Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 98 / Monday, May 21, 2001 / Notices 27971

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, May 15, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–12630 Filed 5–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to

acquire or control voting securities or

assets of a company, including the

companies listed below, that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

The notice also will be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act. Additional information on all

bank holding companies may be

obtained from the National Information

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than June 4, 2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice President)

104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–2713:

1. Hancock Holding Company,

Gulfport, Mississippi; to acquire Lamar

Data Solutions, Inc., Purvis, Mississippi,

and thereby to engage de novo in data

processing and data transmission

services for financial institutions,

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(14)(i) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, May 15, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–12629 Filed 5–18–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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.

Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/17/2001

20011672 ............ The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine,

Health System, Inc.

HCA-The Healthcare Company ............. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation

of South Carolina.

20011700 ............ The Sage Group plc .............................. Interact Commerce Corporation ............ Interact Commerce Corporation.

20011708 ............ Ford Motor Company ............................ Seth M. Siegel ....................................... The Beanstalk Group (Europe).

The Beanstalk Group Inc. (DE).

The Beanstalk Group Inc. (NY).

20011709 ............ Ford Motor Company ............................ Michael S. Stone ................................... The Beanstalk Group, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/18/2001

20011711 ............ MedAssets.com, Inc .............................. Earl H. Norman ...................................... Health Services Corporation of America.

20011718 ............ Church & Dwight Co., Inc ...................... USA Detergents, Inc .............................. USA Detergents, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/20/2001

20011662 ............ Smiths Group plc ................................... Barringer Technologies Inc ................... Barringer Technologies Inc.

20011696 ............ Littlejohn Fund II, L.P ............................ Magne Tek Inc ....................................... Magne Tek Asia Ltd., Magne Tek.

Electronics China Co. Ltd.

Magne Tek Componentes Electricos,

S.A. de C.V.

Magne Tek Matamoras, S.A. de C.V.

20011715 ............ Microsoft Corporation ............................ Ensemble Studios Corporation .............. Ensemble Studios Corporation.

20011739 ............ Nautica Enterprises, Inc ........................ Benjamin Freiwald ................................. Earl Jean, Inc.