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 permerger 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#

Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/06/2001

20012163

Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P

Thomas O. Hicks

Southwest Sports Television, L.P.

20012197

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc

General Electric Company

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

20012199

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Occidental Texas Pipeline, L.P.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/08/2001

20010071

Premdor Inc

International Paper Company

International Paper Investment Corporation; International Paper Masonite Holdings Co., Ltd; International Paper Trademark Company; Masonite Corporation; Pintu Acquisition Company, Inc.

20012161

The Limited, Inc

Charming Shoppes, Inc

Charming Shoppes, Inc.

20012162

Charming Shoppes, Inc

The Limited, Inc

LBH, Inc.

20012175

AutoNation, Inc

Robert S. Cuillo

Luxury Imports of Palm Beach, Inc.; Palm Beach Lincoln, Mercury, Inc.

20012180

S.A. Louis Dreyfus et Cie

BNP Paribas

Via North America, Inc.

20012194

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation.

20012206

First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation

Sanofi-Synthelabo

Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc.

20012207

Osburne Jay Call

Robert J. Welsh

Welsh, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/10/2001

20012148

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Novant Health, Inc

PARTNERS National Health Plans of North Carolina, Inc.

20012201

Citigroup, Inc

DaimlerChrysler AG

debris Financial Services, Inc.

20012205

Toyota Motor Corporation

Hino Motors, Ltd

Hino Motors, Ltd.

20012218

United Business Media plc

Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc

Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc.

20012219

Cisco Systems, Inc

Allegro Systems, Inc

Allegro Systems, Inc.

20012224

EQT Northern Europe AG

AB Bonnierforetagen

Duni AB.

20012227

The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc

Howard Schultz

Howard Schultz & Association International, Inc.

20012228

Howard Schultz

The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc

The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc.

20012229

Calpine Corporation

Edison International

Gordonsville Energy, L.P.

20012233

Barry Diller

Microsoft Corporation

Expedia, Inc.

20012237

New York Life Insurance Company

Thomas A. Morton Family Trust

McMorgan & Co.

20012238

Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership—VII, L.P

McLeodUSA Incorporated

McLeodUSA Incorporated.

20012244

Gerald W. Schwartz

Lucent Technologies Inc

Lucent Technologies Inc.

20012249

Compass Group PLC

Voting Trust dated December 10, 1998

Crothall Services Group.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/13/2001

20011943

First Health Group Corp

HCA-The Healthcare Company

CCN Managed Care, Inc.

20012198

General Motors Corporation

The 1960 Trust

Cooper River Funding, Inc.

20012215

Nokia Corporation

Amber Networks, Inc

Amber Networks, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/14/2001

20012164

Sonoco Products Company

Robert J. Cloud

U.S. Paper Mills Corporation.

20012165

Sonoco Products Company

Thomas L. Olson

U.S. Paper Mills Corporation.

20012213

Conexant Systems, Inc

SiRF Holdings, Inc

SiRF Holdings, Inc.

20012222

OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund, L.P

Enron Corp

UtiliQuest, LLC.

20012223

Cox Enterprises, Inc

Cox Enterprises, Inc

Manheim Remarketing Limited Partnership.

20012240

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland

Halifax Group plc

Halifax Group plc.

20012241

Halifax Group plc

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland.

20012243

Reuters plc

ProTrader Group Limited Partnership

ProTrader Group Limited Partnership.

20012248

Brinker International, Inc

The Sydran Group, LLC

Sydran Foods Services III, L.P.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/16/2001

20012236

RSA Security Inc

Securant Technologies, Inc

Securant Technologies, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/17/2001

20011962

LSI Logic Corporation

Subramonian Shankar

American Megatrends, Inc.

20012251

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Welfide Corporation

Welfide Corporation.

20012272

Pegasus Partners II, L.P

Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc., debtor-in-possession

Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc., debtor-in-possession.

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. 01-22856 Filed 9-11-01; 8:45 am]

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