Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Competition Susan A. Creighton, Director ..Antitrust - Enforcement Activities Fiscal Year 2000 - March 15, 2004 ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting 2004 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION March I. 2004 Bureau of Competition Assistanb lo the Director Thomas J. Klotz Deputy Director I Bernard A. Nigro, Jr. I - Mergers IV Mergers I - Mergers 11 Mergers III Chul Pak, Assistant Director Michael R. Moiseyev, Assistant Director Michael Knight, Assistant Director Phillip L. Bmyles, Assistant Director Catharine M. Moscatelli and James H. Holden, Jr. and Rhen Krulla ond Monis Bloom, John Lacci, - Philip Eisenstat, Yolanda M. Gruendel, - Deputy Assistant Directors Deputy Assistant Dzrector Deputy Assistant Directors Deputy Asststant Directors Healthcare Sewices & Products Daniel P. Ducore, Assistant Director Jeffrey Brennan, Assistant Director Roberta Baruch and David Pender and Markus Meier, Elizabeth Piohowski, I!Deputy Assistant Directors NERO - Bsrbars Anthony Operaa'ons WRO - Jeffrey A. Klurfeld Premerger Notif~ation Policy and Coordination Marian R. Bruno, Assistant Director Alden F. Ahbott, Associate Dincfor Marian R Bruno, Assistant Director Patricia A.Foster, Robert Jones, Acting ExecutiveOtlicn Em&Na@% 1 1 Dcpug Associate Dincmr 1 International Antihust Randolph W. Tritell, 1 I / Honors Parale~?al- \ I I Assistant Dkector 1 Program ! Philo Liedquist-Scott, Coordinator ABA ANTITRUST SECTION SPRING MEETING Summary of Bureau of Competition Activio Fiscal Year 2000 Through March 15. 2004 Table of Contents I. Mergers ................................................................. 1 A. Consentorders .................................................. 1 Agrium, Inc ...................................................... 1 Airgas .Inc........................................................ 1 Albertson's, Inc .................................................... 1 AmericaOnline. Inc ................................................. 1 AmgenInc........................................................ 2 Associated Octel Company Limited ................................... 2 Baxter International, Inc ............................................. 2 BayerAG ......................................................... 2 The Boeing Company ............................................... 2 BPAmocop.1.c .................................................... 3 . Cendian Corporation ............................................... 3 Chevron Corporation .............................................. -3 Computer Sciences Corporation ...................................... 3 Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc ..................................... 3 Delhaize Freres et cie "Le Lion" S.A. .................................-3 Deutsche Gelatine-Fabriken Stoess AG ................................. 3 Diageoplc ........................................................ 4 Dominion Resources, Inc ........................................... -4 Dow Chemical Company, The ......................................... 4 DSMN.V. ....................................................... 4 Duke Energy Corporation ........................................... 4 El Paso Energy Corporation .......................................... 4 El Paso Energy Corporation ........................................... 5 El Paso Energy Corporation .......................................... 5 Exxon Corporation ................................................. 5 Fidelity National Financial. Inc ......................................... 5 FMCCorporation .................................................. 5 GenCorpInc...................................................... S General Electric Company .......................................... 6 Hoechst ......................................................... 6 WA-Holding Schaeffler KG ........................................ -6 KochIndustries.Inc ................................................6 Koninklijke Ahold NV .............................................. 6 KrogerCompany .................................................. 6 KrogerCompany .................................................. 7 Lafargecorporation ................................................ 7 MacDermid,Inc................................................... 7 Manheim Auctions, Inc .............................................. 7 MCN 7 MetsoOyj ........................................................ 7 MSC.Software Corporation ......................................... 8 Nestle Holdings, Inc ................................................ 8 NovartisAG ...................................................... 8 PfizerInc......................................................... 8 PftzerInc......................................................... 8 Philip Moms Companies, Inc ......................................... 9 Phillips Petroleum Company ......................................... 9 Precision Castparts Corporation ...................................... 9 Quest Diagnostics, Inc .............................................. 9 Reckitt & Colman plc .............................................. 9 RHIAG ......................................................... 9 Rhodia, Donau Chemie AG ......... :................................ 9 Service Corporation International ..................................... 10 Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc ........................................... 10 ShellOilCompany ................................................ 10 SiemensAG ..................................................... 10 SmithKline Beecham plc ........................................... 10 So1vayS.A. .....................................................10 Southern Union Company .......................................... 11 Tyco International, Ltd ............................................. 11 Valero Energy Corporation ......................................... 11 Valspar Corporation ................................................ 11 VNUN.V. .......................... ;............................ 11 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc ............................................... 11 Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc ............................................. 11 B. Authorizations to Seek Preliminary Injunctions ....................... 12 BPAmocop.1.c ................................................... 12 Conso International Corporation ..................................... 12 Cytyc Corporation ................................................ 12 Deutsche Gelatine-Fabriken Stoess AG .......................... : .....12 Diageoplc ...................................................... 12 The Hearst Tmst and The Hearst Corporation ........................... 13 H.J. Heinz Company .............................................. 13 Kroger CompanyRaley's Corporation ................................ 13 Kroger CompanylWinn-Dixie ....................................... 13 Libbey.Inc......................................................14 Meade Instruments Corporation ...................................... 14 Nest16 Holdings. Inc ............................................... 14 Swedish Match A3 ............................................... 14 Vlasic Pickle Company ............................................ 14 C. Commission Opinions/Initial Decisions .............................. 15 Chicago Bridge &Iron Company .................................... 15 SwedishMatchAB ............................................... 15 ....................................... Tenet Healthcare... Corporation 15 D. CourtDec~stons ................................................. 15 H.J.HeinzCompany .............................................. 15 Swedish Match AB ............................................... 15 E. OrderViolations ................................................. 16 Boston Scientific Corporation ....................................... 16 RHIAG ........................................................ 16 F. Other Commission Orders ........................................ 16 H.J. Heinz Company ............................................... 16 Tenet Healthcare Corporation ....................................... 16 G. Administrative Complaints ........................................ 16 AspenTechno1ogy.h~............................................. 16 Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. ................................ 17 Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation .......................... 17 H.J.HeinzCompany .............................................. 17 Libbey. Inc ...................................................... 17 MSC.Software Corporation ........................................ 17 Swedish Match AG ...................................... ;........ 18 H. Other .......................................................... 18 Best Practices Analysis for Merger Review Process ........... :.......... 18 Business-to-Business Electronic Marketplaces ....:......................19 Clayton Act -- Section 8 ............................................ 19 Guidelines for Merger Investigations .................................. 19 Horizontal Merger Investigation Data. Fiscal Years 1996 - 2003 ............ 19 Merger Efficiency Roundtable ....................................... 19 Merger Enforcement Workshop ...................................... 20 Merger Remedies - Second Workshop ................................. 20 I1. Hart-Scott-RodinoAntitrust Improvements Act ........................... 21 A. CourtDects~ons. ................................................. 21 The Hearst Trust and The Hearst Corporation ..........................