02-1475. 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—11/13/2001 20020040 Groupe Danone Stonyfield Farm, Inc. Stonyfield Farm, Inc. 20020085 Applied Materials, Inc Schlumberger Limited Schlumberger Technologies, Inc. 20020088 Dan L. Duncan Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation Diamond-Koch III, L.P. Diamond-Koch L.P. 20020089 Dan L. Duncan Koch Industries, Inc. Diamong-Koch III, L.P. Diamond-Koch, L.P. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/14/2001 20020038 GlobeSpan, Inc Virata Corporation Virata Corporation. 20020047 Kenneth Rainin Mettler-Toledo International Inc Mettler-Toledo international Inc. 20020048 Mettler-Toledo International Inc Kenneth Rainin Rainin Instrument, LLC. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/15/2001 20020053 ARAMARK Corporation The ServiceMaster Company CMI Group, Inc. Halliwell Engineering Services, L.L.C. Quantum Resource Corporation. ServiceMaster Direct Marketing Corporation. ServiceMaster Management Services Limited Partnership. ServiceMaster Management Services, Inc. ServiceMaster Management Services of Canada, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/19/2001 20020063 Anglo American Normandy Mining Limited Normandy Mining Limited. 20020070 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc Telecorp PCS, Inc Telecorp PCS, Inc. 20020071 Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation Douglas H. Levine Crunch Fitness International, Inc. 20020074 Greenwich Street Capital Partners II, L.P Regal Cinemas, Inc Regal Cinemas, Inc. 20020082 Ballard Power Systems Inc Ford Motor Company Ford Electric Drive Holdings Company. Start Printed Page 2885 20020083 Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P Koch Industries, Inc Koch Midstream Gasmark Company, LP. Koch Midstream Processing Company, L.P. Koch Midstream Services Company, LLC. 20020087 Weatherford International, Inc Vivendi Universal, S.A Johnson Screens, Inc. 20020092 American Electric Power Company, Inc Enron Corp Indian Mesa Power Partners I LP. Indian Mesa Power Partners II LP. 20020096 Rothmans Inc Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. 20020098 Brunswick Corporation Genmar Holdings, Inc Hatteras Yachts, Inc. 20020104 General Electric Company Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV. L.P Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. 20020105 The Williams Companies, Inc Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy Field Services, LP. 20020106 Duke Energy Company The Williams Companies, Inc NEWCO LLC. 20020113 Taylor Nelson Sofres, plc Thomas S. Perakos RapidChek Reporting Inc. Theatrical Entertainment Services, Inc. 20020118 Inversion Corporativa I.C., S.A High Plains Corporation High Plains Corporation. 20020121 Amerada Hess Corporation The Marital Trust under agreement dated January 17, 1991 Jomarco, Inc. 20020127 Cinven Luxembourg I S.a.r.l WCM Beteiligungs-und Grundbesitz-Aktiengesellschaft Klockner Capital Corporation, Klockner Pentaplast GmbH. Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/20/2001 20020122 Cadence Design Systems, Inc Silicon Perspective Corp Silicon Perspective Corp. 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. 02-1475 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:
- 02-1475
- Pages:
- 2884-2885 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
- 02-1475.pdf