Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, requires persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General advance notice and to wait designated periods before consummation of such plans. Section 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual cases, to terminate this waiting period prior to its expiration and requires that notice of this action be published in the

Federal Register

.

The following transactions were granted early termination of the waiting period provided by law and the premerger notification rules. The grants were made by the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Neither agency intends to take any action with respect to these proposed acquisitions during the applicable waiting period.

Trans No.

Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/24/2000

20004052

Liz Claiborne, Inc

The Chase Manhattan Corporation

The Monet Group, Inc.

20004071

MAN Aktiengesellschaft

Vodafone Air Touch Plc

Mannesmann Pipe & Steel Corporation.

20004075

Cordiant Communications Group plc

Donino, White & Partners, Inc

Donino, White & Partners, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/25/2000

20003893

Cardinal Health, Inc

Bergen Brunswig Corporation

Bergen Brunswig Medical Corporation.

20003947

Waters Corporation

Variagencies, Inc

Variagencies, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/26/2000

20004072

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc

Reliance Group Holdings, Inc

Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.

20004130

Deutsche Bank AG

NationsRent, Inc

NationsRent, Inc.

20004131

J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated

NationsRent, Inc

NationsRent, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/27/2000

20003861

Molecular Devices Corporation

LJL BioSystems, Inc

LJL BioSystems, Inc.

20003862

Lev and Galina Leytes

Molecular Devices Corporation

Molecular Devices Corporation.

20003878

Global Technologies, Ltd

Litton Industries, Inc

Litton Industries, Inc.

20003889

Valeo S.A

Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG

Robert Bosch GmbH, Zexel Corporation.

20003964

Cisco Systems, Inc

Pirelli S.p.A

Optical Technologies USA Corp.

20003966

Richard R. Rogers

Marketing Specialists Corporation

Marketing Specialists Corporation.

20004024

Applied Digital Solutions, Inc

Computer Equity Corporation

Computer Equity Corporation.

20004033

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Europe Fund, L.P

Viatel, Inc

Viatel, Inc.

20004039

Mitel Corporation

Vertex Networks, Incorporated

Vertex Networks, Incorporated.

20004055

Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P

IPWireless, Inc

IPWireless, Inc.

20004062

Northern States Power Company

Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s

First State Power Management, Inc.

Statoil Energy Power Generation, Inc.

20004064

PowerGen plc

LG&E Energy Corp

LG&E Energy Corp.

20004065

Cox Enterprises, Inc

Robert N. Smith

Smith Acquisition Company.

20004067

Cox Enterprises, Inc

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, LP

WJAC, Incorporated.

20004074

Johnson Controls, Inc

Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd

Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.

20004076

Unaxis Holding AG

Mr. Karl Nicklaus

ESEC Holding SA.

20004083

DDi Corp

Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, L.P

Automata International, Inc.

20004084

Financial Holding Corporation

Fremont General Corporation

Fremont Investment & Loan.

Fremont Premier Finance Corporation.

20004085

El Paso Energy Partners, L.P

El Paso Energy Corporation

Crystal Holdings, Inc.

20004086

A. Ahlstrom Corporation

Dexter Corporation

Dexter Corporation.

Dexter International Corporation.

Windsor Locks Canal Company.

20004087

Old Mutual PLC

United Asset Management Corporation

United Asset Management Corporation.

20004088

Newmont Mining Corporation

Battle Mountain Gold Company

Battle Mountain Gold Company.

20004091

Pearson plc

Washington Post Company (The)

Score Learning, Inc.

20004092

WinsLoew Furniture, Inc

Arnold Bertram

Charter Furniture Corporation.

20004093

WinsLoew Furniture, Inc

James Pepping

Charter Furniture Corporation.

20004094

Delta Galil Industries, Ltd

Innerwear Ventures Ltd

Wundies Industries, Inc.

20004095

Paul G. Allen

iMotors.com, Inc

iMotors.com, Inc.

20004096

Aether Systems, Inc

Novatel Wireless, Inc

Novatel Wireless, Inc.

20004097

Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, L.P

Novatel Wireless, Inc

Novatel Wireless, Inc.

20004098

Plassein Packaging Corporation

Bank of America Corporation

Rex International, Inc.

20004100

Coventry Health, Inc

Duke University

WellPath Community Health Plans, LLC.

20004102

Richard L. Duchossois

Anthony Gartland

General Clutch Corp.

20004105

Crescendo IV, L.P

Telegis Networks, Inc

Telegis Networks, Inc.

20004125

Industrial Growth Partners, L.P

The Felters Company

The Felters Company.

20004139

Associated Freezers Income Trust

Patrick A. Gouveia

Atlas Cold Storage Holdings Limited.

20004149

Vivendi, S.A

Vivendi, S.A

Advanced Environmental Services, LLC.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/28/2000

20003268

Entravision Communications Corporation

Amador S. Bustos

Z-Spanish Media Corporation.

20003894

Pulitzer Voting Trust

Warburg, Pincus Capital Company, L.P

Warburg, Pincus Capital Company, L.P.

20003938

Marmon Holdings, Inc

Delta plc

Delta plc.

20003968

ContiGroup Companies, Inc

The Lundy Package Company

The Lundy Package Company.

20004046

Reinhard Mohn

Bernard A. Goldhirsh

Goldhirsh Group, Inc.

20004047

Dick Olson

Agribio Tech, Inc

Agribio Tech, Inc.

20004063

HMTF Equity Fund IV (1999), L.P

Rhythms NetConnections Inc

Rhythms NetConnections Inc.

20004070

Cablevision Systems Corporation

Advance Voting Trust

News 12 New Jersey L.L.C.

20004077

Edward C. Levy, Jr., and Julie Levy

James R. Foley

Michigan Foundation Company, Inc.

20004078

Edward C. Levy, Jr., and Julie Levy

William J. Foley

Michigan Foundation Company, Inc.

20004080

Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family Trust

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc.

20004112

Horizon Beverage Group, Inc

James L. Abramson

Capital Distributing Company, Inc.

20004114

The SKM Equity Fund II, L.P

Walter E. Kalberer

WEK Industries, Inc.

20004116

EQT Scandinavia Limited

CSI Control Systems International, Inc

CSI Control Systems International, Inc.

20004119

Alon Israel Oil Company, Ltd

Total Fina Elf S.A

American Petrofina Pipe Line Co., Fin-Tex Pipe Line Co.

20004121

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V

Philips Semiconductor, Inc.

20004123

Royal Bank of Canada

The Liberty Corporation

The Liberty Corporation.

20004126

Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc

Fort Calhoun Stone Company

Fort Calhoun Store Company.

20004127

Unicom Corporation

William N. Neiheiser

Reliance Mechanical Corp.

20004129

Performance Food Group Company

Carroll County Foods, Inc

Carroll County Foods, Inc.

20004133

Wisconsin Energy Corporation

Ann Palmer

Park International Corp.

20004137

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc

Merck & Co., Inc

MCCO Corporation.

20004156

William L. Wallace

AutoNation, Inc

Stuart Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.

20004195

Wells Fargo & Company

First Union Corporation

First Union Mortgage Corporation.

20004199

EGL, Inc

Circle International Group, Inc

Circle International Group, Inc.

20004208

Gerald Schwartz

Bull SA

Bull Electronics, Inc.

TRANACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/31/2000

20004021

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Burr-Brown Corporation

Burr-Brown Corporation.

20004056

David S. Smith

PSI Holding, L.L.C

PSI Holding, L.L.C.

20004115

Bowater Incorporated

General Electric Company

Newsprint South, Inc.

20004136

Mine Safety Appliances Company

William T. McCutcheon

Cairns & Brother, Inc.

20004140

Land O'Lakes, Inc

AgriBioTech, Inc

AgriBioTech, Inc.

20004142

Media Metrix, Inc

Jupiter Communications, Inc

Jupiter Communications, Inc.

20004143

Lincolnshire Equity Fund II, L.P

Alan Van Vliet

Unified Precious Metals, Inc.

20004150

HMTF Bridge Partners, L.P

Vectrix Corporation

Vectrix Corporation.

20004151

PwC Global Investments B.V

PwC Global Investments B.V

PwCS Holdings, Inc.

20004152

Lincolnshire Equity Fund II, L.P

Timothy R. Fallon

Fallon Luminous Products Corporation.

20004155

Roland Siegfried Hinz and Lita Sullivan Hinz

Salem Communications Corporation

Salem Communications Corporation.

20004158

Microsoft Corporation

Michael S. Edell

eLabor.com, Inc.

20004159

Thayer Equity Investors IV, L.P

EFTC Corporation

EFTC Corporation.

20004160

Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership VI

Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership V, L.P

Intelisys Electronic Commerce, Inc.

20004161

Centennial Fund VI, L.P

Agilera.com, Inc

Agilera.com, Inc.

20004162

PMC-Sierra, Inc

Quantum Effect Devices, Inc

Quantum Effect Devices, Inc.

20004166

SCI Systems, Inc

OMX, Inc

OMX, Inc.

20004167

Marathon Fund Limited Partnership IV

International Utility Structures Inc

IUS Holdings Inc.

20004170

William Clay Ford

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company.

20004171

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company.

20004178

Forest Laboratories, Inc

Merz + Co. GmbH & Co

Merz + Co. GmbH & Co.

20004251

Ford Motor Company

Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey's Ford, Inc.

TRANACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/01/2000

20001126

Allied Waste Industries, Inc

Waste Management, Inc

Cocopah Landfill, Inc.

Copper Mountain Landfill, Inc.

Local Sanitation of Rowan County, LLC.

TransAmerican Waste Industries, Inc.

USA Waste of Kentucky, LLC.

Waste Management of Kansas, Inc.

Waste Management of Mississippi, Inc.

Waste Management of Missouri, Inc.

Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.

Waste Management of South Carolina, Inc.

Waste Management of Kentucky, LLC.

20004172

Edsel B. Ford, II

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company.

20004177

Allianz Aktiengesellschaft

E.ON Aktiengesellschaft

Schmalbach-Lubeca Aktiengesellschaft.

20004180

Swisslog Holding AG

Kewill Systems Plc

Kewill Logistics, Inc.

20004182

Cortec Group Fund III, L.P

Axia Group, Inc

Axia Group, Inc.

20004183

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co

United Alloys, Inc

United Alloys, Inc.

20004186

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers IX-A, L.P

Auto Trader.com, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc.

20004187

Cox Enterprises, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc.

20004192

Schering-Plough Corporation

Novartis AG

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

20004198

Worldwide Sports & Recreation, Inc

Serengeti Eyewear, Inc

Serengeti Eyewear, Inc.

20004200

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc

Goldberg Moser O'Neill LLC.

20004202

Warburg, Pincus, Equity Partners, L.P

Dime Bancorp, Inc

Dime Bancorp, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/02/2000

20004006

Sempra Energy

Conectiv

Atlantic-Pacific Las Vegas, L.L.C.

20004050

USA Digital Radio, Inc

Lucent Technologies, Inc

Lucent Digital Radio.

20004051

Lucent Technologies, Inc

USA Digital Radio, Inc

USA Digital Radio, Inc.

20004107

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners IV, L.P

eOnline, Inc

eOnline, Inc.

20004134

Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Co

MetLife, Inc

GenAm Benefits Insurance Company.

20004157

Baker Communications Fund II (QP), LP

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc

Broadview Networks Holdings, Inc.

20004173

Wells Fargo & Company

First Security Corporation

First Security Corporation.

20004179

Deutsche Bank AG

Vivendi S.A

Clean Room Technologies, Inc.

FTS Systems, Inc.

Reinhold Faeth GmbH.

The Kinetics Group, Inc.

W.H.E. Biosystems.

20004185

General Electric Company

The Laughton Estate Trust

Columbia Communications Corporation.

20004188

Landmark Communications, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc.

20004189

Automatic Data Processing, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc

Auto Trader.com, Inc.

20004197

John Rutledge Partners II, L.P

The Crom Corporation

The Crom Corporation.

20004207

CMGI, Inc

Industria Solutions, Inc

Industria Solutions, Inc.

20004209

HSBC Holdings plc

BBA Group plc

BBA Friction, Inc.

20004214

Clear Channel Communications, Inc

Triumph Taxi Outdoor, LLC

Triumph Taxi Advertising, LLC.

20004216

UMECO plc

M.A. Hanna Company

RA Products, Inc.

20004217

Providence Equity Partners, III, LP

Great Hill Equity Partners, L.P

ManagedStorage International, Inc.

20004219

John H. Harland Company

Concentrex Incorporated

Concentrex Incorporated.

20004220

Silver Lake Partners, L.P

Cabletron Systems, Inc

Cabletron Systems, Inc.

20004233

SR. Teleperformance

Joanne Russell

Universal Teleservices Arizona; Universal Teleservices F. Corp.

20004241

Fremont Partners, L.P

Resun Leasing, Inc

Resun Leasing, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/04/2000

20004049

Celgene Corporation

Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

20004060

Crosspoint Venture Partners 1997, L.P

Covad Communications Group, Inc

Covad Communications Group, Inc.

20004061

Crosspoint Venture Partners L.S. 1999 L.P

Covad Communications Group, Inc

Covad Communications Group, Inc.

20004113

Irish Dairy Board Co-operative, Ltd

Frederick R. Charley

Eurobest Foods Corporation.

20004117

Nestle S.A

Bayer AG

Bayer AG.

20004174

Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux

Cabot Corporation

Cabot LNG Business Trust.

20004191

Datatec Limited

Jack Friedman

CAA Technologies, Inc.

20004203

Andrew J. McKelvey

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc

ACS Technology Solutions, Inc.

20004211

APAX Excelsior VI, LP

Life Time Fitness, Inc

Life Time Fitness, Inc.

20004215

ING Groep N.V

ReliaStar Financial Corp

ReliaStar Financial Corp.

20004226

Digital Island, Inc

SoftAware, Inc

SoftAware, Inc.

20004230

Proha Plc

Alec E. Gores

Artemis Acquisition Corporation.

20004236

WellPoint Health Networks Inc

Cerulean Companies, Inc

Cerulean Companies, Inc.

20004237

Ronald E. Huber

Cecil Van Tuyl

Huber Chevrolet Co., Inc.

20004238

Cecil Van Tuyl

Van-Huber, Inc

Van-Huber, Inc., Courtesy Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc.

20004245

MTD Products Inc

Robert Simpson

A.G. Simpson (Tennessee) Inc.

20004246

Avnet, Inc.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc

SpinCircuit Inc.

20004247

Clark/Bardes Holdings, Inc

William L. MacDonald, Sr

Compensation Resource Group, Inc.

20004263

IDT Corporation

Adir Technologies, Inc

Adir Technologies, Inc.

20004265

Aurora Equity Partners II, L.P

Dynacast International Limited

SPM Holdings Ltd.; Precision Engineering Co.

20004268

Wilmar Industries, Inc

Barnett Inc

Barnett Inc.

20004272

Enron Corp

Media General, Inc

Media General, Inc.

20004273

Telefonica S.A.

Lycos, Inc

Lycos, Inc.

20004275 AXA

AXA

Focus Technologies, Inc

Focus Technologies, Inc.

20004276

Three Cities Fund III L.P

Business Resource Group

Business Resource Group.

20004307

WPP Group plc

Electronic Data Systems Corporation

Electronic Data Systems Corporation.

Lacek Systems and Software, Inc.

The Lacek Group, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00-21187 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]

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