UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
MAHLE GMBH,
MAHLE, INC.,
MABEG, E.V.,
METAL LEVE, S.A., and
METAL LEVE, INC.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No.
AMENDED FINAL JUDGMENT
Plaintiff, the United States of America (United States), having
commenced this action by filing its Complaint herein for violation of
Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a, commonly known as the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, and Plaintiff and
Defendants, Mahle GmbH, Mahle, Inc., MABEG, e.V., Metal Leve, S.A.,
and Metal Leve, Inc., by their respective attorneys, having consented to
the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue
of fact or law herein and without this Final Judgment constituting any
evidence against or an admission by the Defendants with respect to any
such issue:
Now, Therefore, before the taking of any testimony and
without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law
herein, and upon the consent of the parties hereto, it is
hereby Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed as follows:
I.
The Court has jurisdiction of the subject
matter of this action and of the Plaintiff and
the Defendants. The Complaint states a claim
upon which relief can be granted against the
Defendants under Section 7A of the Clayton
Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a.
II.
Judgment is hereby entered in this matter in
favor of Plaintiff United States of America
and against Defendants, and, pursuant to
Section 7A(g)(1) of the Clayton Act, 15
U.S.C. § 18a(g)(1), the Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-134 §
31001(s) (amending the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990,
28 U.S.C. § 2461), and Federal Trade
Commission Rule 1.98, 16 C.F.R. § 1.98, 61
Fed. Reg. 54549 (Oct. 21, 1996),
A. Defendants Mahle GmbH,
Mahle, Inc., and MABEG, e.V.
are hereby ordered jointly and
severally to pay a civil penalty in
the amount of $2,801,000.00 and
B. Defendants Metal Leve, S.A.
and Metal Leve, Inc. are hereby
ordered jointly and severally to
pay to a civil penalty in the
amount of $2,801,000.00.
Payment of the civil penalties ordered hereby
shall be made by wire transfer of funds to the
United States Treasury through the Treasury
Financial Communications System or by
cashiers check made payable to the
Treasurer of the United States and delivered
to Chief, FOIA Unit, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice, Liberty Place, 325 7th
Street, Suite 200, N.W., Washington, D.C.,
20530. Defendants shall pay the full amount
of the civil penalties within thirty (30) days
of entry of this Final Judgment. In the event of
a default in payment, interest at the rate of
eighteen (18) percent per annum shall accrue
thereon from the date of default to the date of
payment.
III.
Each party shall bear its own costs of this
action.
IV.
Entry of this Final Judgment is in the public
interest.
Dated: ________________, 1997.
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United States District Judge
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