On or about the time that the defendant began negotiations to purchase 50% of the stock of UCAR, it formulated plans to foster the creation of a price-fixing conspiracy among certain of the world's producers of graphite electrodes. Market shares for the co-conspirators were discussed both on the basis of geographic regions and specific countries.ģ.
Home market leaders, as described in the Indictment, included UCAR in North America UCAR and SGL in designated countries in Western Europe and the Japanese co-conspirators collectively in Japan and the Far East. The conspiracy affected all countries in the free world where the conspirators marketed graphite electrodes. (i) UCAR Carbon Company and UCAR International, Inc., Danbury CTĢ. subsidiary,Įmployed during various periods of the conspiracy by Showa DenkoĮmployed only by Showa Denko Carbon, Inc.: Showa Denko KK, Tokyo, Japan and its U.S.The Carbide/Graphite Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.Pechiney Balzac S.A., Coarbevoie, France.The individual co-conspirators were employed by their respective co-conspirator corporations during all or part of the charged conspiracy. The unindicted corporate and individual co-conspirators described in the Indictment that are presently known to the United States are listed below. Without admitting that the defendant has any legal right to any particulars other than those set forth in the Indictment and fully reserving all rights it may have to oppose or object to any request contained in the defendant's letter of February 11, 2000, requesting a Bill of Particulars, and further reserving the right to file further and amended particulars prior to trial, the United States of America, by its attorneys, voluntarily files this bill based on present knowledge, information and belief.ġ. GOVERNMENT'S VOLUNTARY BILL OF PARTICULARS For an official signed copy, please contact the Antitrust Documents Group. To view the PDF you will need Acrobat Reader, which may be downloaded from the Adobe site. This document is available in two formats: this web page (for browsing content) and PDF (comparable to original document formatting).
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