[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57462-57465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27786]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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. Sec. 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
required 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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/27/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994405.............. Nycomed Amersham plc........ Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
19994513.............. The Hain Food Group, Inc.... H.J. Heinz Company.......... H.J. Heinz Company.
19994514.............. H.J. Heinz Company.......... The Hain Food Group, Inc.... The Hain Food Group, Inc.
19994604.............. Michael J. Cantanucci....... Malcolm S. Pray, Jr......... Pray Automobile Corp.
19994644.............. Vedior NV................... Select Appointments Select Appointments
(Holdings) PLC. (Holdings) PLC.
19994664.............. Hellman & Friedman Capital Anthony E. Bakker........... Blackbaud, Inc.
Partners, Ill, L.P.
19994665.............. ING Groep N.V............... BHF Bank Aktiengesellschaft. BHF Bank Aktiengesellschaft.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/27/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994372.............. PECO Energy Company......... Illinova Corporation........ Illinois Power Company.
19994373.............. British Energy plc.......... Illinova Corporation........ Illinois Power Company.
19994375.............. Green Equity Investors, II, Lee Enterprises, Lee Enterprises,
L.P. Incorporated. Incorporated.
19994391.............. FirstEnergy Corp............ The Williams Companies, Inc. Volunteer Energy, L.L.C.
19994420.............. RoweCom Inc................. Dawson Holdings PLC......... Dawson, Inc.
19994425.............. Waste Management, Inc....... Andrew A. Schweizer......... Aagard Sanitation, Inc
19994445.............. Carlisle Companies Titan International, Inc.... Titan International, Inc.
Incorporated.
19994446.............. Maurice M. Taylor, Jr....... Carlisle Companies Carlisle Companies
Incorporated. Incorporated.
19994463.............. Datatec Limited............. Marion Wilson............... AllTech Data Systems, Inc.
19994483.............. AutoNation, Inc............. Gerald M. Gleason........... Golf Mill Ford, Inc.
Jerry Gleason Chevrolet,
Inc.
Jerry Gleason Dodge, Inc.
19994509.............. Morgenthaler Venture William Kuchera............. C.O.A. Management Company,
Partners IV, L.P. Inc.
Kuchera Defense Industries,
Inc.
Kuchera Industries, Inc.
19994537.............. Hutchison Whampoa Limited... VoiceStream Wireless VoiceStream Wireless
Corporation. Corporation.
19994549.............. Harry T. Rose............... Applebee's International, Applebee's of Pennsylvania,
Inc. Inc.
19994553.............. RailWorks Corporation....... William Troy Byler.......... W.T. Byler Co., Inc.
19994565.............. AT&T Corp................... UnitedGlobalCom, Inc........ UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
19994566.............. AT&T Corp................... Tickets.com, Inc............ Tickets.com, Inc.
19994570.............. IWKA Akiengesellschaft...... Norman G. Ulmer............. Key Welder Corp.
19994576.............. Alan L. Levy................ Viatel, Inc................. Viatel, Inc.
19994577.............. Asahi Organic Chemicals Asahi/America, Inc.......... Asahi/America, Inc.
Industry Co., Ltd.
19994578.............. Cordant Technologies Inc.... Robert Kanminski Revocable Continental/Midland, Inc.
Trust 6/17/88. KORE II, Inc.
KORE, Inc.
19994580.............. Quantum Industrial Holdings, Onvoy, Inc.................. Onvoy, Inc.
Ltd.
19994581.............. Hughes Supply, Inc.......... James G. Doyle.............. Reaction Supply Corporation.
19994586.............. Sunrise Capital Partners, SubMicron Systems SubMicron Systems
L.P. Corporation. Corporation.
19994587.............. Group 1 Automotive, Inc..... Don Bohn Ford, Inc.......... Don Bohn Ford, Inc.
[[Page 57463]]
19994599.............. Kevin J. Laughlin........... Lucent Technologies, Inc.... Lucent Technologies, Inc.
19994600.............. John L. Drew................ Lucent Technologies, Inc.... Lucent Technologies, Inc.
19994601.............. Vernon R. Anderson.......... Lucent Technologies, Inc.... Lucent Technologies, Inc.
19994602.............. Alfred West................. Viatel, Inc................. Viatel, Inc.
19994605.............. Gerald W. Schwartz.......... John Humphrey and James Nelson Metal Products
Humphrey, Voting Trustees. Corporation.
19994607.............. AT&T Corp................... AT&T Corp................... District Cablevision Limited
Partnership.
19994608.............. GTCR Fund VI, L.P........... Metamor Worldwide, Inc...... Metamor Information
Technology Service Inc.
19994611.............. Prodigy Communications Joseph D. Fail.............. U.S. Republic
Corporation. Communications, Inc.
19994615.............. Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P... Stolberg Partners, L.P...... Advanced Telecommunications,
Inc.
19994622.............. Joseph Littlejohn & Levy Tenet Healthcare Corporation Tenet Healthcare
Fund III, L.P. Corporation.
19994623.............. Watonwan Farm Service Truman Farmers Elevator Truman Farmers Elevator
Company. Company. Company.
19994624.............. Power Packaging Inc......... Jeffrey D. Hettinger........ PBP Secialty Beverage, Inc.
19994629.............. The Western and Southern Countrywide Credit Countrywide Financial
Life Insurance Company. Industries, Inc. Services, Inc.
19994630.............. The Reynolds and Reynolds William G. Ziercher......... Sterling Direct, Inc.
Company.
19994632.............. Advance America, Cash Steve A. and Brenda G. McKenzie Check Advance.
Advance Centers, Inc. McKenzie. National Cash Advance and
Union Cash Advance.
19994633.............. Steve A. and Brenda G. Advance America, Cash Advance America, Cash
McKenzie. Advance Centers, Inc. Advance Centers, Inc.
19994636.............. Cox Enterprises, Inc........ Pengo, L.L.C................ Smith Management, LLC.
19994638.............. Carlton Communications Pic.. Norddeutscher Rundfunk...... Hamdon Entertainment, a
general partnership.
19994640.............. AT&T Corp................... Media/Communications Triad Holdings I, LLC.
Partners II Limited
Partnership.
19994642.............. Summit Ventures V, L.P...... Somera Communications, Inc.. Somera Communications, Inc.
19994645.............. American Plumbing & Stephen F. Turner........... Atlas Plumbing & Mechanical,
Mechanical, Inc. Inc.
19994646.............. MBNA Corporation............ Hancock Holding Corporation. Hancock Bank of Louisiana,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
19994647.............. Banca Intesa S.p.A.......... Banca Commerciale Italiana Banca Commerciale Italiana
S.p.A. S.p.A.
19994650.............. Bracknell Corporation....... Nationwide Electric, Inc.... Nationwide Electric, Inc.
19994659.............. AT&T Corp................... Newco....................... Newco.
19994663.............. William P. and Patricia R. NCH Corporation............. Resource Electronics, Inc.
Carlton (husband and wife).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/29/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994408.............. Engineered Support Systems, ESCO Electronics Corporation Systems & Electronics Inc.
Inc.
19994471.............. Michael D. Garvey........... Hawaiian Electric Hawaiian Tug & Barge.
Industries, Inc. Young Brothers, Limited
19994497.............. General Electric Company.... John V. Saeman, Jr.......... Camp Systems International,
LLC.
19994561.............. Hooper Holmes, Inc.......... Pediatric Services of Paramedical Services of
America, Inc. America, Inc.
19994590.............. AutoNation, Inc............. DKK Holding Company, Ltd.... DKK Holding Company, Ltd.
19994595.............. AutoNation, Inc............. Kenneth Nichols............. Nichols Ford, Inc.
19994603.............. Bank of America Corporation. The Allstate Corporation.... Hollinee, L.L.C.
19994610.............. Rolls-Royce plc............. First Aviation Services Inc. National Airmotive
Corporation.
19994613.............. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Players International, Inc.. Players International, Inc.
19994635.............. National Equipment Services, Keith Griggs................ Safety Lights Sales and
Inc.. Leasing, Inc. of Texas.
19994657.............. Autoweb. com, Inc........... Kenneth R. Thomason (a The Gale Group, Inc.
Canadian citizen).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/30/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19992563.............. General Electric Company.... Advanced Lighting Advanced Lighting
Technologies, Inc. Technologies, Inc.
19994128.............. Plains Cooperative Oil Mill, Yazoo Valley Oil Mill, Inc.. Yazoo Valley Oil Mill, Inc.
Inc.
19994340.............. Brooks Automation, Inc...... Jenoptik AG................. Jenoptik Infab, Inc.
19994341.............. Jenoptik AG................. Brooks Automation, Inc...... Brooks Automation, Inc.
19994398.............. Affiliated Computer General American Life Consultec, LLC.
Services, Inc. Insurance Company.
19994422.............. Land O' Lakes, Inc.......... Swiss Valley Farms, Co...... Swiss Valley Farms, Co.
19994423.............. Richard W. Couch............ Patrick M. Byrne............ Centricut Automation, LLC,
Haverford Industries, LLC.
Centricut, LLC, Centricut
Manufacturing, LLC.
19994475.............. New York Life Insurance PlanetRx.com, Inc........... PlanetRx.com, Inc.
Company.
19994511.............. GKN plc..................... Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. Borg-Warner Automotive
Automatic Transmission
Systems Corp.
19994572.............. Integrated Electrical Britt Rice.................. Britt Rice Electric, Inc.
Services, Inc.
19994583.............. Wastequip, Inc.............. Galbreath Inc............... Galbreath Inc.
19994621.............. Northern States Power Northeast Utilities......... Northeast Utilities.
Company.
[[Page 57464]]
19994631.............. Dyno ASA.................... Kamilche Company............ Simpson Timber Company.
19994643.............. Carousel Capital Partners, Fresh Foods, Inc............ Claremont Restaurant Group,
L.P. LLC.
Fresh Foods Sales, LLC
19994648.............. Golder, Thoma, Cressey, APL Healthcare Group, Inc... APL Healthcare Group, Inc.
Rauner Fund V, L.P. APL Properties, LLC.
Associated Pathologists,
Chartered.
19994651.............. Reed International P.L.C.... National Soft Drink National Soft Drink
Association. Association.
19994652.............. Elsevier NV................. National Soft Drink National Soft Drink
Association. Association.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/04/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994330.............. Nortel Networks Corporation. Periphonics Corporation..... Periphonics Corporation.
19994436.............. Telefonaktiebolaget L M Dr. Rajendra Singh.......... LLC Europe, AS.
Ericsson. LLC International Inc
19994532.............. Behrman Capital II L.P...... ICG Communications, Inc..... ICG Fiber Optic
Technologies, Inc.
19994591.............. Industrial & Financial Effective Management Effective Management
Systems. Systems, Inc. Systems, Inc.
19994654.............. Terex Corporation........... Allegheny Teledyne Teledyne Specialty
Incorporated. Equipment; Teledyne B.V.
19994656.............. Flextronics International Thomas C. Albright and Susie Circuit Board Assemblers,
Ltd. C. Albright. Inc.
EMC International, Inc.
19994667.............. Madaus Aktiengesellschaft... MMS Holding Company......... MMS Holding Company.
19994668.............. International Multifoods Allen Kruh.................. Better Brands, Inc.
Corporation. Windsor Circle, LLC.
19994670.............. G.T.C. Transcontinental Laurence N. Weiss........... Forms Inc.
Group Ltd. Newton Business Forms Corp.
Spectra Mail, Inc.
19994674.............. W. Marvin Rush.............. Edward Donahue, Sr.......... New Mexico Peterbilt, Inc.
Southwest Peterbilt, Inc.
Southwest Truck Center, Inc.
19994675.............. American Express Company.... GetThere.com, Inc........... GetThere.com, Inc.
19994676.............. Softbank Corp............... Scott A. Blum Separate Buy.Com, Inc.
Property Trust U/D/T 8/2/95.
19994679.............. Citadel Communications CAT Communications, Inc..... Caribou Communications Co.
Corporation.
19994684.............. United Rentals, Inc......... Burch Family Investments, Burch-Lowe, Inc.
L.P.
19994689.............. JAKKS Pacific, Inc.......... Colorbok Paper Products, Inc Colorbok Paper Products,
Inc.
19994692.............. Quantum Industrial Holdings, Greenwich Street Capital Day International Group,
Ltd. Partners, L.P. Inc.
19994693.............. Vodafone AirTouch Plc....... Blackstone CCI Capital CommNet Cellular, Inc.
Partners L.P.
19994698.............. Station Casinos Inc......... Hilton Hotels Corp.......... Flamingo Hilton Riverboat
Casino, L.P.
19994700.............. Freedom Securities The Hill Thompson Group, Ltd The Hill Thompson Group,
Corporation. Ltd.
19994701.............. Netopia, Inc................ WBL Corporation Ltd......... StarNet Technologies, Inc.
19994703.............. Florida Progress Corporation EARTHCO..................... ECO Synfuel Group, LLC
19994705.............. Burlington Resources Inc.... Poco Petroleums Ltd......... Poco Petroleums Ltd.
19994706.............. Kenneth L. Schnitzer, Jr.... Beck Imports Limited Beck Imports Limited
Partnership. Partnership.
19994707.............. Douglas W. Schnitzer........ Beck Imports Limited Beck Imports Limited
Partnership. Partnership.
19994709.............. Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P... Buhrmann NV................. Buhrmann NV.
19994711.............. Bain Capital VI Coinvestment Buhrmann NV................. Buhrmann NV.
Fund, L.P.
19994712.............. Bayer AG.................... Berwind Group Partners...... Elastochem, Inc.
19994713.............. Apollo Investment Fund IV, Buhrmann NV................. Buhrmann NV.
LP.
19994726.............. Warburg, Pincus, Equity Kidd Kamm Equity Partners, Wright Medical Technology,
Partners, L.P.. L.P. Inc.
19994732.............. RSTW Partners III, L.P...... National Paper & Packaging, National Paper & Packaging,
Co. Co.
19994735.............. Summit Ventures V, L.P...... E-Commerce Exchange, Inc.... E-Commerce Exchange, Inc.
19994741.............. The News Corporation Limited Mr. Lawrence J. Ellison..... Knowledge Enterprises, Inc.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/05/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994574.............. Leucadia National MK Gold Company............. MK Gold Company.
Corporation.
19994653.............. Amazon.com, Inc............. Della & James, Inc.......... Della & James, Inc.
19994669.............. Brentwood Associates Private The Sports Club Company, Inc Spectrum Club Holding
Equity III, L.P. Company.
19994691.............. TenFold Corporation......... Barclays PLC................ The LongView Group, Inc.
19994716.............. Seneca Foods Corporation.... Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc.... Agrilink Foods, Inc.
19994717.............. Allen Holdings Inc.......... VoiceStream Wireless VoiceStream Wireless
Corporation. Corporation.
19994719.............. Trident II, L.P............. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.
Inc..
19994724.............. Albert Bonnier AB........... ING Groep N.V............... De Ster Holding B.V.
19994725.............. EQT Scandinavia Limited..... ING Groep N.V............... De Ster Holding B.V.
19994736.............. Lennox International Inc.... The Ducane Company, Inc..... The Ducane Company, Inc.
19994738.............. J.W. Childs Equity Partners Morrell M. Avram, M.D....... AFMSM, Inc.
II, L.P.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/06/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994625.............. Tyco International Ltd...... General Surgical General Surgical
Innovations, Inc. Innovations, Inc.
19994682.............. Bestfoods................... Case Swayne Holdings, Inc... Case Swayne Holdings, Inc.
19994745.............. Grupo Mexico, S. A. de C.V.. Asarco Incorporated......... Asarco Incorporated.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[[Page 57465]]
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/07/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994133.............. EMC Corporation............. Data General Corporation.... Data General Corporation.
19994655.............. Tyco International Ltd...... Vincent W. Foglia........... Foglia Hills Building
Partnership.
19994685.............. Severn Trent Plc............ Arthur G. Burton............ Del Mar Analytical Lab.,
Inc., North Creek
Analytical, Inc.,
Great Lakes Analytical,
Inc., Star Analytical Lab.,
Inc.,
Oceanic Analytical Lab.,
Inc.
Sequoia Analytical
Laboratory, Inc.
19994694.............. Cendant Corporation......... Apollo Investment Fund III, NRT Incorporated.
L.P.
19994697.............. Info-quest SA, a corporation AremisSoft Corporation, a AremisSoft Corporation, a
under the laws of Greece. Delaware corporation. Delaware corporation.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/08/1999
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19994598.............. Hudson United Bank.......... Credit Lyonnais Group....... Lyon Credit Corporation.
19994686.............. Astec Industries, Inc....... Phil Jenkins................ American Augers, Inc.
19994695.............. Premiere Technologies, Inc.. Healtheon Corporatioin...... Healtheon Corporation.
19994729.............. American Industrial Partners Big Sky Trust............... Consoltex Group Inc.
Capital Fund II, L.P..
19994739.............. Primedia, Inc............... Games & Fish Publications, Games & Fish Publications,
Inc. Inc.
19994742.............. The Pantry, Inc............. Michael F. Mansfield........ Kangaroo, Inc.
19994743.............. KKR 1996 Fund, L.P.......... Apollo Investment Fund III, Alliance Imaging Inc.
L.P.
19994751.............. Textron Inc................. Litchfield Financial Litchfield Financial
Corporation. Corporation.
19994755.............. Ushio, Inc.................. John A. Pollock............. Electrohome Limited.
19994759.............. U. Bertram Ellis, Jr........ Healtheon Corporation....... Healtheon Corporation.
19994763.............. SZ Investments, L.L.C....... Transmedia Network, Inc..... Transmedia Network, Inc.
19994767.............. Cortec Group Fund II, L.P... Conxall Corporation......... Conxall Corporation.
19994788.............. Madison Dearborn Capital Stericycle, Inc............. Stericycle, Inc.
Partners III, L.P.
19994789.............. Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P... Stericycle, Inc............. Stericycle, Inc.
19994801.............. Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Tom W. and Elizabeth J. Watt Apex Building Components,
Company. Inc.
Brookhart's Inc.
19994809.............. H&R Block, Inc.............. B. Ross Angel............... A.J. & R. Co.
Ten Forty, Inc.
20000026.............. Odyssey Investment Partners Koch Industries, Inc........ PF.Net Holdings, Limited.
Fund, LP.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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. 99-27786 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
