Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

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identifier: "/us/fr/02-15841"
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title: "Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "02-15841"
section_name: "Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules"
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  - "Federal Trade Commission"
fr_citation: "67 FR 42563"
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#  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.

| Transaction No. | Acquiring person | Acquired person | Acquired entities |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020702 | Performance Food Group Company | Don and Carolyn Kirkpatrick | Quality Foods, Inc. |
| 20020713 | Kroll Inc | ONTRACK Data International, Inc | ONTRACK Data International, Inc |
| 20020738 | UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | GeoAccess, Inc | GeoAccess, Inc |
| 20020743 | John Hancock Financial Services, Inc | International Paper Company | Sustainable Forest, L.L.C. |
| 20020754 | Providence Equity Partners IV, L.P. | AT&T Corp | AT&T Broadband of Colorado, LLC. |
| 20020757 | Goodman Company, Ltd | Avantec Vascular Corporation | Avantec Vascular Corporation. |
| 20020763 | ASSA ABLOY AB | AB INDUSTRIVARDEN | BESAM AB. |
| 20020764 | Bethlehem Steel Corporation | LTV Corporation (Debtor-in-Possession) | Columbus Processing Company. |
| 20020765 | Royal Bank of Canada | Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A | Business Men's Assurance Company of America. |
| 20020766 | Headwaters Incorporated | Larry E. Koenig | H Briquetters, Ltd. |
| 20020767 | Headwaters Incorporated | Startec, Inc | H Briquetters, Ltd. |
| 20020770 | Grande Communications Holdings, Inc | ClearSource, Inc | ClearSource, Inc, |
| 20020772 | Bank of Montreal | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co | Morgan Stanley DW Inc. |
| 20020774 | Kellwood Company | Gerber Childrenswear, Inc | Gerber Childrenswear, Inc. |
| 20020779 | Nordstrom.com, Inc | Nordstrom, Inc | Nordstrom.com, Inc. |
| 20020785 | John A. Catsimatidis | Marks & Spencer p.l.c | Kings Super Markets, Inc. |
| 20020787 | United Rentals, Inc | National Equipment Services, Inc | National Equipment Services, Inc. |
| 20020791 | Cardinal Health, Inc | Boron, Lepore and Associates, Inc | Boron, Lepore and Associates, Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020760 | Berkshire Hathaway Inc | Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company | Kemper Insurance Group, Inc |
| 20020773 | Liberty Media Corporation | Naspers, Ltd | OpenTV Corp. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020784 | Cumulus Media Inc | Wicks Communications & Media Partners, L.P | Wilks Broadcasting LLC. |
| 20020792 | Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P | SpectraSite Holdings, Inc | SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. |
| 20020793 | Welsh, Carons, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P | SpectraSite Holdings, Inc | SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. |
| 20020799 | Olin Corporation | Chase Industries Inc | Chase Industries Inc. |
| 20020801 | Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund V, L.P | ConAgra Foods, Inc | Australia Meat Holdings Pty, Ltd. |
| 20020807 | Landry's Restaurants, Inc | Chart House Enterprises, Inc | Chart House, Inc. |
| 20020810 | Windward Capital Partners II, L.P | Apostolos G. Allamanis | Castle Park. |
| 20020813 | Mr. Alian Merieux | Nouvelle bioMerieux Alliance S.A | Nouvelle bioMerieux Alliance S.A. |
| 20020814 | Mr. Pierre Fabre | bioMerieux Pierre Fabre S.A | bioMerieux Pierre Fabre S.A. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020788 | Affiliated Computer Services, Inc | FleetBoston Financial Corporation | AFSA Data Corporation. |
| 20020805 | STMicroelectronics N.V | Alcatel | Alcatel Microelectronics. |
| 20020815 | Vallourec | Cargill, Incorporated | North Star Steel Company. |

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Sandra M. Peay, or Chandra L. Kennedy, Contact 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.