[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46926-46932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19352]
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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 No. Acquiring Acquired Entities
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/03/2000
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20003349...................... Conexant Systems, Inc..... Pixo, Inc................ Pixo, Inc.
20003533...................... Sync Research, Inc........ Osicom Technologies, Inc. Osicom Technologies, Inc.
20003575...................... Stichting Royal Nedlloyd N.V....... Davenport Mammoet Heavy
Administratiekantoor VSH. Transport Inc.
Mamoet Transport B.V.....
Mamoet Transport USA Inc.
Mamoet Western Inc.
20003674...................... Tyco International, Ltd... Kaiser Group Kaiser Engineers
International, Inc.. Corporation.
Kaiser Group
International, Inc.
20003680...................... Craig O. McCaw............ Teledesic Corporation.... Teledesic Corporation.
20003736...................... Avista Corp............... Enron Corp............... Coyote Springs 2, L.L.C.
20003749...................... Station Casinos, Inc...... Paul W. Lowden........... Santa Fe Hotel Inc.
20003756...................... Campbell Bewley Group Cucina Holdings, Inc..... Cucina Holdings, Inc.
Limited.
20003765...................... American States Water Charles E. Hurwitz....... Chaparral City Water
Company. Company.
20003766...................... American Securities Morgenthaler Venture Cambridge International,
Partners, II, L.P.. Partners IV, L.P. Inc.
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20003776...................... AXA....................... Dominion Resources, Inc.. First Dominion Capital,
L.L.C.
20003780...................... Quanta Services, Inc...... Christine Fluharty....... MearsGroup, Inc.
20003782...................... North Castle Partners II, Kathleen McCarty-Carey... Travel Corporation of
L.P. America, Inc.
20003783...................... North Castle Partners II, Betty Phillips........... Travel Corporation of
L.P. America, Inc.
20003784...................... Media General, Inc........ Kenneth R. Thomson....... Thomson Newspapers Inc.
20003785...................... Wit Capital Group, Inc.... E*Offering Corp.......... E*Offering Corp.
20003787...................... Inktomi Corporation....... Walt Disney Company (The) Ultraseek Corporation.
20003790...................... Stone & Webster, Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group
Incorporated (debtor-in- Inc.. Inc.
possession).
20003792...................... Triump Partners III, L.P.. Certus Corporation....... Certus Corporation.
20003793...................... Giovanni Agnelli e Arjo Wiggins Appleton Arjo Wiggins Appleton
C.S.a.p.az. p.l.c. p.l.c.
20003796...................... Anheuser-Busch Companies, MB Acquisitions, Inc..... MB Acquisitions, Inc.
Inc..
20003802...................... Warburg, Pincus Equity Coventry Health Care, Coventry Health Care,
Partners, L.P. Inc.. Inc.
20003804...................... Bayer AG.................. Zambon S.p.A............. Inpharzam International.
20003806...................... Bayer AG.................. Forest Laboratories, Inc. Inpharzam International
20003808...................... Paul J. Dujardin.......... AT&T Corp................ Liberty Livewire
Corporation.
20003810...................... Microchip Technology Matsushita Electric Matsushita Semiconductor
Incorporated. Industrial Co., Ltd. Corporation of America.
20003813...................... Invensys plc.............. Baan Company N.V......... Baan Company N.V.
20003814...................... Pegasus Related Partners, Code-Alarm, Inc.......... Code-Alarm, Inc.
L.P.
20003818...................... Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Guidance Solutions, Inc.. Guidance Solutions, Inc.
Fund VI Limited
Partnership.
20003820...................... Ditech Communications Atmosphere Networks, Inc. Atmosphere Networks, Inc.
Corporation.
20003821...................... Cedar Creek Partners, LLC. Denis Siemer............. V-Tek, Inc.
20003829...................... U.S. Propane, L.P......... Heritage Holdings, Inc... Heritage Holdings, Inc.
20003830...................... Heritage Propane Partners, U.S. Propane, L.P........ U.S. Propane, L.P.
L.P.
20003835...................... The Shaw Group Inc........ Stone & Webster, Stone & Webster,
Incorporated (debtor-in- Incorporated (debtor-in-
possession). possession).
20003836...................... Stone & Webster, The Shaw Group Inc....... The Shaw Group Inc.
Incorporated (debtor-in-
possession).
20003858...................... Oak Hill Capital Partners, General Motors TravelCenters of America,
L.P. Corporation. Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/05/2000
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20003689...................... Alloy Online, Inc......... Swander Pace Capital Kubic Marketing, Inc.
Fund, L.P.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/07/2000
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20003595...................... A. Jerrold Perenchio...... Entravision Entravision
Communications Communications
Corporation. Corporation.
20003770...................... ADC Telecommunications, Centigam Communications Centigram Communications
Inc.. Corporation. Corporation.
20003786...................... Ralcorp Holdings, Inc..... Tomkins PLC.............. RHM Holdings (USA) Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/10/2000
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20003648...................... Oak Investment Partners Cogent Communications, Cognet Communications,
IX, Limited Partnership. Inc.. Inc.
20003675...................... J.R. Simplot Company...... ECO Soil Systems, Inc.... ECO Soil Systems, Inc.
20003688...................... Gabriel Communications, State Communications, State Communications,
Inc.. Inc.. Inc.
20003693...................... Reed International P.L.C.. Data West Corporation Data West Corporation
(d.b.a. CourtLink). (d.b.a. CourtLink)
20003694...................... Elsevier NV............... Data West Corporation Data West Corporation
(d.b.a. CourtLink). (d.b.a. CourtLink)
20003695...................... Counsel Corporation....... Star Telecommunications, PT-1 Communications Inc.
Inc..
20003707...................... Cox Enterprises, Inc...... Lewis W. Dickey, Sr...... Midwestern Broadcasting
Company, Inc.
20003711...................... Cox Enterprises, Inc...... Salem Communications CXR Holdings, Inc.
Corporation.
20003712...................... Salem Communications Cox Enterprises, Inc..... Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Corporation.
20003739...................... Choice One Communications Ronald Vander Pol........ US Xchange, Inc.
Inc..
20003740...................... Ronald Vander Pol......... Choice One Communications Choice One Communications
Inc.. Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/03/2000
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20003741...................... Adelphia Communications Allegheny Energy, Inc.... Allegheny Hyperion
Corporation. Telecommunications, LLC
20003763...................... Bershire Hathaway Inc..... Credit Suisse Group...... Republic Insurance
Company
20003795...................... Jonathan Reeves........... Sycamore Networks, Inc... Sycamore Networks, Inc.
20003807...................... Advance Voting Trust...... WeddingChannel.com, Inc.. WeddingChannel.com, Inc.
20003823...................... Compass Group PLC......... Viad Corp................ ProDine, Inc.
........................ Viad Corp.
20003824...................... Berkshire Hathaway Inc.... Assicurazioni Generali, Unione Italiana
A.p.A.. Reinsurance Company of
America
20003826...................... Green Equity Investors Veterinary Centers of Veterinary Centers of
III, L.P.. America. America
20003828...................... General Atlantic Partners Wit Capital Group, Inc... Wit Capital Group, Inc.
61, L.P..
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20003834...................... General Atlantic Partners Wit Capital Group, Inc... Wit Capital Group, Inc.
68, L.P..
20003839...................... GAP Coinvestment Partners Wit Capital Group, Inc... Wit Capital Group, Inc.
II, L.P..
20003846...................... Cisco Systems, Inc........ Hewlett-Packard Company.. Hewlett-Packard Company
20003855...................... ING Groep N.V............. Iowa Network Services, Iowa Telecommunications
Inc.. Services, Inc.
20003866...................... Oak Hill Capital Partners, TCA Acquisition TCA Acquisition
L.P.. Corporation. Corporation
20003872...................... B III Capital Partners, The Penn Traffic Company. The Penn Traffic Company
L.P..
20003873...................... WPS Resources Corporation. Cinergy Corp............. CinCapVI, LLC
20003881...................... UBS AG.................... IFX Corporation.......... IFX Corporation
........................ Tutopia.com, Inc.
20003884...................... General Motors Corporation Conseco, Inc............. Consumer Acceptance
Corporation
20003885...................... CMGI, Inc................. MediaBridge Technologies, MediaBridge Technologies,
Inc.. Inc.
20003886...................... John Kent Cooke........... Kenneth R. Thomson....... Kenneth R. Thomson
20003888...................... Popular, Inc.............. Oriental Financial Group, Oriental Bank & Trust
Inc..
20003895...................... Irwin Geduld.............. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
20003896...................... John E. Herzog............ Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
20003901...................... Hamphire Group, Limited... Martin Axman............. Item-Eyes, Inc.
20003902...................... Accor S.A. (a French WorldRes.com, Inc........ WorldRes.com, Inc.
company).
20003906...................... Levine Leichtman Capital Carole Little............ California Fashion
Partners, L.P.. Industries, Inc.
20003907...................... Levine Leichtman Capital Leonard Rabinowitz....... California Fashion
Partners, L.P.. Industries, Inc.
20003908...................... Prosofttraining.com....... R. William Pollock....... ComputerPrep, Inc.
20003909...................... Fendi S.r.l............... Irwin Tauber............. Condotti Shops of
Houstons, Inc.
........................ Condotti Shops, Inc.
20003910...................... Kleiner Perkins Caufield & MyCFO, Inc............... MyCFO, Inc.
Buyers IX-A, L.P..
20003912...................... Erikem Luxembourg S.A..... Huron Tech Corp.......... Huron Tech Corp.
20003913...................... Waste Corporation of Waste Management, Inc.... Waste Management of
America, Inc.. Arkansas, Inc.
........................ Waste Management of
Louisiana, L.L.C.
20003915...................... Coming Incorporated....... NextPath Technologies, Willow Systems, Inc.
Inc..
20003919...................... Associates First Capital Zale Corp................ Zale Funding Trust
Corporation.
20003920...................... Code Hennessy & Simmons John Mansfield Group PLC. Waddington North America,
IV, L.P.. Inc.
20003932...................... Robert D. Phillips, Jr.... William Harkrider Trust.. H&W Petroleum Company,
Inc.
20003933...................... Code, Hennessy & Simmons Best Distributing Co..... Best Distributing Co.
III, L.P..
20003936...................... Robert D. Phillips, Jr.... Michael G. Barcum........ Commercial Distributing,
Inc.
20003937...................... Global Crossing Ltd....... American Communications American Communications
Network, Inc.. Network, Inc.
20003940...................... Stephen Rosenberg......... Extendicare Health Colonial Care Center
Services, Inc..
........................ Lexington Terrance
20003942...................... Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund The New York Times Lakeland Ledger
III, L.P.. Company. Publishing Corporation
........................ NYT Florida Holdings,
Inc.
........................ NYT Management Services
........................ The Houma Courier
Newspaper Corporation
20003945...................... Berkshire Fund V, Limited Casella Waste Systems, Casella Waste Systems,
Partnership. Inc.. Inc.
20003946...................... Koninlijke Ahold nv....... James and Jayne Kennelly. GFG Foodservice, Inc. GFG
Real Estate, LLC
20003954...................... Pearson plc............... The Forum Corporation of The Forum Corporation of
North America. North America
20003955...................... E*TRADE Group, Inc........ Wit Capital Group, Inc... Wit Capital Group, Inc.
20003957...................... Yahoo! Inc................ eGroups, Inc............. eGroups, Inc.
20003958...................... Stonebridge Partners Louis A. deAntonio and Hitech Corporation
Equity Fund II, L.P.. Linda J. deAntonio.
20003961...................... Jones Apparel Group, Inc.. Recovery Equity Investors Victoria+Co. Ltd.
II, L.P..
20003962...................... The PNC Financial Services The Bank of Tokyo- BTM Capital Corporation
Group, Inc.. Mitsubishi, Ltd..
20003969...................... UBS Capital Americas II, EYak, Inc................ EYak, Inc.
LLC.
20003971...................... The Interpublic Group of James E. San Filippo..... Daytona Productions, Inc.
Companies, Inc..
........................ Waylon Promotions, Inc.
20003978...................... America Online, Inc....... America Online Latin America Online Latin
America, Inc.. America, Inc.
20003984...................... Vivendi, S.A.............. Novartis AG.............. Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Corporation, Novartis
Corporation
20003992...................... MyPoints, Inc............. Cybergold, Inc........... Cybergold, Inc.
20003993...................... Baker Communications Fund MimEcom Corporation...... MimEcom Corporation
II (QP), LP.
20003998...................... Welsh, Carson, Anderson & CFW Communications CFW Communications
Stowe IX, L.P.. Company. Company
20004001...................... Technip................... Stone & Webster, Stone & Webster,
Incorporated (debtor-in- Incorporated (debtor-in-
possession). possession
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/11/2000
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20003362...................... Public Service Company of Tri-State Generation and Tri-State Generation and
New Mexico. Transmission Transmission
Association, Inc. Association, Inc .
20003734...................... W.W. Grainger, Inc........ Works.com Holding, Inc... Works.com Holding, Inc.
20003735...................... Hummer Winblad Venture Works.com Holding, Inc... Works.com Holding, Inc.
Partners, III, L.P.
20003773...................... Jeffrey H. Smulyan........ The Hearst Trust......... Hearst-Argyle Properties,
Inc.
20003778...................... Atlantic Equity Partners Morris Rochlin........... Foamade Industries, Inc.
III, L.P.
20003781...................... Christine Fluharty........ Quanta Services, Inc..... Quanta Services, Inc.
20003791...................... Francisco Partners, L.P... Advanced Micro Devices, BoldCo, Inc.
Inc.
20003815...................... Adelphia Communications Great Southern Printing GS Communications, Inc.
Corporation. and Manufacturing
Company.
20003831...................... VERITAS Software Seagate Technology, Inc.. Seagate Technology, Inc.
Corporation.
20003832...................... Paul G. Allen............. FVC.COM, Inc............. FVC.COM, Inc.
20003843...................... Rural LEC Acquisition, LLC Sidney L. McDonald....... Brindlee Mountain
Telephone Company
20003847...................... Churchill Downs Richard L. Duchossois.... Arlington International
Incorporated. Racecourse, Inc.
Arlington Management
Services, Inc.
20003848...................... Richard L. Duchossois..... Churchill Downs Turf Club of Illinois,
Incorporated. Inc.
20003850...................... Charterhouse Equity Alliance One Incorporated Alliance One Incorporated
Partners III, L.P.
20003851...................... Triumph Group, Inc........ Loren L. Furnas.......... Airborne Nacelle
Services, Inc.
Airborne Supply, Inc.
Chem-Fab Corporation
FRS Partners d/b/a Master
Tool Fabricators
20003852...................... Triumph Group, Inc........ Estate of Ronald E. Airborne Nacelle
Reagan. Services, Inc.
Airborne Supply, Inc.
Chem-Fab Corporation
FRS Partners d/b/a Master
Tool Fabricators
20003854...................... AMEC PLC.................. Ogden Corporation........ Ogden Environmental and
Energy Services Co.,
Inc.
20003856...................... Rio Tinto Limited......... North Limited............ North Limited
20003857...................... Carlyle Bottling, L.L.C... Grant-Lydick Beverage Grant-Lydick Beverage
Company. Company
20003859...................... Microsoft Corporation..... Paul E. Tuttle, Jr....... Tuttle Decision Systems,
Inc.
20003860...................... Adelphia Communications Benchmark Media, Inc..... Benchmark Media, Inc.
Corporation.
20003863...................... GTCR Fund VII, L.P........ Thomas M. Rouse.......... ACS Merchant Services,
Inc.
20003864...................... Carlyle Partners III, L.P. The Reynolds and Reynolds Dataforms, Inc.
Company.
Information Solutions
Group
20003865...................... Dimeling, Schreiber and Martin Color-Fi, Inc..... Martin Color-Fi, Inc .
Park Reorganization Fund,
II.
20003868...................... JSB Software Technologies Mattel, Inc.............. CP Assets, Inc.
pic.
20003869...................... Advanced Radio Telecom Forest Communications, Forest Communications,
Corp. LLC. LLC
20003871...................... EarthLink, Inc............ OneMain. com, Inc........ OneMain. com, Inc.
20003875...................... William H. Gates III...... Craig O. McCaw........... ICO-Teledesic Global
Limited
20003880...................... Coolbrands International, Eskimo Pie Corporation... Eskimo Pie Corporation
Inc.
20003883...................... EMSlcon Investments, LLC.. Pensar Corporation....... Pensar Corporation
20003900...................... New York-Presbyterian Westchester Square Westchester Square
Healthcare System, Inc. Medical Center, Inc. Medical Center, Inc
20003911...................... James Clark............... MyCFO, Inc............... MyCFO, Inc.
20003914...................... Berkshire Hathaway, Inc... Justin Industries, Inc... Justin Industries, Inc.
20003917...................... Pon Holdings B. V......... Donald G. Moes........... Bailey Forklift and
Service Company, Ltd.
Equipment Depot, Ltd.,
Equipment Depot of
Dallas, Ltd.
20003923...................... Homestake Mining Company.. Hadley Case and Elizabeth Bargold Corporation
M. Case.
20003924...................... Hadley Case and Elizabeth Homestake Mining Company. Homestake Mining Company
M. Case.
20003974...................... Respond Communicatins, Inc iPCS, Inc................ iPCS, Inc.
20003975...................... Geneseo Communications, iPCS, Inc................ iPCS, Inc.
Inc.
20003979...................... Riverview Media Corp...... America Online Latin America Online Latin
America, Inc. America, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/12/2000
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20002161...................... Southern Union Company.... Providence Energy Providence Energy
Corporation. Corporation
20002164...................... Southern Union Company.... Valley Resources, Inc.... Valley Resources, Inc.
20002172...................... Southern Union Company.... Fall River Gas Company... Fall River Gas Company
20003589...................... CP&L Energy, Inc.......... Florida Progress Florida Progress
Corporation. Corporation
20003652...................... CSR Limited............... F. Browne Gregg.......... FCS Holdings, Inc.
20003676...................... Impala S.A................ Solvay S.A............... Solvay, S.A.
20003677...................... Solvay, S.A............... Impala S.A............... Impala S.A.
20003737...................... Calpine Corporation....... Panada Energy PLC II, LLC
International, Inc.
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20003746...................... James O. Hayles, Jr. and Paul E. Brown............ DigiPH Communication,
Myna C. Hayles, (husband Inc.
& wife).
DigiPH Holding Company,
Inc.
........................ DiGiPH PCS, Inc.
20003747...................... James O. Hayles, Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell R. DigiPH Communication,
Myna C. Hayles, (husband Brown, (husband & wife). Inc.
& wife).
........................ DigiPH Holding Company,
Inc.
........................ DiGiPH PCS, Inc.
20003771...................... Calpine Corporation....... Michael P. Polsky........ Polsky Energy Corporation
20003772...................... Michael P. Polsky......... Calpine Corporation...... Calpine Corporation
20003797...................... Gannett Co., Inc.......... Kenneth R. Thomson....... The Thomson Company, Inc.
20003798...................... Gannett Co., Inc.......... Kenneth R. Thomson....... The Thomson Corporation
........................ Thomson Newspapers
Licensing Corporation
........................ Thomson Newspapers, Inc.
........................ TN Customer Holding Inc.
........................ TN Customer Holding LLC
20003799...................... Gannett Co., Inc.......... Kenneth R. Thomson....... Thomson Newspapers Inc.
20003800...................... Gannett Co., Inc.......... Kenneth R. Thomson....... Thomson Newspapers Inc.
20003801...................... Gannett Co., Inc.......... Kenneth R. Thomson....... The Thomson Company, Inc.
20003891...................... Cardinal Health, Inc...... Advanced Polymer Systems, Advanced Polymer Systems,
Inc.. Inc.
20003931...................... Whitehall Associates, L.P. Borden Chemicals and Borden Chemicals and
Plastics Limited Plastics Limited
Partnership. Partnership
20003950...................... Noranda Inc............... Falconbridge Limited..... Falconbridge Limited
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/13/2000
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20003925...................... Fremont Partners, L.P..... Triumph-California Precision Components
Limited Partnership. Group, LLC
20003965...................... The James S. Copley Kenneth R. Thomson....... Thomson Holdings, Inc.
Marital Trust.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/14/2000
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19994334...................... Joseph M. & Marie H. Field Sinclair Broadcast Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc.. Inc.
20003640...................... Carlyle Partners III, L.P. Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman
Corporation. Corporation
20003723...................... Phillips-Van Heusen Vestar Capital Partners Arrow Factory Stores Inc.
Corporation. III, L.P..
........................ Cluett Designer Group,
Inc.
........................ Cluett, Peabody & Co.,
Inc.
........................ Consumer Direct
Corporation
20003768...................... ABN AMRO Holding N.V...... Resource America, Inc.... Fidelity Leasing, Inc.
20003982...................... Itausa-Investimentos Itau, America Online Latin America Online Latin
S.A.. America, Inc.. America, Inc.
20003994...................... Safeguard Scientifics, Atlas Commerce, Inc...... Atlas Commerce, Inc.
Inc..
20003999...................... Corus Group, plc.......... Kienle + Spiess Holding Kienle + Spiess Stanz and
GmbH. Druckgiesswerk GmbH
20004002...................... Charterhouse Equity Cap Gemini, S.A.......... Cap Gemini, S.A.
Partners III, L.P..
20004010...................... The BISYS Group, Inc...... Leonard L. Reynolds...... Ascensus Insurance
Services, Inc.
20004016...................... Jonathan Burgstone........ Ariba, Inc............... Ariba, Inc.
20004017...................... Asif Satchu............... Ariba, Inc............... Ariba, Inc.
20004019...................... Ariba, Inc................ SupplierMarket.com, Inc.. SupplierMarket.com, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/17/2000
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20003934...................... Ferro Corporation......... Solutia Inc.............. Solutia Inc.
20003987...................... Harvest Partners III, L.P. GEEG Acquisition Holdings GEEG Acquisition Holdings
Corp.. Corp.
20004034...................... SSCI Investors LP......... Croda International Plc.. Croda International Plc
20004037...................... TTL Information Technology Jay L. Wertheimer........ BDI Distributors, Inc.
AG.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/18/2000
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20001136...................... Citadel Communications Robert G. Liggett, Jr.... Liggett Broadcast, Inc.
Corporation.
........................ LLJ Realty, LLC
........................ New Tower, Inc.
........................ Rainbow Radio, LLC
20003803...................... Community Newspaper Kenneth R. Thomson....... The Thomson Company, Inc.
Holdings, Inc..
20003887...................... MKS Instruments, Inc...... Michael J. Dent.......... Spectra International,
LLC
20003904...................... Microsoft Corporation..... CAIS Internet, Inc....... CAIS Internet, Inc.
20003921...................... Lottomatica S.p.A......... Autotote Corporation..... Autotote Corporation
20003929...................... Innoveda, Inc............. Hiroshi Hashimoto........ PADS Software, Inc.
20003952...................... Hiroshi Hashimoto......... Innoveda, Inc............ Innoveda, Inc.
20003991...................... Brokat AG................. Putera Sampoerna......... Gemstone Systems, Inc.
20004004...................... George G. Beasley......... Gordon Gray 1956 Living Centennial Broadcasting,
Trust. LLC
20004005...................... George G. Beasley......... Gordon Gray, Jr.......... Centennial Broadcasting
LLC
........................ Centennial Broadcasting
Nevada, Inc.
20004007...................... Wolseley Plc.............. Fairfax Lumber & Millwork Fairfax Lumber & Millwork
Company, Incorporated. Company, Incorporated
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20004013...................... Mobex Communications, Inc. American Commercial Lines Waterway Communications
Holdings LLC. System LLC
20004023...................... Brokat AG................. Blaze Software, Inc...... Blaze Software, Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/19/2000
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20003985...................... Partners Health Care BWH Anesthesia BWH Anesthesia
Systems, Inc.. Foundation, Inc.. Foundation, Inc.
20003986...................... Partners Health Care Brigham Medical Group Brigham Medical Group
System, Inc.. Foundation, Inc.. Foundation, Inc.
20004025...................... PA Holdings Limited....... Hagler Bailly, Inc....... Hagler Bailly, Inc.
20004041...................... Grove Hill Medical Center, PhyCor, Inc.............. PhyCor of New Britain,
P.C.. Inc.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/20/2000
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20003960...................... Enron Corp................ Columbia Energy Group.... Columbia Energy Power
Meeting Corporation
........................ Columbia Energy Retail
Corporation
........................ Columbia Energy Services
Corporation
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--07/21/2000
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20003842...................... Maverick Tube Corporation. Prudential Steel Ltd..... Prudential Steel Ltd.
20003916...................... Bell Atlantic Corporation. Kevin Douglas............ Blackwater Cellular
Corporation
20003930...................... Jeffrey H. Smulyan........ Sinclair Broadcast Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc.. Inc.
20003943...................... Fortmann-Druhe-Mertens Armstrong Holdings, Inc.. Armstrong World
GmbH Co. Betteliligungs Indistries, Inc.
KG.
........................ The W.W. Henry Company
20003956...................... Galen Holdings PLC........ Warner Chilcott Public Warner Chilcott Public
Limited Company. Limited Company
20003967...................... Media/Communications CoreComm Limited......... CoreComm Limited
Partners II Limited
Partnership.
20004003...................... Covad Communications BlueStar Communications BlueStar Communications
Group, Inc.. Group, Inc.. Group, Inc.
20004015...................... Gannett Co., Inc.......... BrassRing, Inc........... BrassRing, Inc.
20004020...................... Kenny Industrial Services, Canisco Resources, Inc... Canisco Resources, Inc.
L.L.C..
20004028...................... Macrovision Corporation... Matthew Christiano, GLOBEtrotter Software,
Sallie J. Calhoun Inc.
(husband & wife).
20004029...................... Matthew Christiano, Sallie Macrovision Corporation.. Macrovision Corporation
J. Calhoun (husband &
wife).
20004030...................... Aventis S.A............... Millennium Millennium
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
20004031...................... Millenium Pharmaceuticals Aventis S.A.............. Aventis Pharmaceuticals
Inc.. Inc.
20004032...................... HMTF Equity Fund IV ICG Communications, Inc.. ICG Communications, Inc.
(1999), L.P..
20004035...................... Warburg, Pincus Ventures, SkillSoft Corporation.... SkillSoft Corporation
L.P..
20004040...................... The May Department Stores David's Bridal, Inc...... David's Bridal, Inc.
Company.
20004044...................... Weaverman SA.............. Robert E. Norman......... Southwestern Wire Cloth,
Inc.
20004048...................... Citizens Communications Bell Atlantic Corporation Contel of Minnesota,
Company. Inc., GTE West Coast
Inc.
........................ GTE California Inc., GTE
North Inc., GTE South
Inc.
20004054...................... IFCO Systems N.V.......... William Haines........... Bromley Pallet Recyclers
of Alabama LLC
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers
of Ft. Meyers LLC
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers
of Illinois LLC
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers
of Indiana LLC
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers
of Ohio LLC
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers
of Tennessee LLC
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers,
Inc
........................ Bromley Pallet Recyclers,
LLC
20004058...................... Freedom Communications, Kenneth R. Thomson....... The Thomson Company, Inc.
Inc..
20004059...................... Huhtamaki Van Leer Oyi.... Graphic Packaging Graphic Packaging
International Corporation
Corporation.
20004066...................... Raymond F. Kennedy........ Masco Corporation........ Masco Corporation
20004068...................... Invemed Catalyst Fund, Softbank Corp............ Key3Media Group, Inc.
L.P..
20004069...................... Bank of Montreal.......... Roger L. Freeman......... Freeman Wellwood & Co.,
Inc.
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Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger
Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC
20580, (202) 326-3100.
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By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-19352 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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