Corporation.
20004462 Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust Johns Manville Corporation.
20004463 HMTF Bridge Partners, L.P. or Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust Johns Manville Corporation.
20004465 Riverdeep Group, plc International Business Machines Corporation Edmark Corporation.
20004466 International Business Machines Corporation Riverdeep Group, plc Riverdeep Group, plc
20004469 InfoSpace, Inc Go2Net, Inc. Go2Net, Inc.
20004473 ce Consumer Electronic AG SND Electronics, Inc SND Electronics, Inc.
20004474 IDX Systems Corporation Allscripts, Inc. Allscripts Holding, Inc
20004475 Allscripts, Inc. IDX Systems Corporation Channelhealth Incorporated.
20004476 Prudential plc AmSouth Bancorporation IFC Holdings, Inc.
20004477 Telelogic A. B QSS, Inc QSS, Inc.
20004479 Paul G. Allen InfoSpace, Inc InfoSpace, Inc.
20004480 Russell C. Horowitz InfoSpace, Inc InfoSpace, Inc.
20004481 Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V Mr. Issam M. Fares Howe-Baker International, Inc.
20004482 Issam M. Fares Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
20004490 SCI Systems, Inc Koor Industries, Ltd Telrad Networks Ltd.
20004491 Grand Pacific Petrochemical Corp Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd MMC Technology, Inc.
20004493 Donald M. Tribus First Union Corporation First Union Corporation.
20004497 Debt Strategies Fund II, Inc Debt Strategies Fund III, Inc Debt Strategies Fund III, Inc.
20004499 Debt Strategies Fund II, Inc Debt Strategies Fund, Inc Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.
20004524 American International Group, Inc DQE, Inc Duquesne Energy, Inc.
20004532 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners III, L.P Jeffrey A. Wolfson Pax Holding Corporation.
20004550 Michael E. Heisley WordPort Communications, Inc WorldPort Communications, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/24/2000
20004252 Veritas Capital Fund, L.P. (The) Tech-Sym Corporation Tech-Sym Corporation.
20004347 Advance Paradigm, Inc Rite Aid Corporation PCS Holding Corporation.
20004375 Cephalon, Inc Anesta Corp Anesta Corp.
20004381 MediaNews Group, Inc Kenneth R. Thomson Thomson Holdings Inc.
20004439 MDU Resources Group, Inc Stephen J. Loosley Roseburg Paving Company.
  Teeco Corporation.
20004440 MDU Resources Group, Inc Judy Sweeney Roseburg Paving Company.
  Teeco Corporation.
20004500 Lincolnshire Equity Fund II, L.P Lincolnshire Equity Fund I, L.P Visual Products Corp.
20004501 Regal-Beloit Corporation Leeson Electric Corporation Leeson Electric Corporation.
20004502 Prison Realty Trust, Inc Corrections Corporation of America Corrections Corporation of America.
20004505 Reed International P.L.C eCompanies LLC Business.Com, Inc.
20004506 Elsevier NV eCompanies LLC Business.Com, Inc.
20004507 Centennial Communications Corp Bell Atlantic Corporation d/b/a Verizon communications Subsidiary Corporation.
20004508 Hagemeyer N.V Cameron & Barkley Company Cameron & Barkley Company
20004510 Pearson plc eCompanies LLC Business.Com, Inc.
20004511 Allied Zurich p.l.c Zurich Allied AG Zurich Allied AG.
20004513 Forest Oil Corporation Forcenergy Inc Forcenergy Inc.
20004517 AXA Sanford C. Bernstein Inc Bernstein Technologies, Inc.
20004519 Citigroup Inc George Karfunkel AST StockPlan, Inc.
20004520 Citigroup Inc Michael Karfunkel AST StockPlan, Inc.
20004521 Hong Kong Electric Holdings Limited ScottishPower plc Eastern Investment Company.
  Pan Pacific Global Corporation.
20004522 Hutchison Whampoa Limited ScottishPower plc Eastern Investment Company.
  Pan Pacific Global Corporation.
20004525 Overseas Partners Ltd Reliance Group Holdings, Inc Reliance Reinsurance Company.
20004528 Illinois Tool Works Inc Huhtamaki Van Leer Oyj Van Leer Flexibles (Texas), Inc.
  Van Leer Flexibles LP.
  VLF Holding, Inc.
20004535 The Boeing Company M. Francois Pinault Continental Graphics Holdings, Inc.
20004537 Bank One Corporation BISSELL, Inc AbilityOne Corporation.
20004540 TCV IV, L.P CosmoCom, Inc CosmoCom, Inc.
20004542 Universal Compression Holdings, Inc Reuben James Helton Gas Compression Services, Inc.
20004543 Interpool, Inc Aegon N.V Transamerica Leasing Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/25/2000
20003983 BP Amoco p.l.c Aerie Networks, Inc Aerie Networks, Inc.
20004147 Richland Ventures II, L.P Gabriel Communications, Inc Gabriel Communications, Inc.
20004148 Richland Ventures III, L.P Gabriel Communications, Inc Gabriel Communications, Inc.
20004153 Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc Bernhard Muskantor United Musical Instruments Holdings, Inc.
20004322 Intel Corporation Newco Newco.
20004368 Westgate Equity Partners, L.P Eagle OPG, Inc Eagle OPG, Inc.
20004451 MasTec, Inc Floyd Flaire Ferrell, Jr Flaire, Inc.
20004457 Syncor International Corporation US Diagnostic Inc US Diagnostic, Inc.
20004478 M.D. Sass Corporate Resurgence Partners, L.P Seaman Furniture Company, Inc Seaman Furniture Company, Inc.
20004489 Kurt Abrahamson Media Metrix, Inc Media Metrix, Inc.
20004512 Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family Trust MJ Cellular, Inc MJ Cellular, Inc.
20004529 DDI Corporation KDD Corporation KDD America, Inc.
20004531 Clear Channel Communications, Inc Stephens Group, Inc DR Partners.
20004533 Mattson Technology, Inc CFM Technologies, Inc CFM Technologies, Inc.
20004536 The Southern Company The Southern Company Southern Company Energy Marketing G.P., L.L.C.
  Southern Company Energy Marketing, L.P.
20004551 Gene DeRose Media Metrix, Inc Media Metrix, Inc.
20004552 Accel VIII L.P Comstellar Technologies, Inc Comstellar Technologies, Inc.
20004553 New Enterprise Associates 9, Limited Partnership Comstellar Technologies, Inc Comstellar Technologies, Inc.
20004558 GTCR Fund VII, L.P InfoHighway Communications Corporation InfoHighway Communications Corporation.
20004560 Eltrax Systems, Inc Cereus Technology Partners, Inc Cereus Technology Partners, Inc.
20004564 Marmon Holdings, Inc Aegon, N.V Trans Ocean Tank Services Corporation.
  Transamerica Leasing Inc.
20004570 iBeam Broadcasting Corporation NextVenue Inc NextVenue Inc.
20004574 Illinois Tool Works Inc Hampshire Holographic Manufacturing Corporation Hampshire Holographic Manufacturing Corporation.
20004602 SC VIII Management, LLC Yahoo! Inc Yahoo! Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/28/2000
20004270 Intuit Inc Princes Gate Investors II, L.P Venture Finance Software Corp.
20004373 The Williams Companies, Inc Stanford N. Phelps Wyatt Energy, Incorporated.
  Wyco New Haven, Inc.
  Wyn Corporation.
20004579 Nortel Networks Corporation Alteon WebSystems, Inc Alteon WebSystems, Inc.
20004655 MapleWood Equity Partners LP HoldCo HoldCo.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/30/2000
20000801 Clear Channel Communications, Inc AMFM Inc AMFM Inc.
20001205 Thomas O. Hicks Clear Channel Communications, Inc Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
20001208 Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, L.P Clear Channel Communications, Inc Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
20004297 Colonial Pipe Line Company BP Amoco p.l.c BP Exploration & Oil Inc.
  BP Oil Pipeline Company.
20004447 VantagePoint Venture Partners III (Q), L.P Aerie Networks, Inc Aerie Networks, Inc.
20004509 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Wagner Asset Management, L.P Wagner Asset Management, L.P.
20004514 Martin J. Wygod Healtheon/WebMD Corporation Healtheon/WebMD Corporation.
20004515 Michael A. Singer Healtheon/WebMD Corporation Healtheon/WebMD Corporation.
20004557 Freedom Communications, Inc Warburg, Pincus Capital Company, L.P Journal Company, Inc., Journal Register Supply, Inc.
  Journal Company, Inc., Journal Register Supply, Inc.
20004559 Western Wireless Corporation Hickory Tech Corporation Hickory Tech Corporation.
20004563 IFCO Systems, N.V Texas Pallet, L.P Texas Pallet, L.P.
20004565 Garfield Weston Charitable Foundation Procter & Gamble Company, (The) Procter & Gamble Company, (The).
20004566 Broadcom Corporation Silicon Spice Inc Silicon Spice Inc.
20004567 Mr. Vinod Dham Broadcom Corporation Broadcom Corporation.
20004573 Cisco Systems, Inc Cap Gemini, S.A Cap Gemini, S.A.
20004583 The Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund, Inc The Emerging Markets Telecommunications Fund, Inc The Emerging Markets Telecommunications Fund, Inc.
20004584 The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc The Latin America Equity Fund, Inc The Latin America Equity Fund, Inc.
20004590 Citigroup Inc Titan International, Inc Titan International, Inc.
20004591 Citigroup Inc Delco Remy International, Inc Delco Remy International, Inc.
20004596 Wells Fargo & Company General Electric Corporation GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc.
20004597 Bain Capital Fund VII, L.P Intira Corporation Intira Corporation.
20004598 Phone.com, Inc Software.com, Inc Software.com, Inc.
20004601 John Menzies plc Ogden Corporation Ogden Asia Pacific Services, Inc.
  Ogden Aviation Service Company of Texas, Inc.
  Ogden Aviation Service Company of Washington, Inc.
  Ogden Aviation Services (Chile) Ltda.
  Ogden Aviation Services (Venezuela), S.A.
  Ogden Aviation Services Dominicana, S.A.
  Ogden Cargo Limited.
  Ogden Central and South America, Inc.
  Ogden Ground Services (Canada) Ltd.
  Ogden Ground Services de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
  Ogden Ground Services, Inc.
  Ogden Holdings B.V.
  Ogden Peru, S.R.L.
  Ogden-Servicos de Atendimento Aeroterrestre Ltda.
  SEITSA Leasing, S.A. de C.V.
20004607 Church & Dwight Co., Inc USA Detergents, Inc Armus, LLC.
  USA Detergents, Inc.
20004620 United Rentals, Inc Naru Investment Trust Horizon High Reach, Inc.
20004623 Brian L. Roberts CAT Partnership CAT Partnership.
20004625 Time Warner Inc Time Warner Inc Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
  Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse.
20004629 Internet Captial Group, Inc inOvate Communications Group, Inc inOvate Communications Group, Inc.
20004630 Apollo Investment Fund IV, LP Patrick Nolan GTS Transportation Services, Inc.
20004631 Apollo Investment Fund IV, LP Jeffrey Roths GTS Transportation Services, Inc.
20004641 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc Societe Generale SG Cowen Securities Corporation.
20004642 Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P Lucent Technologies Inc Avaya, Inc.
20004643 Fortis (B) Service Corporation International American Memorial Life Insurance Company.
20004644 Fortis (NL) N.V Service Corporation International American Memorial Life Insurance Company.
20004651 Zale Corporation Piercing Pagoda, Inc Piercing Pagoda, Inc.
20004652 PETsMART, Inc PETsMART.com, Inc PETsMART.com, Inc.
20004658 Chrion Corporation PathoGenesis Corporation PathoGenesis Corporation.
20004660 JOMED N.V EndoSonics Corporation EndoSonics Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/31/2000
20004621 Lancaster Colony Corporation Patricia W. Barnes Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/01/2000
20003182 BAE Systems plc Lockheed Martin Corporation Lockheed Martin Corporation.
20003972 Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc Gooding's Supermarkets, Inc Gooding's Supermarkets, Inc.
20004495 Rentokil Initial plc The ServiceMaster Company TruGreen Limited Partnership.
20004562 H.F. Johnson Distributing Trust of the Benefit of Samuel J Charles & Jane Butcher The Butcher Company.

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. 00-26342 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am]

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