02-15841. 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—05/28/2002 20020702 Performance Food Group Company Don and Carolyn Kirkpatrick Quality Foods, Inc. 20020713 Kroll Inc ONTRACK Data International, Inc ONTRACK Data International, Inc 20020738 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated GeoAccess, Inc GeoAccess, Inc 20020743 John Hancock Financial Services, Inc International Paper Company Sustainable Forest, L.L.C. 20020754 Providence Equity Partners IV, L.P. AT&T Corp AT&T Broadband of Colorado, LLC. AT&T Broadband, LLC. United Cable Television of Western Colorado, Inc 20020757 Goodman Company, Ltd Avantec Vascular Corporation Avantec Vascular Corporation. 20020763 ASSA ABLOY AB AB INDUSTRIVARDEN BESAM AB. 20020764 Bethlehem Steel Corporation LTV Corporation (Debtor-in-Possession) Columbus Processing Company. Columbus Coatings Company. 20020765 Royal Bank of Canada Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A Business Men's Assurance Company of America. Jones & Babson Inc Transocean Holding Corporation. 20020766 Headwaters Incorporated Larry E. Koenig H Briquetters, Ltd. I Briquetters, Ltd. P Briquetters, Ltd. 20020767 Headwaters Incorporated Startec, Inc H Briquetters, Ltd. I Briquetters, Ltd. P Briquetters, Ltd. 20020770 Grande Communications Holdings, Inc ClearSource, Inc ClearSource, Inc, 20020772 Bank of Montreal Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co Morgan Stanley DW Inc. 20020774 Kellwood Company Gerber Childrenswear, Inc Gerber Childrenswear, Inc. 20020779 Nordstrom.com, Inc Nordstrom, Inc Nordstrom.com, Inc. 20020785 John A. Catsimatidis Marks & Spencer p.l.c Kings Super Markets, Inc. 20020787 United Rentals, Inc National Equipment Services, Inc National Equipment Services, Inc. 20020791 Cardinal Health, Inc Boron, Lepore and Associates, Inc Boron, Lepore and Associates, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—05/30/2002 20020760 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company Kemper Insurance Group, Inc 20020773 Liberty Media Corporation Naspers, Ltd OpenTV Corp. Start Printed Page 42564 Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/03/2002 20020784 Cumulus Media Inc Wicks Communications & Media Partners, L.P Wilks Broadcasting LLC. 20020792 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P SpectraSite Holdings, Inc SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. 20020793 Welsh, Carons, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P SpectraSite Holdings, Inc SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. 20020799 Olin Corporation Chase Industries Inc Chase Industries Inc. 20020801 Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund V, L.P ConAgra Foods, Inc Australia Meat Holdings Pty, Ltd. ConAgra Beef Company. ConAgra Refrigerated Foods, S.A. de C.V. kabushiki Kaisha ConAgra Japan. Monfort Finance Company, Inc. S&C Holdco, Inc. Swift & Company. 20020807 Landry's Restaurants, Inc Chart House Enterprises, Inc Chart House, Inc. 20020810 Windward Capital Partners II, L.P Apostolos G. Allamanis Castle Park. Jazzland. Mountain Creek/Water World. N-Ovation Park Management, LLC. Raging Waters—San Dimas. Raging Waters—San Jose. Silver Springs/Wild Waters. Wet'N Wild Las Vegas 20020813 Mr. Alian Merieux Nouvelle bioMerieux Alliance S.A Nouvelle bioMerieux Alliance S.A. 20020814 Mr. Pierre Fabre bioMerieux Pierre Fabre S.A bioMerieux Pierre Fabre S.A. Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/04/2002 20020788 Affiliated Computer Services, Inc FleetBoston Financial Corporation AFSA Data Corporation. 20020805 STMicroelectronics N.V Alcatel Alcatel Microelectronics. 20020815 Vallourec Cargill, Incorporated North Star Steel Company. Universal Tubular 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. 02-15841 Filed 6-21-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
Document Information
- Published:
- 06/24/2002
- Department:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 02-15841
- Pages:
- 42563-42564 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 02-15841.pdf