01-28942. 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.
Start Further Info Start Printed Page 58150Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entitites Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/29/2001 20020042 Omnicom Group Inc. Schwartz Paper Company Integrated Merchandising Systems LLC. Start Printed Page 58149 20020044 Neptune Acquisition I Corp Schlumberger Limited Schlumber Resource Management Services, Inc. 20020046 InterMune, Inc Eli Lilly and Company Eli Lilly and Company. 20020050 First Reserve Fund IX, L.P C&W Fabricators, Inc C&W Fabricators, Inc. 20020054 General Electric Company Robert W. Doede and Nina J. Doede Centurion Capital Group Inc. 20020056 WPP Group plc Mark Penn Neuro Corp. Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc. PSA Interviewing Denver, Inc. 20020065 Olympus Growth Fund III, L.P Dana Pross Club Staffing, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/30/2001 20020052 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Lifepoint Medical Corporation Lifepoint Medical Corporation. Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/31/2001 20020066 C.B. Bard, Inc NMT Medical Inc NMT Medical Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/02/2001 20011871 Northrop Grumman Corporation Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/06/2001 20012394 Career Holdings, Inc HeadHunter.NET, Inc HeadHunter.NET, Inc. 20020030 VeriSign, Inc Illuminet Holdings, Inc Illuminet Holdings, Inc. 20020064 Apollo Investment V, L.P IMC Global Inc IMC Inorganics, Inc. 20020068 The News Corporation Limited Liberty Media Corporation Fox Sports International Distribution Ltd. Fox Sports Latin America Ltd. Fox Sports Mexico Distribution LLC. Fox Sports Middle East Ltd. Fox Sports U.S. Distribution LLC. Fox Sports World Espanol LLC. Fox Sports World LLC. ISP Transponder, LLC. 20020076 Omnicom Group Inc Richard Tarlow & Sandra Carlson, husband and wife Carlson & Partners Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/07/2001 20020072 Clear Channel Communications, Inc Barry A. Ackerley The Ackerley Group, Inc. 20020073 The J.M. Smucker Company The Procter & Gamble Ohio Brands Company The Procter & Gamble Ohio Brands Company. 20020079 John H. Chuang Renaissance Worldwide, Inc Renaissance Worldwide, Inc. 20020081 Weatherford International, Inc CiDRA Corporation CiDRA Corporation. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/08/2001 20012190 PerkinElmer, Inc Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P Packard BioScience Company. 20012191 Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P PerkinElmer, Inc PerkinElmer, Inc. 20020086 International Multifoods Corporation General Mills, Inc General Mills, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/09/2001 20020075 Edward H, Arnold Roadway Corporation Arnold Transportation Services, Inc. 20020077 Qwest Communications International Inc KPNQwest N.V KPNQwest N.V. 20020078 NMS Communications Corporation Lucent Technologies Inc Lucent Technologies Inc. 20020080 Union Pacific Corporation Harold R. Tate Motor Cargo Industries, Inc., Ute Trucking and Leasing. 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.
Start SignatureBy Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28942 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
Document Information
- Published:
- 11/20/2001
- Department:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 01-28942
- Pages:
- 58148-58150 (3 pages)
- PDF File:
- 01-28942.pdf