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20171001: 3M Company; Johnson Controls International plc
20171017: Francisco Partners IV, L.P.; R2NET Inc.
Turn Inc., In the Matter of
1704004 Informal Interpretation
20170932: Uniti Group Inc.; Hunt Telecommunications, LLC
20171006: Authentic Brands Group LLC; Global Brands Group Holding Ltd
Ahmet H. Okumus
Hedge fund founder Ahmet H. Okumus has agreed to pay $180,000 in civil penalties to resolve charges that he violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act by failing to report his purchases of voting securities in the internet services company Web.com Group Inc. The FTC alleged that Okumus violated the HSR Act by exceeding the filing threshold and failing to file as required when he bought shares of Web.com through his hedge fund, Okumus Opportunistic Value Fund, Ltd. According to the complaint, he was in violation of the HSR Act from June 27, 2016, when he purchased the shares, to July 14, 2016, when he sold enough shares so that he did not exceed the threshold. Although the Commission found his HSR violation to be inadvertent, it determined to seek penalties because, as noted in the complaint, this was Okumus’s second HSR violation in two years regarding Web.com.
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20171019: MaxLinear, Inc.; Exar Corporation
20171021: China Minsheng Investment Group Corp. Ltd.; ABRY Partners VIII, L.P.
20171022: ABRY Partners VIII, L.P.; China Minsheng Investment Group Corp. Ltd.
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iSpring Water Systems
iSpring Water Systems, LLC, a Georgia-based distributor of water filtration systems, agreed to stop making misleading unqualified claims that its products are made in the United States, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. In its complaint against the company, the FTC alleged that it deceived consumers with false, misleading, or unsupported claims that its water filtration systems and parts are made in the USA. The order prohibits iSpring from making unqualified “Made in USA” claims for any product unless it can show that the product’s final assembly or processing – and all significant processing – take place in the United States, and that all or virtually all ingredients or components of the product are made and sourced in the United States. iSpring also is prohibited from making any country-of-origin representation about its products unless it possesses and relies upon a reasonable basis for that representation. On April 18, 2017, the Commission announced that the proposed order had been made final.