# Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A00-26343 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** October 13, 2000 - **Citation:** 65 FR 60964 ## Text 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 permerger 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. Transactions Granted Early Termination 09/05/2000-09/15/2000 Transaction No. Acquiring Acquired Entities Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/05/2000 20004539 Community Newspapers, Inc., a South Carolina corporation New York Times Company (The) NYT Florida Holdings, Inc. 20004576 Private Equity Investors IV, L.P NT Corporation NT Corporation. 20004577 The 1818 Fund III, L.P NT Corporation NT Corporation. 20004578 Wind Point Partners IV, L.P NT Corporation NT Corporation. 20004595 California Physicians' Service UnitedHealth Group Incorporated United Healthcare Insurance Company. United Healthcare of California, Inc. UnitedHealth Networks, Inc. 20004600 Siebel Systems, Inc Sierra Ventures VI, L.P OnLink Technologies, Inc. 20004604 Rodney L. Grimm Stock Trust Daniel C. & Susie G. Duncan Healthy Fresh, Inc./Organic Choice, LLC. Tri-Duncan Farms. 20004605 Robert A. Grimm Stock Trust Daniel C. & Susie G. Duncan Healthy Fresh, Inc./Organic Choice, LLC. Tri-Duncan Farms. 20004609 Rodney L. Grimm Stock Trust Michael B. & Jennifer D. Duncan Healthy Fresh, Inc./Organic Choice, LLC. 20004610 Robert A. Grimm Stock Trust Michael B. & Jennifer D. Duncan Healthy Fresh, Inc./Organic Choice, LLC. Organic Choice, LLC. 20004649 TSG3 L.P Buyco, Inc Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation. 20004672 Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P Phycom Corporation Phycom Corporation. 20004704 Bill Gross Paytru$t, Inc Paytru$t, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/06/2000 20004487 VantagePoint Communications Partners, L.P Aerie Networks, Inc Aerie Networks, Inc. 20004582 Aventis Aventis Carderm Capital, L.P. 20004592 Voting Trust dated December 4, 1968 of v/s of Hallmark Cards Voting Trust dated December 4, 1968 of v/s of Hallmark Cards Odyessey Holdings, LLC. 20004611 Deutsche Bank AG Trust u/w Frederick C. Wappler, dec'd Sebec Securities, Inc. 20004615 The Boeing Company Tribune Company Jeppesen GmbH. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., Jeppesen UK Limited. 20004636 PeopleFirst.com Inc DaimlerChrysler AG giggo.com, inc. 20004637 DaimlerChrysler AG PeopleFirst.com Inc PeopleFirst.com Inc. 20004638 McDonald's Corporation eMac Digital Corporation eMac Digital Corporation. 20004639 Accel-AKI Ivestors, L.L.C eMac Digital Corporation eMac Digital Corporation. 20004647 General Motors Corporation First Citizens BancShares, Inc First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. 20004650 American Capital Strategies, Ltd Intermet Corporation Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. 20004657 Aya and Ofer Azielant Colin Horowitz I. Kurgan & Co., Inc. a California corporation. 20004659 Crescendo IV, L.P Relera, Inc Relera, Inc. 20004661 Koch Industries Inc Gordon-Piatt Energy Group, Inc Gordon-Piatt Energy Group, Inc. 20004662 Sodexho Alliance, S.A Prison Realty Trust, Inc Prison Realty Trust, Inc. 20004665 M. Francois Pinault Westburne Inc Westburne Inc. 20004666 Uproar Inc iwin.com, Inc iwin.com,Inc. 20004667 Frederick R. Krueger Uproar Inc Uproar Inc. 20004670 Kuoni Reisen Holding AG Mr. Kerrin M. Behrend T PRO, Inc. 20004673 Bank Of America Corporation RELERA, Inc RELERA, Inc. 20004676 Station Casinos, Inc Trust # 1 of George J. Maloof, Sept. 1, 1978 Fiesta Hotel & Casino. 20004679 Hanny Holdings Limited Scott A. Blum Separate Property Trust U/D/T 8/2/95 eDevelopments.com Inc. 20004684 The Lamson & Sessions Co Pyramid Industries, Inc Pyramid Industries, Inc. 20004685 Human Genome Sciences, Inc HealthCare Ventures V, L.P Principia Pharmaceutical Corporation. 20004688 Bank of New York Company, Inc., (The) Howard Wohl Ivy Asset Management Corp. 20004690 Larry Van Tuyl Frank M. Late Midway Chevrolet Company. Midway Holdings, Inc. Midwest Unlimited, Inc. 20004691 Grover C. Coors Trust Graphic Packaging International Corporation Graphic Packaging International Corporation. 20004696 Littlejohn Fund II, L.P Pameco Corporation Pameco Corporation. 20004701 Sun Microsystems, Inc Resonate Inc Resonate Inc. 20004707 Sanmina Corporation Lucent Technologies, Inc Octel Communications Corporation. 20004709 Penton Media, Inc Duke Communications International, L.L.L.P Duke Communications International, L.L.L.P. 20004746 Intertape Polymer Group Inc A. Dennis Murphy Olympian Tape Sales, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/07/2000 20004712 Critical Path, Inc PeerLogic, Inc PeerLogic, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/08/2000 20004099 Kenneth R. Thomson David Geliebter The Carson Group, Inc. 20004332 Castle Harlan Partners II, L.P David Dunn Advance Tool, Inc. 20004408 ALLTEL Corporation SBC Communications Inc Radiofone, Inc. 20004411 Triad Hospitals, Inc Charterhouse Equity Partners II, L.P NetCare Health Systems, Inc. 20004612 WPS Resources Corporation Wisconsin Fuel & Light Company Wisconsin Fuel & Light Company. 20004616 Navidec, Inc CarPoint, Inc CarPoint, Inc. 20004617 Wells Fargo & Company CarPoint, Inc CarPoint, Inc. 20004618 Microsoft Corporation CarPoint, Inc CarPoint, Inc. 20004626 Dynegy Inc Extant, Inc Extant, Inc. 20004627 Lawrence A. McLernon Dynegy Inc Dynegy Inc. 20004640 KKR-AKI Investors, L.L.C eMac Digital Corporation eMac Digital Corporation. 20004646 Aether Systems, Inc Cerulean Technology, Inc Cerulean Technology, Inc. 20004648 Hologic, Inc Thermo Electron Corporation Trex Medical Corporation. 20004653 Bouygues S.A Gordon P. Hayes, Jr Aggregate Products, Inc., aan Alaska corporation. Hayden & Hayes Company, an Alaska General Partnership. Quality Asphalt Paving, Inc., an Alaska corporation. 20004664 New Enterprise Associates VIII, L.P Intira Corporation Intira Corporation. 20004668 Crosspoint Venture Partner 2000 Q LP Petrocosm Corporation Petrocosm Corporation. 20004680 Northern Border Partners, L.P Enron Corp. Enron North America Corp. 20004702 Toshiba Corporation General Electric Company General Electric Company. 20004703 AXA InFlow, Inc InFlow, Inc. 20004708 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc Milton Grant Grant Television Inc., Grant Television II LLC. 20004713 Berwind Group Partners Bruce Garland Priority Air Express, Inc., PAX Network Inc. 20004723 CVS Corporation Hubert G. Phipps Fedco Drugs, Inc. 20004724 Kellwood Company Richard L. Golden Dorby Frocks, Ltd. 20004725 Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc J. Frank Harrison, Jr Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Roanoke, Inc. ROBC, Inc., WVBC, Inc. The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of West Virginia, Inc. 20004726 MBNA Corporation First Union Corporation First Union Direct Bank, N.A. First Union National Bank. 20004728 William Blair Capital Partners V, L.P Wyndham Travel Holding, Inc Wyndham Travel Holding, Inc. 20004729 U.S. Bancorp Marvin M. Schwan Great Grandchildren's Trust Lyon Financial Services, Inc. 20004737 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V Optiva Corporation Optiva Corporation. 20004739 TransCanada PipeLines Limited TransCanada PipeLines Limited Ocean State Power. Ocean State Power II. 20004740 Linc.net, Inc Telpro Technologies, Inc Telpro Technologies, Inc. 20004742 Penn National Gaming, Inc CRC Holdings, Inc CRC Holdings, Inc. 20004744 Corning Incorporated James F. Moore Champion Products, Inc. 20004747 The Home Depot, Inc NCH Corporation N-E Thing Supply Company, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/11/2000 20003681 Ford Motor Company Covisint Covisint. 20003682 General Motors Corporation Covisint Covisint. 20003683 Daimler-Chrysler AG Covisint Covisint. 20003684 Renault SA Covisint Covisint. 20003685 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd Covisint Covisint. 20003686 Oracle Corporation Covisint Covisint. 20003687 Commerce One, Inc Covisint Covisint. 20004663 Chase Manhattan Corporation, (The) Intira Corporation Intira Corporation. 20004678 Zurich Allied AG GE—Zurich Warranty Management, Inc GE-Zurich Warranty Management, Inc. 20004697 medibuy.com, Inc HCA—The Healthcare Company BNA Associates, Inc. 20004714 Royal Dutch Petroleum Company InterGen N.V InterGen N.V. 20004715 Bechtel Group, Inc InterGen N.V InterGen N.V. 20004760 Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P GSI Lumonics, Inc GSI Lumonics Life Science Trust. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/12/2000 20004516 Marshall W. Pagon Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative Northeast Rural Services, Inc. 20004698 HCA—The Healthcare Company medibuy.com, Inc medibuy.com, Inc. 20004710 HCA—The Healthcare Company BNA Associates, Inc BNA Associates, Inc. 20004720 Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners III, L.P Heath Thompson ThoughtMill Corporation. 20004721 Heath Thompson Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners III, L.P Digitas, Inc. 20004731 Crescendo III, L.P Innuity, Inc Innuity, Inc. 20004732 Marathon Fund Limited Partnership IV Thermo Electron Corporation Thermo Analytical Inc. 20004738 Hanover Compressor Company OEC Compression Company OEC Compression Company. 20004750 Consolidated Engineering Services Partnership Alan L. Barnes, Sr Aircond Corporation. 20004854 W.M. Hawkins, III The 3DD Company The 3DD Company. 20004855 Thomas Jefferson University Will of James Wills Wills Eye Hospital. 20004856 Sabre Holdings Corporation GetThere Inc GetThere Inc. 20004857 Rocco B. Commisso Satelite Cable Services, Inc Satelite Cable Services, Inc. 20004861 AutoNation, Inc James B. Bryan, III JBH of Longwood, Inc. d/b/a Jimmy Bryan Honda. Jimmy Bryan Toyota, Inc. d/b/a Jimmy Bryan Toyota. 20004874 Internet Capital Group, Inc CommerceQuest, Inc CommerceQuest, Inc. 20004876 Internet Capital Group, Inc Newco Newco. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/13/2000 20004700 Wind Point Partners IV, L.P J.F. Lehman Equity Investors, I, L.P McCormick Selph Holdings, Inc. Scot Incorporated. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/14/2000 20004456 Haemonetics Corporation Transfusion Technologies Corporation Transfusion Technologies Corporation. 20004711 Western Wireless Corporation Centennial Communications Corp Centennial Communications Corp. 20004776 Wolverine Tube, Inc Engelhard Corporation Engelhard Corporation. 20004786 Royal Bank of Canada AMRESCO, INC. AMRESCO Builders Group, Inc. AMRESCO Commercial Finance, Inc. 20004787 Toshiba Corporation Harison Electric Company, Ltd Harison Electric Company, Ltd. 20004789 Lou L. Pai TNPC, Inc TNPC, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 20004790 Wind Point Partners III, L.P SPX Corporation Metal Forge Company, Inc. MF Development Corporation. 20004791 American Manufacturing Corporation Samuel J. Heyman LL Building Products Inc. 20004804 Nortel Networks Corporation Sonoma Systems Sonoma Systems. 20004807 Aon Corporation ASA Acquisition Corp. ASA Acquisition Corp. 20004809 Asbury Automotive Group, L.L.C Charles D. Troncalli Troncalli Jaguar, Inc. 20004811 West Florida Medical Center Clinic, a Florida prof assoc PhyCor, Inc., a Tennessee corporation PhyCor of Pensacola, Inc. 20004814 AAR Corp Honeywell International Inc Hermetic Aircraft International Corp. 20004815 Spectrum Equity Investors III, L.P Intira Corporation Intira Corporation. 20004816 Mayfield X, L.P Intira Corporation Intira Corporation. 20004817 SPX Corporation CVI Holding Corporation Copes-Vulcan, Inc., Copes-Vulcan, Limited. Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/15/2000 20003123 SBC Communications Inc BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation. 20004541 First Reserve Fund VIII, L.P Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. 2004587 Pikington plc Newco Newco. 20004622 Bell Atlantic Corporation d/b/a Verizon Communications James A. Otterbeck OnePoint Communications Corp. 20004687 Bank of New York Company, Inc., (The) Lawrence Simon Ivy Asset Management Corp. 20004692 General Motors Corporation HomeAdvisor Technologies, Inc HomeAdvisor Technologies, Inc. 20004693 The Chase Manhattan Corporation HomeAdvisor Technologies, Inc HomeAdvisor Technologies, Inc. 20004694 Microsoft Corporation HomeAdvisor Technologies, Inc HomeAdvisor Technologies, Inc. 20004788 DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, II, L.P TNPC, Inc TNPC, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 20004793 PG&E Corporation Duke Energy Corporation Duke Energy Corporation. 20004799 Edward M. Philip Telefonica S.A Terra Networks, S.A. 20004800 Robert J. Davis Telefonica S.A Terra Networks, S.A. 20004812 Telephone and Data System, Inc. Voting Trust Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust Oregon RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership. 20004877 Edward L. Maletis Childrens Trust Gary P. Raden, SR G. Raden & Sons, Inc. For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, 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. [FR Doc. 00-26343 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A00-26343. Public record. Not legal advice.