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0101012 Informal Interpretation
0101009 Informal Interpretation
Productive Marketing, Inc., et al.
0101011 Informal Interpretation
Alfa Scientific Designs, Inc., et al.
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
20011218: ITOCHU Corporation; Allied Products Corporation
20011215: American Express Company; Pacific Century Financial
20011208: Bessemer Securities L.L.C.; Stanley G. Pride
20011193: United Auto Group, Inc.; George C. Andreas
20011191: KINO Management, LLC; IFCO Enterprises, Inc.
20011188: Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P.; Covance Inc.
20011159: iBasis, Inc.; PriceInteractive, Inc.
20011177: Westboro Properties LLC; Bunge International Limited
Swedish Match North America Inc., and National Tobacco Company, L.P
The Commission authorized staff to seek a preliminary injunction to block the proposed acquisition of National Tobacco Company, L.P. on grounds that the $165 million acquisition would lessen competition in the market for loose leaf chewing tobacco and that Swedish Match’s market share would increase to 60 percent. On December 14, 2000, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a 42-page opinion granting the Commission’s motion for the injunction. On December 22, 2000, the parties abandoned the transaction.