[Federal Register: November 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 224)]
[Notices]               
[Page 58147-58148]
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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 expirationa nd 
requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal 
Register.
    The following transactions were granted early terminated of the 
witing 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--10/15/2001
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20012431........................  The Mead Corporation.....  Westvaco Corporation.....   Westvaco Corporation.
20012432........................  Westvaco Corporation.....  The Mead Corporation.....  The Mead Corporation.
20020004........................  Dennis Wood..............  Solectron Corporation....  Solectron Corporation.
20020006........................  Flextronics International  Xerox Corporation........  Xerox Corporation.
                                   Ltd.
20020007........................  Paul G. Allen............  High Speed Access Corp...  High Speed Access Corp.
20020011........................  Solectron Corporation....  Stream International Inc.  Stream International
                                                                                         Inc.
20020012........................  El Paso Energy Partners,   El Paso Corporation......  Deepwater Holdings,
                                   L.P.                                                  L.L.C.
20020016........................  Sun Capital Partners II,   Brunswick Corporation....  Igloo Holding, Inc.
                                   L.P.                                                 Igloo Products Corp.
20020017........................  Mellon Financial           Eagle Investment Systems   Eagle Investment Systems
                                   Corporation.               Corp.                      Corp.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/16/2001
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20012471........................  M. Francois Pinault......  Gucci Group N.V..........  Gucci Group N.W.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/18/2001
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20012467........................  O. Bruton Smith..........  Ray Childress Acquisition  Ray Childress
                                                              I, L.O.                    Acquisition I, L.P.
20012473........................  UTI Corporation..........  Unique Instruments, Inc..  Unique Instruments, Inc.
20020018........................  AirGate PCS, Inc.........  iPCS, Inc................  iPCS, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/19/2001
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20020005........................  Stiching Interbrew.......  Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co.   Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co.
                                                              KG.                        KH.
20020019........................  General Electric Company.  Spirent pic..............  Spirent Sensing, Inc.
20020029........................  Hitachi, Ltd.............  Tactica Holdings, Inc....  Tactica Holdings, Inc.
20020031........................  Hilfreich Foundation.....  The Resort at Summerlin    The Resort at Summerlin
                                                              Limited Partnership.       Limited, Partnership.
20020034........................  Blackstone iPCS Capital    AirGate PCS, Inc.........  AirGate PCS, Inc.
                                   Partners L.P..
20020035........................  Blackstone Communications  AirGate PCS, Inc.........  AirGate PCS, Inc.
                                   Partners I, L.P.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/22/2001
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20020041........................  nv Nuon..................  Utilities, Inc...........  Utilities, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/23/2001
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20020010........................  Ascension Health.........  Baptist Hospital System,   Baptist Hospital System,
                                                              Inc.                       Inc.
20020033........................  The Bank of New York       Westminster Research       Westminster Research
                                   Company, Inc.              Associates, Inc.           Associates, Inc.
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                               Transactions Granted Early Termination--10/26/2001
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20020022........................  Daughters of Charity       Catholic Healthcare West.  Catholic Healthcare
                                   Ministry Service                                      West.
                                   Corporation.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. 
Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger 
Notification Officer, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 
20580, (202) 326-3100.
    By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28941 Filed 11-19-01; 8:45 am]
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