`[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 94 (Monday, May 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30995-30998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12126]


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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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/10/2000
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20002243...........  Cummins Engine    Ben J. Strafuss.  Cummins Mid-
                      Company, Inc.                       South, Inc.
20002390...........  John H. Dayani,   MedicaLogic, Inc  MedicaLogic,
                      PhD.                                Inc.
20002437...........  Matrix Partners   OnDisplay, Inc..  OnDisplay, Inc.
                      IV, L.P.
20002473...........  Charles E.        Plymouth Tube     Plymouth Tube
                      Hurwitz.          Company.          Company.
20002510...........  Behrman Capital   Flashcom, Inc...  Flashcom, Inc.
                      II, L.P.
20002521...........  Medical Manager   Medical Mutual    Medical Mutal
                      Corporation.      of Ohio.          of Ohio.
20002524...........  URM Stores, Inc.  Rosauers          Rosauers
                                        Employee Stock    Supermarkets,
                                        Ownership Trust.  Inc.
20002550...........  CGW Southeast     Printmasters,     Printmasters,
                      Partners III,     Inc.              Inc.
                      L.P.
20002551...........  David Bing......  Lear Corporation  Lear
                                                          Corporation.
20002552...........  Radio One, Inc..  William G. Mays.  IBL L.L.C.
20002556...........  Z-Tel             Touch 1, Inc....  Touch 1, Inc.
                      Technologies,
                      Inc..
20002562...........  Avnet, Inc......  Savior            Savior
                                        Technology        Technology
                                        Group, Inc.       Group, Inc.
20002563...........  Arbella Mutual    Hellman &         The Covenant
                      Insurance         Friedman          Group, Inc.
                      Company.          Capital
                                        Partners III,
                                        L.P.

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20002565...........  24/7 Media, Inc.  Exactis.com, Inc  Exactis.com,
                                                          Inc.
20002569...........  Softbank          TeraBeam          TeraBeam
                      Technology        Corporation.      Corporation.
                      Ventures V, L.P.
20002570...........  Corman            Z-Tel             Z-Tel
                      Foundation,       Technologies,     Technologies,
                      Inc..             Inc.              Inc.
20002630...........  Marmon Holdings,  Hampshire Equity  Streater, Inc.
                      Inc.              Partners II,
                                        L.P.
20002647...........  Royal Bank of     Prism Financial   Prism Financial
                      Canada.           Corporation.      Corporation.
20002679...........  John F. Allen...  U.S. Bancorp....  U.S. Bancorp.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/11/2000
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20002522...........  Brentwood         Thomas Melk.....  Outer Circle
                      Associates                          Products, Ltd.
                      Private Equity
                      III, L.P.
20002534...........  Westgage          Illinois          Illinois
                      International     Superconductor    Superconductor
                      Limited.          Corporation.      Corporation.
20002537...........  Elliott           Illinois          Illinois
                      Associates, L.P.  Superconductor    Superconductor
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
20002571...........  Cendant           FundsXpress, Inc  FundsXpress,
                      Corporation.                        Inc.
20002573...........  Gulftech          Luthi Machinery   Luthi Machinery
                      International,    & Engineering     & Engineering
                      Inc.              Co., Inc.         Co., Inc.
20002577...........  TPG Partners      Convergent        Convergent
                      III, L.P.         Communications,   Communications
                                        Inc.              , Inc.
20002580...........  Cox Enterprises,  Marlin            Marlin
                      Inc.              Broadcasting,     Broadcasting,
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20002581...........  Wells Fargo &     Gabriel           Gabriel
                      Company.          Communications,   Communications
                                        Inc.              , Inc.
20002586...........  Paul G. Allen...  National          National
                                        Discount          Discount
                                        Brokers Group,    Brokers Group,
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20002589...........  Apostolos         Ogden             Ogden Park
                      Allamanis.        Corporation.      Management,
                                                          Inc.,
                                                          Jazzland, Inc.
20002590...........  Gateway, Inc....  eSoft, Inc......  eSoft, Inc.
20002592...........  Paul G. Allen...  Rosetta           rosetta
                                        Inpharmatics,     Inphamatics,
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20002593...........  Stephen Adams...  The Trident       Affinity Group
                                        Partnership,      Plans, Inc.
                                        L.P.
20002594...........  Clayton,          Complete          Complete
                      Dubilier & Rice   Business          Business
                      Fund VI Limited   Solutions, Inc.   Solutions,
                      Partnership.                        Inc.
20002596...........  The SKM Equity    Murray Nadel....  Nadel LLC.
                      Fund II, L.P.
20002602...........  Amkor             Anam              Anam
                      Technology, Inc.  Semiconductor,    Semiconductor,
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20002603...........  Trinity           YSD Industries,   YSD Industries,
                      Industries, Inc.  Inc.              Inc.
20002606...........  Thomas H. Lee     Digital           Digital
                      Equity Fund IV,   Broadband         Broadband
                      L.P.              Communications,   Communications
                                        Inc.              , Inc.
20002608...........  Solectron         American          American
                      Corporation.      Wireless          Wireless
                                        Services, Inc.    Services, Inc.
20002610...........  Bell              Herbert F. Rorke  Rorke Data
                      Microproducts,                      Incorporated.
                      Inc.
20002613...........  California        Campbell Soup     MacFarms of
                      Almond Growers    Company.          Hawaii, Inc.
                      Exchange.
20002624...........  Jemison           Braselle Corp. d/ Brasell Corp. d/
                      Investment Co.,   b/a Demsey and    b/a Demsey and
                      Inc.              Associates.       Associates.
20002625...........  ACT               GSS Array         GSS Array
                      Manufacturing,    Technology        Technology
                      Inc.              Public Company    Public Company
                                        Limited.          Limited.
20002639...........  Vector            Wolseley plc....  Diemold Service
                      Industries Inc.                     Co. Inc. and
                                                          Riverside
                                                          Tractor Co.
                                                          Inc.
                                                         GOS Investments
                                                          Limited and
                                                          Calumet
                                                          International,
                                                          Inc
20002640...........  Koninklijke       E. Philip         Tops Markets,
                      Ahold NV.         Saunders.         Inc.
20002641...........  Peco Energy       Dashiell          Dashiell
                      Company.          Corporation.      Corporation.
20002643...........  Leggett & Platt,  Carmine E. and    Edron Fixture
                      Incorporated.     Rosina            Corp., Royal
                                        Guastafeste.      Store Fixtures
                                                          Corp.
                                                         Florida Plating
                                                          & Finishing
                                                          Corp.
20002645...........  TCV III (Q), L.P  Emerald-          Emerald-
                                        Delaware, Inc.    Delaware, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/13/2000
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19992774...........  BP Amoco p.l.c..  Atlantic          Atlantic
                                        Richfield         Richfield
                                        Company.          Company.
20001242...........  Deere & Company.  Metso             Timberjack
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
                                                         Timberjack
                                                          Group Oyj,
                                                          Timberjack Oy,
                                                         Timberjack
                                                          Sales Oy.
                                                         Timberjack
                                                          Holding AB,
                                                          Timberjack AB,
                                                          et al.
20002377...........  ColArt            Voting Trust      Binney & Smith
                      Investments Ltd.  dated December    Inc.
                                        4, 1968 of v/s
                                        of Hallmark
                                        Cards.
20002489...........  American Home     Aviron..........  Aviron.
                      Products
                      Corporation.
20002507...........  Orbital Sciences  Acxiom            DataQuick
                      Corporation.      Comporation.      Information
                                                          Systems.
20002527...........  GS Capital        Gabriel           Gabriel
                      Partners III,     Communications,   Communications
                      L.P.              Inc.              , Inc.
20002535...........  GS Capital        Gabriel           Gabriel
                      Partners III      Communications,   Communications
                      Offshore, L.P.    Inc.              , Inc.
20002584...........  Aruthur T.        The Topps         The Topps
                      Shorin.           Company, Inc.     Company, Inc.
20002621...........  Microsoft         Roy Watterstrom.  Plural Inc.
                      Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early termination--04/14/2000
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20002500...........  El Paso Energy    VeloCom Inc.....  VeloCom Inc.
                      Corporation.
20002519...........  Texas Utilities   Fort Bend         Fort Bend
                      Company, doing    Communication     Communication
                      Business as TXU   Companies, Inc.   Companies,
                      Corp.                               Inc.
20002530...........  Heritage Fund     Will Holdings,    Will Holdings,
                      II, L.P.          Inc.              Inc.
20002533...........  Softbank          America West      National
                      Corporation.      Holdings          Leisure Group,
                                        Corporation.      Inc.
20002582...........  Rieter Holding    Bernard Terrat..  ICBT Groupe
                      Ltd.                                S.A.

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20002607...........  Cooper            Sigma-Aldrich     B-Line Systems
                      Industries, Inc.  Corporation.      Manufacturing,
                                                          Inc.
                                                         B-Line Systems,
                                                          Inc.
                                                         Sigma-Aldrich
                                                          Corporation.
20002609...........  James H. Clark..  The Kiva          The Kiva
                                        Genetics          Genetics
                                        Partnership,      Partnership,
                                        Inc.              Inc.
20002623...........  Linc.net, LLC...  Irvin L. Gunter.  Utility
                                                          Consultants,
                                                          Inc.
20002628...........  Bernard Arnault.  Paul G. Allen...  Mercata, Inc.
20002632...........  Linc.net, LLC...  Thomas E.         George M.
                                        Murrell.          Construction,
                                                          Inc.
20002637...........  MCT of Russia,    MediaOne Group,   RTDC Holdings,
                      L.P.              Inc.              Inc.
20002648...........  Enron Corp......  Quanta Services,  Quanta
                                        Inc.              Services, Inc.
20002652...........  Gerald R.         Black Hills       Black Hills
                      Forsythe.         Corporation.      Corporation.
20002653...........  Black Hills       Gerald R.         Indeck Capital,
                      Corporation.      Forsythe.         Inc.
20002656...........  Mestek, Inc.....  Met-Coil Systems  Met-Coil
                                        Corporation.      Systems
                                                          Corporation.
20002658...........  ITCDeltaC  James V. Martin.  Bay Data
                      om, Inc.                            Consultants,
                                                          Inc.
20002659...........  James V. Martin.  ITCDeltaC  ITCDelta
                                        om, Inc.          Com, Inc.
20002662...........  Duke Energy       Exxon Mobil       Mobile Europe
                      Corporation.      Corporation.      Gas Inc.
20002663...........  Quad-C Partners   Pulaski           Pulaski
                      V, L.P.           Furniture         Furniture
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
20002666...........  Wolseley plc....  Anderson Lumber   Anderson Lumber
                                        Company.          Company.
20002669...........  Comverse          Loronix           Loronix
                      Technology, Inc.  Information       Information
                                        Systems, Inc.     Systems, Inc.
20002670...........  Dofasco, Inc....  Stronach Trust..  Cosma
                                                          Powerlasers
                                                          Corporation.
                                                         Cosma
                                                          Powerlasers
                                                          Limited.
20002671...........  J.W. Childs       Pharmacia         Pharmacia
                      Equity Partners   Corporation.      Corporation.
                      II, L.P.
20002674...........  AT&T Corp.......  Ledcor Inc......  380networks,
                                                          Inc.
20002675...........  ConAgra, Inc....  Elizabeth L. and  Associated Beef
                                        William H.        City, Inc.
                                        Kapavik.
20002676...........  Edward            Havas             Havas
                      Eskandarian.      Advertising S.A.  Advertising
                                                          S.A.
20002678...........  Havas             Synder            Synder
                      Advertising S.A.  Communications,   Communications
                                        Inc.              , Inc.
20002682...........  HealthCentral.co  Robert M. Haft..  Vitamins.com,
                      m.                                  Inc.
20002683...........  Robert M. Haft..  Health            HealthCentral.c
                                        Central.com.      om.
20002689...........  Forvaltnings AB   Farr Company....  Farr Company.
                      Ratos.
20002691...........  Credence Systems  TMT, Inc........  TMT, Inc.
                      Corporation.
20002692...........  Sandler Capital   Convergent        Convergent
                      Partners IV,      Communications,   Communications
                      L.P.              Inc.              , Inc.
20002699...........  CHB Capital       Harding Lawson    Harding Lawson
                      Partners II,      Associates        Associates
                      L.P.              Group, Inc.       Group, Inc.
20002701...........  Oak Investment    Campus Pipeline,  Campus
                      Partners VIII,    Inc.              Pipeline, Inc.
                      L.P.
20002703...........  Safeguard         eMerge            eMerge
                      Scientifics,      Interactive,      Interactive,
                      Inc.              Inc.              Inc.
20002704...........  Meggitt PLC.....  S-TEC             S-TEC
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
20002705...........  Britax            Hexcel            Hexcel
                      International,    Corporation.      Corporation.
                      plc.
20002708...........  Take-Two          Gathering of      Gathering of
                      Interactive       Developers, Inc.  Developers,
                      Software, Inc.                      Inc.
20002710...........  Charles W. Ergen  iSky, Inc.......  iSky, Inc.
20002711...........  Deutsche Bank AG  Saturn            Saturn
                                        Acquisition       Acquisition
                                        Corporation.      Corporation.
20002717...........  DEL 1995 Trust..  James H. Long...  Allstar
                                                          Systems, Inc.
20002725...........  GS Capital        GS Capital        MCG Credit
                      Partners II       Partners II,      Corporation.
                      Offshore, L.P.    L.P.
20002733...........  Welsh, Carson,    James Martin      James Martin
                      Anderson &        Worldwide, plc.   Worldwide,
                      Stowe VIII,.                        plc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/18/2000
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20001478...........  Metso Oyl.......  Harnischfeger     Beloit
                                        Industries,       Corporation.
                                        Inc., Debtor-in-
                                        Possession.
20002042...........  Phillips          Chevron           Chevron
                      Petroleum         Corporation.      Corporation.
                      Company.
20002043...........  Chevron           Phillips          Phillips
                      Corporation.      Petroleum         Petroleum
                                        Company.          Company.
20002587...........  HomeGold          Ronald J.         HomeSense
                      Financial, Inc.   Sheppard.         Financial
                                                          Corp.
20002588...........  Ronald J.         HomeGold          HomeGold
                      Sheppard.         Financial, Inc.   Financial,
                                                          Inc.
20002595...........  Lafarge S.A.....  Tod F. Kingsland  La Habra
                                                          Products, Inc.
20002620...........  MedicaLogic, Inc  Medscape, Inc...  Medscape, Inc.
20002651...........  CBS Corporation.  MedicaLogic, Inc  MedicaLogic,
                                                          Inc.
20002655...........  Brooks            Irvine Optical    Irvine Optical
                      Automation,       Company, LLC.     Company, LLC.
                      Inc..
20002673...........  Exodus            VBI Corporation.  Mirror Image
                      Communications,                     Internet, Inc.
                      Inc.
20002695...........  Sema Group plc..  LHS Group, Inc..  LHS Group, Inc.
20002706...........  TALK.com Inc....  Access One        Access One
                                        Communications    Communications
                                        Corp.             Corp
20002713...........  Ralcorp           Edward A. Smith.  James P.
                      Holdings, Inc.                      Linette, Inc.
20002734...........  James T. Martin,  Welsh, Carson,    Newco.
                      a natural         Anderson &
                      person.           Stowe VIII, L.P.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/20/2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
20002604...........  The News          The News          FIT TV
                      Corporation       Corporation       Partnership.
                      Limited.          Limited.
20002633...........  S.C.R.-Sibelco    Sud-Chemie AG...  Sud-Chemie AG.
                      S.A.
20002719...........  Odyessey          Dayton Superior   Dayton Superior
                      Investment        Corporation.      Corporation.
                      Partners Fund,
                      L.P.
20002721...........  Wellspring        William S.        Brook Mays
                      Capital           Everitt.          Music Company.
                      Partners, II,
                      L.P.
20002723...........  CBS Corporation.  Bernard Waterman  Waterman
                                                          Broadcasting
                                                          Corporation of
                                                          Texas.
20002727...........  Robert L.         Vanguarde         Vanguarde
                      Johnson.          Holdings, Inc.    Holdings, Inc.
20002731...........  Consolidated      Richard Mooney..  Hayes
                      Engineering                         Mechanical,
                      Services                            Inc.
                      Partnership.

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20002732...........  Consolidated      John D. Mooney..  Hayes
                      Engineering                         Mechanical,
                      Services                            Inc.
                      Partnership.
20002745...........  Tele Atlas B.V..  Sony Corporation  Etak, Inc.
20002748...........  The Hearst Trust  Women.com         Women.com
                                        Networks, Inc.    Networks, Inc.
20002754...........  Toyoda Automatic  BT Industries AB  BT Industries
                      Loom Works, LTD.                    AB.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--04/21/2000
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20002171...........  Therma-Tru-Corp.  General Products  General
                                        Company, Inc.     Products
                                                          Company, Inc.
20002554...........  Randall L.        Leonard Miller..  Strategic
                      Moffat.                             Technologies,
                                                          Inc.
20002635...........  Partners          Brigham Surgical  Brigham
                      HealthCare        Group             Surgical Group
                      System, Inc.      Foundation, Inc.  Foundation,
                                                          Inc.
20002646...........  North Castle      Mario and Cherly  Tricoci, Inc.
                      Partners II,      Tricoci.
                      L.P.
20002654...........  Amsung Corp.....  Physicians        Physicians
                                        Resource Group,   Resource
                                        Inc.              Group, Inc.
20002718...........  Heritage Fund     Jerry Seligsohn.  FADA
                      II, L.P.                            Industries,
                                                          Inc.
20002722...........  Motorola, Inc...  GMP Companies,    GMP Companies,
                                        Inc.              Inc
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    For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. 
Fielding, Contract Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger 
Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-12126 Filed 5-12-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M`