02-1476. Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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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.
Transaction No. Acquiring person Acquired person Acquired entities Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/26/2001 20020109 Mr. Peter R. Kellogg Navistar International Corporation Harco National Insurance Company 20020117 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc AT&T Wireless Services, Inc Salinas Cellular Telephone Company 20020120 Baylor Health Care System All Saints Health System All Saints Health System 20020123 BB&T Corporation Cooney, Rikard & Curtin, Inc Cooney, Rikard & Curtin, Inc. 20020124 Kerr-McGee Corporation Devon Holdco Devon Holdco 20020129 Security Capital Group Incorporated Equity Office Properties Trust ECH-517 Marquette, L.L.C. ECH-Adams/Wabash Parking Garage, L.L.C. ECH-North Loop/Theater District Parking Limited Partnership ECH-St. Louis Parking Garages, L.L.C. 20020140 Observer AB PRIMEDIA Inc Bacon's Information, Inc. 20020146 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Fruit of the Loom, Ltd Fruit of the Loom, Ltd. FTL Caribe, Ltd. Union Underwear Company, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/27/2001 20020132 JP Morgan Chase & Co Emerson Electric Co Electronic Control Systems, Inc., Ogden Manufacturing Co. Emerson Electric (U.K.) Limited, VUMA A.S. Emerson Electric Canada Limited Emerson Electric Co. Etirex S.A., ELW Industrial, S. de R.L. de C.V. Start Printed Page 2886 20020136 ILEX Oncology, Inc Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc Millennium & ILEX Partners, L.P. Millennium & ILEX, L.L.C. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/28/2001 20020153 Fiserv, Inc William E. Sagan Trewit, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/29/2001 20020084 Wellspring Capital Partners II, L.P American Coin Merchandising, Inc American Coin Merchandising, Inc. 20020097 Lockheed Martin Corporation Cecile Barker OAO Corporation 20020138 QUALCOMM Incorporated VeloCom Inc VeloCom Inc. 20020143 School Specialty, Inc Franklin Covey Co Premier Agendas, Inc. 20020147 Verizon Communications Inc Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family Trust ACC Tennessee License LLC Dobson Cellular Systems, Inc., ACC of Tennessee LLC 20020148 Verizon Communications Inc AT&T Wireless Services, Inc AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. 20020149 Weyerhaeuser Company Willamette Industries, Inc Willamette Industries, Inc. 20020159 MBNA Corporation Wachovia Corporation The First National Bank of Atlanta 20020160 Kmart Corporation Windsong/Allegiance, LLC Joe Boxer Company, LLC Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/03/2001 20020119 Alliant Techsystems Inc Blount International, Inc Estate Cartridge, Inc. Federal Cartridge Company Newco Simmons Outdoor Corporation 20020145 IM International media AG Graham King Initial Entertainment Group, Inc. 20020152 Long Beach Holdings Corp Ameriquest Capital Corporation Long Beach Acceptance Corp. 20020163 International Business Machines Corporation Cross Worlds Software, Inc Cross Worlds Software, Inc. 20020168 Mr. Vic De Zen Fineter S.A Marley Mouldings LLC 20020173 Lap Shun (John) Hui eMachines, Inc eMachines, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/04/2001 20020133 WellPoint Health Networks Inc Missouri Foundation for Health (The) RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc. 20020171 Wind Point Partners IV, L.P U.S. Industries, Inc Ames True Temper, Inc. IXL Manufacturing, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/06/2001 20020257 The 1998 Confederation Trust Quality Stores, Inc Quality Stores, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—12/07/2001 2001241 Koninklijke Ahold N.V Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc. 20020164 CRH, plc Royal Bank of Canada Global Clay Products, LLC 20020185 First Reserve Fund VIII, L.P Key Energy Services, Inc Key Energy Services, Inc. For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay or Chandra L. Kennedy, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.
Start SignatureBy Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1476 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
Document Information
- Published:
- 01/22/2002
- Department:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 02-1476
- Pages:
- 2885-2886 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 02-1476.pdf