[Federal Register: December 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 240)]
[Notices]
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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. 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.
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Trans Acquiring Acquired Entities
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/03/2003
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20040009........... Barry Diller.... Hotwire, Inc.... Barry Diller.
Hotwire, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/04/2003
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20040050........... Triad Hospitals, Tenet Healthcare Central
Inc. Corporation. Arkansas
Hospital, Inc.
Central Care,
Inc.
Dedicated
Health PHO,
Inc.
Garland Managed
Care
Organization,
Inc.
Jonesboro
Health
Services,
L.L.C.
National Park
Medical
Center, Inc.
NPMC
Healthcenter--
Physician
Services, Inc.
StarCare of
Jonesboro,
Inc.
St. Mary's
Medical Group,
Inc.
St. Mary's
Regional
Medical
Center, Inc.
Tenet
Healthcare
Corporation.
Tenet
HealthSystem
medical, Inc.
Triad
Hospitals,
Inc.
20040054........... American Alcoa, Inc...... Advanced
Industrial Technology and
Partners Equipment,
Capital Fund Inc.
III, L.P.
Alcoa, Inc.
American
Industrial
Partners
Capital Fund
III, L.P.
Stolle
Machiner, Inc.
20040055........... Littlejohn Fund General Electric General
III, LP. Company. Electric
Canada, Inc.
General
Electric
Company.
General
Electric
Plastics
France (SNC).
General
Electric South
Africa
(Proprietary)
Ltd.
GEP Italia SRL.
GE Plastics
Hong Kong Ltd.
GE Plastics
Ltd.
GE Polymerland
Korea Ltd.
GEP South
America LTDA.
GE
Superabrasives
Europe GmbH.
GE
Superabrasives
, Inc.
GE
Surperabrasive
s US, Inc.
Littlejohn Fund
II, LP.
20040060........... U.S. Commercial Good Guys, Inc.. Good Guys, Inc.
Corp., S.A. de
C.V.
U.S. Commercial
Corp., S.A. de
C.V.
20040064........... Peter M. Brant.. Enron Corp. Enron Corp.
(Debtor-in- (Debtor-in-
Possession). Possession).
Papiers
Stadacona
Ltee.
Peter M. Brant.
St. Aurelie
Timberlands,
Co., Ltd.
20040066........... Gryphon Partners The Great Gryphon
II, L.P. Atlantic & Partners II,
Pacific Tea L.P.
Company, Inc.
The Great
Atlantic &
Pacific Tea
Company, Inc.
20040069........... CCG Investments Concertro CCG Investments
(BVI), L.P. Software, Inc.. (BVI), L.P.
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Concertro
Software, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/07/2003
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20040023........... Schlumberger Atos Origin SA.. Atos Origin SA.
Limited.
Schlumberger
Limited.
20040041........... Allergan, Inc... Oculex Allergan, Inc.
Pharmaceuticals
, Inc.
Oculex
Pharmaceutical
s, Inc.
20040059........... The BISYS Group, Richard P. Love, Richard P.
Inc. Jr. Love, Jr.
The BISYS
Group, Inc.
USA Insuracne
Group, Inc.
20040067........... ValueClick, Inc. Commission Commission
Junction, Inc. Junction, Inc.
Value Click,
Inc.
20040079........... The TJX Bob's Stores, Bob's H.C., Inc
Companies, Inc. Inc.
Bob's Inc.
Bob's Non-
Connecticut
Operating Co.
Bob's Stores
Center, Inc.
Bob's Stores,
Inc.
The TJX
Companies,
Inc.
20040082........... Apollo ConAgra Foods, 2326396 Canada,
Investment Fund Inc. Inc.
V, L.P.
Apollo
Investment
Fund V.
ConAgra Foods,
Inc.
United Agri
Products
Canada Inc.
United Agri
Products, Inc.
20040084........... Apollo UAP Holding Corp Apollo
Investment Fund Investment
V, L.P. Fund V, L.P.
UAP Holding
Corp.
20040085........... Macromedia, Inc. eHelp eHelp
Corporation. Corporation.
Macromedia,
Inc.
20040090........... Lions Gate Audax Audax
Entertainment Enterainment, Entertainment,
Corp. L.P. L.P.
Film Holdings
Co.
Lions Gate
Enterainment
Corp.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/10/2003
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20040068........... Sabre Holdings My Travel Group My Travel Group
Corporation. plc. plc.
Sabre Holdings
Corporation.
Travel Services
International,
Inc.
TTC Holdings,
Inc.
World Choice
Travel, Inc.
20040071........... The Goldman Cogentrix Congentrix
Sachs Group, Energy, Inc. Energy, Inc.
Inc.
The Goldman
Sachs Group,
Inc.
20040091........... Avaya Inc....... NorthWestern Avaya Inc.
Corporation.
Expanets, Inc.
NorthWestern
Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/13/2003
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20040058........... Merit Partners, Royal Dutch Merit Partners,
L.P. Petroleum L.P.
Company.
Midstream
Capital Corp.
Royal Dutch
Petroleum
Company.
Shell Michigan
Pipeline
Company.
Shell Onshore
Ventures Inc.
SWEPI LP.
20040061........... National Leisure MyTravel Group Blue Sea
Group, Inc. plc. Partners, Inc.
MyTravel Group
plc.
National
Leisure Group,
Inc.
20040074........... Digital Insight Magnet Digital Insight
Corporation. Communications, Corporation.
Inc.
Magnet
Communications
, Inc.
20040075........... Manulife John Hancock John Hancock
Financial Financial Financial
Corporation. Services, Inc. Services, Inc.
Manulife
Financial
Corporation.
20040089........... Clipper Group Lasco Shipping Clipper Group
Trust. Co. Trust.
Lasco Shipping
Co.
20040095........... Jeld-Wen Windowmaster Jeld-Wen
Holdings, Inc. Products. Holdings, Inc.
Windowmaster
Products.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/17/2003
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20040015........... Vestar Capital Terrance Johnson Mayer-Johnson,
Partners IV, Inc.
L.P.
Terrance
Johnson.
Vestar Capital
Partners IV,
L.P.
20040053........... dj Orthopedics, OrthoLogic Corp. dj Orthopedics,
Inc. Inc.
OrthoLogic
Corp.
20040062........... aaiPharma Inc... Elan Corporation aaiPharma Inc.
plc.
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Elan
Corporation
plc.
Elan
Pharmaceutical
s, Inc.
20040100........... O. Bruton Smith. Michele F. Salta CL Motors, LLC.
CTM, LLC.
Michele F.
Salta
O. Bruton
Smith.
20040102........... MetLife, Inc.... Allianz Allianz
Aktiengesellsch Aktiengesellsc
aft. haft.
Allianz Life
Insurance
company of
North America.
MetLife, Inc.
20040106........... Veeco Lauren D. Lackey Advanced
Instruments Inc. and Barbara Imaging, Inc.
Lackey.
Lauren D.
Lackey and
Barbara
Lackey.
Veeco
Instruments
Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/18/2003
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20040110........... Scottish Re General Electric ERC Life
Group Limited. Company. Reinsurance
Corporation.
General
Electric
Company.
Scottish Re
Group Limited.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/20/2003
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20040087........... Apollo Royal Numico, Apollo
Investment Fund N.V. Investment
V, L.P. Fund V, L.P.
General
Nutrition
Companies,
Inc.
GNC Franchising
Canada, Ltd.
GNC Franchising
Nutrition
Commpanies,
Inc.
Royal Numico,
N.V.
20040108........... Estate of Burk Heritage Fund I, Estate of Burk
Zanft, c/o L.P. Zanft, c/o
Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank.
Heritage Fund
I, L.P.
New England
Pottery Co.,
Inc.
20040109........... Wellspring Walter JW Aluminum
Capital Industries, Inc. Company.
Partners III,
L.P.
Walter
Industries,
Inc.
Wellspring
Capital
Partners III,
L.P.
20040115........... Quovadx, Inc.... Rogue Wave Quovadx, Inc.
Software, Inc.
Rogue Wave
Software, Inc.
20040118........... Dycom Willian T. Dycom
Industries, Inc. Stover. Industries,
Inc.
First South
Utility
Construction,
Inc.
William T.
Stover.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/24/2003
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200440072.......... Marquette KBK Capital KBK Capital
Financial Corporation. Corporation.
Companies.
Marquette
Financial
Companies.
20040093........... Lehman Brothers Hunter Fan Hunter Fan
Holdings Inc. Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.
Lehman Brothers
Holdings Inc.
20040135........... Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Mitsubishi
Chemical Chemical Chemical
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
Mitsubishi
Pharma
Corporation.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/25/2003
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20031016........... Symantec PowerQuest PowerQuest
Corporation. Corporation. Corporation.
Symantec
Corporation.
20040107........... drugstore.com, lan and Louise drugstore.com,
Inc. Mummery. Inc.
lan and Louise
Mummery.
International
Vision Direct
Corp.
20040121........... TA IX L.P....... Logistics Logistics
Health, Inc. Health, Inc.
TA IX L.P.
20040123........... Ephesos Sirona Dental Ephesos
Vermogensverwal Systems S.a.r.l. Vermogensverwa
tung GmbH. ltung GmbH.
SIRONA
Beteilligungs-
-und
Verwaltungsges
ellschaft.
Sirona Dental
Systems
S.a.r.l.
20040125........... J.W. Childs John T. Walton.. John T. Walton.
Equity Partners
III, L.P.
J.W. Childs
Equity
Partners III,
LP.
Xyron, Inc.
20040127........... Liz Claiborne, Cerberus SBI Cerberus SBI
Inc. Investor L.P. Investor L.P.
Enyce Holding
LLC
Liz Claiborne,
Inc.
20040129........... Maple Leaf Foods Smithfield Maple Leaf
Inc. Foods, Inc. Foods Inc.
Smithfield
Canada
Limited.
Smithfield
Foods, Inc.
20040134........... Heritage Propane LaGrange Energy, ETC Oasis GP,
Partners, L.P. L.P. LLC.
Five Dawaco,
Inc.
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Heritage
Propane
Partners, L.P.
LA GP, LLC.
La Grange
Acquisition,
L.P.
La Grange
Energy, L.P.
LGM, LLC.
LG PL, LLC.
20040138........... Siegwerk GmbH & Color Converting Color
Co. KG. Industries Co. Converting
Industries Co.
Color
Converting,
LLC.
Siegwerk GmbH &
Co. KG.
20040145........... Orbitz, Inc..... Orbitz, LLC..... Orbitz, Inc.
Orbitz, LLC.
20040147........... Sun Waveset Sun
Microsystems, Technologies, Microsystems,
Inc. Inc. Inc.
Waveset
Technologies,
Inc.
20040150........... Lawrence F. Fox & Roach/ Fox & Roach/
Flick, IV. Trident, G.P. Trident, G.P.
Lawrence F.
Flick, IV.
20040154........... Littlejohn Fund LTS Holdings, Littlejohn Fund
II, L.P. Inc. II, L.P.
LTS Holdings,
Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/28/2003
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2004076............ L-3 The Veritas L-3
Communications Capital Fund Communications
Holdings, Inc. L.P. Holdings, Inc.
The Veritas
Capital Fund
L.P.
Vertex
Aerospace LLC.
2004081............ Computershare Geogeson Computershare
Limited. Shareholder Limited.
Coimmunications
, Inc.
Geogeson
Shareholder
Communications
Inc.
20040101........... KAT Holdings, General Electric Atrium
L.P. Company. Corporation.
General
Electric
Company.
KAT Holdings,
L.P.
20040119........... Reliant Abbott Abbott
Pharmaceuticals Laboratories. Laboratories.
, LLC.
Reliant
Pharmaceutical
s, LLC.
20040130........... The Home Depot, RMA Home RMA Home
Inc. Services, Inc. Services, Inc.
The Home Depot,
Inc.
20040131........... Bain Capital Bombardier Inc.. Bain Capital
Fund VII, L.P. Fund VII, L.P.
Bombardier Inc.
Bombardier
Motor
Corporation of
America.
20040132........... Ralcorp Wind Point Ralcorp
Holdings, Inc. Partners III, Holdings, Inc.
L.P.
Value Added
Bakery Holding
Company.
Wind Point
Partners III,
L.P.
20040133........... Unilin Holding Fritz Homann.... Fritz Homann.
N.V.
Homanit USA,
Inc.
Unilin Holding
N.V.
20040136........... Rural Cellular AT&T Wireless ABC Wireless,
Corporation. Services, Inc. LLC
AirCom PCS,
Inc.
AMT Cellular,
LLC
AT&T Wireless
PCS, LLC.
AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc.
Comet Wireless,
Inc.
QuinCom, Inc.
Rural Cellular
Corporation.
Tritel A/B
Holding Corp.
Tritel C/F
Holding Corp.
20040137........... AT&T Wireless Rural Cellular AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc. Corporation. Services, Inc.
RCC Holdings,
Inc.
RCC Minnesota,
Inc.
Rural Cellular
Corporation.
20040142........... BB&T Corporation McGriff, Seibels BB&T
& Williams, Inc. Corporation.
McGriff,
Seibels &
Williams, Inc.
20040151........... Aetna Inc....... Frederick H. Aetna Inc.
Chicos.
Chickering
Benefit
Planning
Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Chickering
Claims
Administrators
, Inc.
Frederick H.
Chicos.
20040155........... Copperweld The LTV Copperweld
Acquisition Corporation Acquisition
Corporation. (Debtor-in- Corporation.
Possession).
Copperweld
Canada, Inc.
Copperweld
Corporation.
LTV Copperweld
Bimetallics UK
(Holdings)
Ltd.
The LTV
Corporation
(Debtor-in-
Possession).
20040161........... Aetna Inc....... Kenneth Chicos.. Aetna Inc.
Chickering
Benefit
Planning
Insurance
Agency, Inc.
Kenneth Chicos.
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For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay, Contact
Representative, or Renee Hallman, Legal Technician. Federal Trade
Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room
H-303, Washington, DC 20580. (202) 326-3100.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-30861 Filed 12-12-03; 8:45 am]
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