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Kroger Company, The, and Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

The Commission authorized a preliminary injunction action in federal court alleging that Kroger's proposed acquisition of 74 Winn-Dixie supermarkets in would substantially lessen competition in several markets near and in Fort Worth, Texas.  The parties soonafter abandoned their merger plans.

Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
0010057

Rhodia, Donau Chemie AG, and Albright & Wilson PL

Rhodia divested certain assets to resolve antitrust concerns stemming from its acquisition of Allbright & Wilson PLC. The consent order permits the acquisition but requires the divestiture of Albright’s interest in its United States phosphoric acid joint venture to its joint venture partner, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910237
Docket Number
C-3930

El Paso Energy Corporation

A final order ensures competition in the markets for natural gas transportation out of the Gulf of Mexico and into the southeastern United States. The consent order permitted El Paso's $6 billion merger with Sonar Inc. and requires the divestiture of Sea Robin Pipeline Company; Sonat's one-third ownership interest in Destin Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; and the East Tennessee Natural Gas Company.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910178
Docket Number
C-3915

Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.

A consent order settled charges that Shaw's proposed acquisition of Star Markers, Inc. could eliminate supermarket competition and increase prices in the greater Boston metropolitan area. The consent order permits the acquisition and requires the divestiture of three Shaw supermarkets and seven Star markets in eight communities.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910075
Docket Number
C-3934

Digital Equipment Corporation

Final order settles allegations that Intel's acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation's assets could endanger the continuing and future development of the Alpha microprocessor, a direct competitor of Intel's Pentium line of computer system components. The order requires Digital to license the Alpha technology to Advanced Micro Devices and to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. or to other Commission-approved companies to manufacture Digital's microprocessor devices.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9810040
Docket Number
C-3818

MacDermid, Incorporated, and Polyfibron Technologies, Inc., In the Matter of

A consent order permits MacDermid’s acquisition of Polyfibron Technologies, Inc. and requires the divestiture, among other things, of Polyfibron’s liquid photopolymer business to Chemence Inc. According to the complaint, the acquisition would result in a monopoly in the production, distribution and sale of liquid and solid photopolymer in North America. Photopolymers are used to make flexographic printing plates.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910167
Docket Number
C-3911

Reckitt & Colman plc, In the Matter of

The FTC accepted a consent agreement that allowed Reckitt & Colman plc to acquire all of the voting securities of Benckiser N.V. from NRV Vermogenswerwaltung GmbH, while ensuring that competition in two highly concentrated household cleaning product markets is maintained. According to the complaint, the markets for hard surface bathroom cleaners and fine fabric wash products are highly concentrated, and the proposed acquisition was likely to substantially increase the concentration in each market. Under the agreement, Benckiser's Scrub Free® and Delicare® businesses would be divested to Church & Dwight, Inc., which also produces household cleaning products, selling items under the Arm & Hammer® brand name.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910306
Docket Number
3918

Kroger Co., The, and Fred Meyer, Inc., In the Matter of

Final order requires Kroger and Fred Meyer Stores, Inc. to divest eight supermarkets to settle charges that the acquisition of Fred Meyer would increase concentration and decrease competition in seven cities in Arizona, Wyoming, and Utah. Under terms of the order, two Smith's Food & Drug Centers will be sold to Nash-Finch Company; one "City Market" will be sold to Albertson's Inc.; and five supermarkets (two "City Markets"; two Fry's, and one Smith's) will be sold to Fleming Companies, Inc.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910024
Docket Number
C-3917

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Inc., and Poplar Bluff Physicians Group, Inc. d/b/a Doctors Regional Medical Center, FTC and State of Missouri

The FTC authorized its staff to file a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the proposed acquisition of Doctors Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. On July 30, 1998, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted the Commission's motion for the injunction. Tenet filed a notice of appeal in the Eighth Circuit on August 10, 1998. An administrative complaint was issued August 20, 1998 charging that the proposed merger of the only two general hospitals in Poplar Bluff would not only eliminate price, cost and quality competition but would also put consumers at risk of paying more for health care. In December 1999, the Commission dismissed the administrative complaint after the Eighth Circuit reversed the district court's decision and denied Commission’s petition for a rehearing en banc.

Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9710090
Docket Number
9289

Precision Castparts Corp. and Wyman-Gordon Company

A final order requires the divestiture of large titanium stainless steel and large nickel-based superalloy production assets (structural cast metals used in the manufacture of aerospace components) to settle antitrust concerns stemming from its acquisition of Wyrnan-Gordon Company. The order requires Precision Castparts to divest Wyman-Gordon's titanium foundry in Albany, Oregon and Wyman- Gordon's Large Cast Parts foundry in Groton, Connecticut.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910240
Docket Number
C-3904

Kroger Co., The, and The John C. Groub Company, Inc., In the Matter of

A final order settled charges stemming from Kroger Company's acquisition of The John C. Groub Company. The order requires the divestiture of three supermarkets in Columbus and Madison, Indiana to Roundy's, Inc., one of the largest food wholesalers in the United States.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910041
Docket Number
C-3905

Provident Companies, Inc. and UNUM Corporation

The consent order ensures that the merged firm of Provident and UNUM Corporation will continue to participate in industry-wide solicitations for data to make actuarial predictions on probable future claims by applicants who hold policies with providers of individual disability insurance. The order requires Provident-to provide data to the Society of Actuaries and/or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for studies and reports

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910101
Docket Number
C-3894

SNIA S.p.A, In the Matter of

Final order settles charges that Sorin Biomedica S.p.A.'s acquisition of COBE Cardiovascular, Inc. would eliminate competition in the United states market for research, development, manufacture and sale of heart-lung machines. The order permits the acquisition and requires the divestiture of COBE's heart-lung machine business to Baxter Healthcare Corporation

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910095
Docket Number
C-3889

Rohm & Haas Company, and Morton International, Inc., In the Matter of

Rohm & Haas settled charges that its acquisition of Morton International, Inc. would lessen competition in North American for the production and sale of water-based floor care polymers used in the formulation of floor care products such as polishes. The consent order requires the divestiture of Morton's worldwide water-based floor care polymers business to GenCorp, Inc.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910112
Docket Number
C-3883

Zeneca Group PL

Consent order, resolving antitrust concerns relating to Zeneca's merger with Astra AB requires the divestiture of all assets relating to levobupivacaine, a long-acting local anesthetic. The assets were sold to Chiroscience Group plc, the developer of levobupivacaine.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910089
Docket Number
C-3880

CMS Energy Corporation

Consent order requires Consumer Energy, a CMS subsidiary, to "loan" natural gas from its own system to shippers on third-party pipelines if the interconnection capacity with competing pipelines falls below historical levels settling charges that its acquisition of two natural gas pipelines, Panhandle Eastern Pipeline and Trunkline Pipeline, from Duke Energy Company, could reduce competition and increase consumer prices for natural gas and electricity in 54 counties in Michigan.

Type of Action
Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
9910046
Docket Number
C-3877