02-17323. 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 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 Start Printed Page 45739notice 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 45740Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/10/2002 20020302 L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc PerkinElmer, Inc PerkinElmer Detection Systems, Inc. (California) PerkinElmer Detection Systems, Inc. (Delaware) 20020761 Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust PrimeCo Wireless Communications LLC PrimeCo Wireless Communications LLC. 20020812 TEPPCO Partners, L.P Burlington Resources Inc Burlington Resources Inc. 20020818 Sanmina-SCI Corporation Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Siemens Aktiengesellschaft. 20020820 Stephen A. Wynn Wynn Resorts, Inc Wynn Resorts, Inc. 20020821 Aruze Corp. Wynn Resorts, Inc Wynn Resorts, Inc. 20020823 Royal Bank of Canada Barclays Bank PLC Barclays Bank PLC. 20020825 Bingham Dana LLP McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP. 20020827 Chittranjan K. Thakkar and Saloni Thakkar Computer Sciences Corporation Computer Sciences Corporation. 20020834 Stronach Trust The Midpointe Trust Lone Star Race Park, Ltd. Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/12/2002 20020798 SBC Communications Inc SpectraSite Holdings, Inc CA/NV Tower Holdings, LLc Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/13/2002 20020804 ENSCO International Incorporated Chiles Offshore Inc Chiles Offshore Inc. 20020822 Citigroup Inc Golden State Bancorp Inc Auto One Acceptance Corporation. CalFed Investments. First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation. 20020839 Mr. Paris Mouratoglou Investeringsselskabet Energy Holding A/S enXco, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/14/2002 20020776 Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company Hobbs Group, LLC Hobbs Group, LLC. 20020789 Pactiv Corporation Philip Kamins Winkler Forming, Inc. 20020831 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co MasterCard Incorporated MasterCard Incorporated. 20020843 Wendy's International, Inc Fresh Enterprises, Inc Fresh Enterprises, Inc. 20020844 Trident II, L.P Citigroup Inc Commercial Insurance Resources, Inc. 20020847 REMEC, Inc Spectrian Corporation Spectrian Corporation. 20020848 California Physicians' Service Lifeguard, Inc Lifeguard, Inc. 20020854 William E. Simon & Sons Private Equity Partners, L.P CFP Group, Inc Custom Food Products, Inc. 20020855 Tier Technologies, Inc Comerica Incorporated Official Payments Corporation. Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/18/2002 20020836 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc Walter N. Frank & Co., LLC Walter N. Frank & Co., LLC. 20020837 Anthem, Inc Trigon Healthcare, Inc Trigon Healthcare, Inc. 20020867 Openwave Systems Inc SignalSoft Corporation SignalSoft Corporation. 20020870 PwCC Limited Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP PWCC LO. Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/19/2002 20020830 ABRY Partners IV, L.P Hughes Holding, Inc Hughes Holding, Inc. 20020849 Citigroup Inc MasterCard Incorporated MasterCard Incorporated. Transactions Granted Early Termination—06/20/2002 20020826 General Electric Company American United Mutual Insurance Holding Company American United Life Insurance Company. AUL Long Term Care Solutions, Inc. AUL Reinsurance Management Services (Canada), Ltd. AUL Reinsurance Management Services, LLC. 20020850 Key Energy Services, Inc Q Services, Inc Q Services, Inc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.
Start SignatureBy Director on the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-17323 Filed 7-9-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
Document Information
- Published:
- 07/10/2002
- Department:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Document Number:
- 02-17323
- Pages:
- 45738-45740 (3 pages)
- PDF File:
- 02-17323.pdf