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.

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Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/25/1999

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19994714............. TPG Partners Zhone Zhone

II, L.P. Technologies, Technologies,

Inc. Inc.

19994723............. Plainwell General Shelby Tissue,

Shasta Electric Inc.

Holdings Inc. Company.

19994792............. ATMI, Inc...... Byron A. MST Analytics,

Denenberg. Inc.

19994803............. Richard S. Kobe Steel, Ltd Glastic

Crawford. Corporation.

20000062............. The Tokyo Orion Power Orion Power

Electric Power Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.

Company,

Incorporated.

20000063............. Mitsubishi Orion Power Orion Power

Corporation (a Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.

Japanese

corporation).

20000066............. Shamrock Koor Koor

Holdings, Inc. Industries, Industries,

Ltd. Ltd.

20000077............. SunGard Data Gad and Marlene Complex

Systems Inc. Janay (husband Systems, Inc.

and wife).

20000082............. Associates Charles M. Premium Lease &

First Capital Jorgensen. Finance Sales,

Corporation. Inc.

20000088............. Ronald W. Cyrk, Inc...... Cyrk, Inc

Burkle.

20000097............. Veeco Ion Tech, Inc.. Ion Tech, Inc.

Instruments,

Inc.

20000106............. El Paso Energy Bonneville Bonneville

Corporation. Pacific Pacific

Corporation. Corporation.

20000115............. Vaisala, Oyj... Tech Sym Enterprise

Corporation. Electronics

Corporation,

Inc.

20000117............. H.I.G. ValueVision Catalog

Investment International, Ventures, Inc.

Group, L.P. Inc..

20000118............. Rollins Truck Jesse H. Keen.. Keen Leasing,

Leasing Corp. Inc.

20000149............. Lend Lease Peninsular and Bovis Group

Corporation Oriental Steam plc.

Limited. Navigation

Company.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/26/1999

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19994795............. Carl Frieder Esterline Federal

Mahr. Technologies Products Co.

Corporation.

20000093............. The Goldman Western Western

Sachs Group, Wireless Wireless

Inc. Corporation. Corporation.

20000094............. Aggregate Stewart V. The Golden

Industries, Golden. Companies.

plc.

20000119............. Rollins Truck William R. Keen Keen Leasing,

Leasing Corp. Inc.

20000122............. Kleiner Perkins HomeGrocer.com, HomeGrocer.com,

Caufield & Inc. Inc.

Byers VIII,

L.P..

20000124............. Ennis Business Adams McClure, Adams McClure,

Forms, Inc. Inc. Inc.

20000126............. Fleet Boston Russell V. Lee's Company

Corporation. Umphenour Jr. Operations,

Inc., Lee's

Franchise

Services,

Inc., Mrs.

Winner's L.P.,

Winner's

Franchise

Services, LLC.

20000127............. Marmon Benjamin Azco Steel

Holdings, Inc. Rosenzweign. Company.

20000129............. Citigroup Inc.. Adam Wuest, Inc Adam Wuest,

Inc.

20000138............. Lincoln Fortis (NL) N.V John Alden Life

National Insurance

Corporation. Company.

20000142............. Security First VerticalOne VerticleOne

Technologies Corporation. Corporation.

Corporation.

20000148............. PACCAR, Inc.... Rush Rush

Enterprises, Enterprises,

Inc. Inc.

20000150............. Resource Glen Dearth.... Dearth

Healthcare of Management,

America, Inc. Inc.

20000151............. Koninklijke Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard

Philips Company. Company.

Electronics

N.V.

20000152............. Hewlett-Packard Koninklijke LumiLEDs

Company. Philips International

Electronics BV.

N.V.

20000157............. Madison Zhone Zhone

Dearborn Technologies, Technologies,

Capital Inc. Inc.

Partners III,

L.P..

20000161............. General Plug Power Inc. Plug Power Inc.

Electric

Company.

20000162............. Michael J. Plug Power Inc. Plug Power Inc.

Cudahy.

20000163............. Mechanical Plug Power Inc. Plug Power Inc.

Technology Inc.

20000166............. Swets & Blackwell Readmore

Zeitlinger Limited. Academic

Holding N.V. Services,

Inc., B.H.

Blackwell

Limited.

20000167............. Blackwell Swets & Swets &

Limited. Zeitlinger Zeitlinger

Holding N.V. B.V.

20000169............. UICI........... HealthPlan HealthPlan

Services Services

Corporation. Corporation.

20000170............. Renal Care Renal Disease Renal Disease

Group, Inc. Management by Management by

Physicians, Physicians,

Inc. Inc.

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20000173............. Partners Pentucket Pentucket

HealthCare Medical Medical

System, Inc. Associates, Associates,

Inc. Inc.

20000174............. Cable and NTL NTL

Wireless plc. Incorporated. Incorporated.

20000175............. New Enterprise Zhone Zhone

Associates Technologies, Technologies,

VIII, Limited Inc. Inc.

Partnership.

20000176............. DTE Energy Plug Power, Inc Plug Power Inc.

Company.

20000177............. Clear Channel Joshua MJI

Communications Feigenbaum. Broadcasting,

, Inc. Inc.

20000178............. USA Truck, Inc. CARCO Capital CARCO Carrier

Corporation. Corporation.

20000179............. The Chase Huntington Huntington

Manhattan Bancshares Bancshares

Corporation. Incorporated. Incorporated.

20000181............. Novell, Inc.... Whittman-Hart, Whittman-Hart,

Inc. Inc.

20000182............. Tyco R. Richard Valquip

International Williams. Corporation, a

Ltd. Pennsylvania

corporation.

20000183............. Amazon.com, Inc HomeGrocer.com, HomeGrocer.com

Inc. Inc.

20000185............. U.S. Concrete, B. Thomas & AFTM

Inc. Sarah M. Corporation,

Stover. Fendt Transit

Mix, Inc.,

Hunter

Equipment

Company.

20000187............. Corporacion Howard Gilman Gilman Paper

Durango, S.A. Foundation, Co.,

de C.V. Inc. Converting

Corp., St.

Marys Railroad

Corp.

20000188............. Wells Fargo & Eastdil Realty Eastdil Realty

Company. Company, L.L.C. Company,

L.L.C.

20000190............. Bell Atlantic NTL NTL

Corporation. Incorporated. Incorporated.

20000192............. Yucaipa One- Digital On- Digital On-

Stop Partners, Demand, Inc. Demand, Inc.

L.P.

20000193............. Kulen Capital. U.S. Office Action

L.P. Products Wholesale

Company Services, Inc

20000194............. John Rutledge FPE Holdings, FPE Holdings,

Partners II, Inc. Inc.

L.P.

20000196............. homestore.com, Eugene C. Central

Inc. Pulliam Trust Newspapers,

Inc.

................... ............... ............... The Homebuyer's

Fair, Inc.,

FAS-Hotline,

Inc.

20000199............. HWH Capital Olympus Growth AMN Holdings,

Partners, L.P. Fund II, L.P Inc.

20000201............. Leggett & Dann 1999 Dann Dee

Platt, Family Trust Display

Incorporated Fixtures, Inc.

20000202............. Code, Hennessy Ernest M. EWMJ, Inc. dba

& Simmons IV, Aguilar. Packaging

L.P Plus.

20000203............. Genus, plc..... Protein ABS Global,

Genetics, Inc. Inc.

20000204............. Outback Tedesco Tedesco

Steakhouse, Steakhouse, Steakhosue,

Inc Inc Inc.

20000206............. Safeguard Vitts Networks, Vitts Networks,

Scientifics, Inc. Inc.

Inc.

20000208............. MBNA Sun Trust Sun Trust Bank

Corporation. Banks, Inc. Card, N.A.,

Crestar Bank.

20000210............. Albert J. Checkers Drive- Checkers Drive-

DiMarco. in in

Restaurants, Restaurants,

Inc Inc.

20000216............. Media/ Don Mosenfelder Educational

Communications Design, Inc.

Partners III

Limited

Partnership

20000250............. Hagemeyer N.V.. Margaret S. Tristate

Waltersdorf. Electrical &

Electronics

Supply Co.,

Inc.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/27/1999

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20000036............. WPP............ InteliQuest IntelliQuest

information Information

Group, Inc Group, Inc.

20000241............. Ominicom Group, Scirex Scirex

Inc. Corporation. Corporation.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/28/1999

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19994715............. KKR 19996 Fund Zhone Zhone

L.P. Technologies, Technologies,

Inc. Inc.

20000013............. Guidant Cardio Thoracic Cardio Thoracic

Corporation. Systems, Inc. Systems, Inc.

20000018............. Western KO KO

Wireless Communications Communications

Corporation. , Inc , Inc.

20000027............. Odyssey John and PF Net

Investment Georgiana Holdings,

Partners Fund, Warta (husband Limited.

LP and wife)

20000033............. Western NetWireless, NetWireless,

Wireless Inc. Inc.

Corporation.

20000067............. Alta ATG Group, Inc. ATG Group, Inc.

Communications

VII, L.P

20000091............. Inhale Alliance Alliance

Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical

Systems, Inc Corp Corp.

20000100............. Chase Manhattan Intelisys Intelisys

Corporation, Electronic Electronic

(The) Commerce, Inc Commerce, Inc.

20000116............. Forstmann Intelisys Intelisys

Little & Co. Electronic Electronic

Equity Commerce, Inc Commerce, Inc.

Partnership--V

, L.P

20000214............. ANCO Computer Marcel and ASI Corp.

(H.K.) Co., Christine

Ltd Liang (husband

and wife)

20000215............. Marcel and ANCO Computer ANCO Computer

Christine (H.K.) Co., (H.K.) Co.,

Liang, Ltd Ltd.

(husband and

wife)

20000217............. BVR, LLC....... Intelisys Intelisys

Electronic Electronic

Commerce, Inc Commerce, Inc.

20000221............. Ducommun Jordan Parsons

Incorporated Industries, Precisions

Inc Products, Inc.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/29/1999

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20000034............. Midcoast Energy K-Pipe Holdings Kansas Pipeline

Resources, Inc Partners, L.P Company,

MarGasCo

Partnership,

Mid-Kansas

Partnership,

Riverside

Pipeline

Company, L.P.

20000072............. Ford Motor AutoNation, Inc BH Cars, Inc.

Company. dba Beverly

Hills Ford

20000078............. Ripplewood Glenayre Western

Partners, L.P Technologies, Multiplex

Inc Corporation.

20000184............. Kent The Stephen Orange Coast

Electronics James & Cabling, Inc,

Corporation Patricia Orange Coast

Sharon Datacomm, Inc.

Culpepper 1997

Trust

20000207............. Sonera Telephone and Aerial

Corporation. Data Systems, Communications

Inc. Voting , Inc.

Trust

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TTRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/01/1999

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20000089............. Richard M. Guidant Guidant

Ferrari. Corporation. Corporation.

20000136............. VIAG AG........ Land O'Lakes, Alex Fries Inc.

Inc.

20000137............. Lincoln Fortis (B)..... John Alden Life

National Insurance

Corporation Company.

20000222............. Clear Channel Rigdon O. Dees, Rigdon O. Dees,

Communications III. III.

, Inc

20000242............. The Interpublic The Cassidy The Cassidy

Group of Companies, Inc Companies,

Companies, Inc Inc.

20000283............. Ethical Elan Carnick

Holdings plc. Corporation, Laboratories,

plc. Inc.

20000286............. Investor AB.... IntraBiotics IntraBiotics

Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical

s, Inc s, Inc.

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TTRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/02/1999

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20000099............. Hogg Robinson, Stiching, World Travel

plc. Dogwood, Technologies,

Curacao, LLC.

Netherlands,

Antillies

20000105............. The Bank of New Charles T. Estabrook

York Company, Foley. Capital

Inc Management,

Inc.

20000144............. Munchener American American

Ruckversicheru Insurance Insurance

ngs- Service, Inc Service, Inc.

Gesellschaft

20000155............. Interpublic Peter International

Group of Fratarcangelo. Pharmaceutical

Companies, Inc Research, Inc.

20000180............. Reuters Group Xerox InConcert, Inc.

PLC. Corporation.

20000223............. Berkshire Barry Tatelman. Jornash, Inc.,

Hathway, Inc. Javon, Inc.

20000224............. Berkshire Eliot Tatelman. Jornash, Inc.,

Hathway, Inc. Javon, Inc.

20000225............. Berkshire Jordan Jordan

Hathway, Inc. Furniture Co. Furniture Co.

20000226............. Berkshire Jorwest LLC.... Jorwest LLC.

Hathway, Inc.

20000230............. Lumbermens Market Investors

Mutual Corporation. Insurance

Casualty Company of

Company. America.

20000232............. Gilbert Global World Access, World Access,

Equity Inc. Inc.

Partners, L.P..

20000234............. HCC Insurance Centris Group, Centris Group,

Holdings, Inc. Inc. Inc.

20000243............. Lyndon ManagedComp ManagedComp

Insurance Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc.

Group, Inc.

20000247............. Madison Outsourcing Outsourcing

Dearborn Solutions Inc. Solutions,

Capital Inc.

Partners III,

L.P

20000252............. Sidney B. Frank M. Roundtree of

Deboer. Stinson. Idaho, Inc.

20000253............. Paul G. Allen.. VaxGen, Inc.... VaxGen, Inc.

20000255............. Cisco Systems, Nuance Nuance

Inc. Communications. Communications

.

20000258............. Sepracor Inc... Rhone-Poulenc Rhone-Poulenc

S.A. Rorer S.A.

20000260............. Michael R. Racetrac Racetrac

Hollis. Petroleum, Inc. Petroleum,

Inc.

20000261............. Global Crossing Racal Racal

Ltd. Electronics Telecommunicat

PLC (an ions, Inc.

English

company).

20000267............. Reliant Energy, Southland Southland

Incorporated. Industries. Industries.

20000270............. Intel Stanford Stanford

Corporation. Telecommunicat Telecommunicat

ions, Inc. ions, Inc.

20000274............. Morgenthaler Nuance Nuance

Venture Comunications. Communications

Partners IV, .

L.P

20000275............. Hummer Winblad HomeGrocer.com, HomeGrocer.com,

Venture Inc. Inc.

Partners IV,

L.P

20000276............. James Barksdale HomeGrocer.com, HomeGrocer.com,

Inc. Inc.

20000277............. Macromedia, Inc Andromedia, Inc Andromedia,

Inc.

20000306............. United Cade Cade

Technologies Industries, Industries,

Corporation. Inc. Inc.

20000307............. HMK Russell Durand Holding

Enterprises, Greenberg. Corp.

Inc.

20000316............. Carlyle Genstar Capital Panolam

Partners III, Partners II, Industries

L.P. L.P. Holdings, Inc.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/03/1999

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20000070............. SNPE S.A....... Mr. Richard Vanchem, Inc.,

Shotell. VanDeMark

Chemical

Company, Inc.

20000071............. SNPE S.A....... Mr. Dirk Vanchem, Inc.,

VanDeMark. VanDeMark

Chemical

Company, Inc.

20000110............. Tabacalera S.A. Societe Societe

Nationale Nationale

d'Expoitation d'Expoitation

Industrielle Industrielle

des Tabacs. des Tabacs.

20000263............. EarthLink MindSpring MindSpring

Network, Inc. Enterprises, Enterprises,

Inc. Inc.

20000264............. MindSpring EarthLink EarthLink

Enterprises, Network, Inc. Network, Inc.

Inc.

20000323............. The Chase Vision Twenty- Vision Twenty-

Manhattan One, Inc. One, Inc.

Corporation.

20000325............. American Electronic Data EDS Shamrock

Express Systems Corporation.

Company. Corporation.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/04/1999

2000014.............. M. Francois Samsonite Samsonite

Pinault. Corporation. Corporation.

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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/05/1999

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19994588............. The LTV Paul G Copperweld

Corporation. Desmarais. Canada, Inc.,

Copperweld

Corporation.

19994589............. The LTV Albert Frere... Copperweld

Corporation. Canada, Inc.,

Copperweld

Corporation.

20000069............. Country Mutual Holyoke Mutual Holyoke Mutual

Insurance Insurance Insurance

Company Company Company.

20000132............. Siemens AG..... NeoPoint, Inc.. NeoPoint, Inc.

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20000146............. SAP Schwab-Stiftung Industry to

Aktiengesellsc fur Industry, Inc.

haft Systeme, wirtgchaftlich

Anwendungen e und Soziale

Produkte in Entwicklung

der

20000171............. CBS Corporation Big Big

Entertainment, Entertainment,

Inc. Inc.

20000240............. Leiner Health Leslie L. Dan.. Granutec, Inc.

Products Group

Inc.

20000245............. Wells Fargo & ATG Group, Inc. ATG Group, Inc.

Company

20000246............. Big V Holding ShopRite of Shoprite of

Corp. Pennington, Pennington,

Inc Inc.

20000248............. Bain Capital R.R. Donnelley Stream

Fund VI, L.P & Sons Company International

Inc.

20000251............. Interpump Group Muncie Power Muncie Power

S.p.A. Products, Inc Products, Inc.

20000271............. AT&T Corp...... Knology, Inc... Knology, Inc.

20000272............. ITC Holding Knology, Inc... Knology, Inc.

Company, Inc

20000273............. May Department Zions Reserve Zions Co-

Stores Trust. operative

Company, a Mercantile

Delaware Institution.

corporation

20000281............. Richard Li..... CMGI, Inc...... CMGI, Inc.

20000288............. Ford Motor Barnes Family Fremont Ford

Company. Trust. Sales, Inc.

20000300............. Bank of Thomas E. Burke Burke,

Montreal. Christensen &

Lewis

Securities,

Inc.

20000301............. Bank of Richard L. Burke,

Montreal. Christensen. Christensen &

Lewis

Securities,

Inc.

20000303............. Quintiles Mediconsult.com Mediconsult.com

Transnational , Inc. , Inc.

Corp

20000309............. The New York The Chronicle The Chronicle

Times Company Publishing Publishing

Company Company.

20000328............. United Parcel Peter F. Challenge Air

Service of Ullrich. Cargo, Inc.

America, Inc

20000330............. PeopleSoft, Inc Vantive Vantive

Corporation Corporation

(The) (The).

20000339............. Sisters of St. Columbia/HCA Olympia Fields

Francis Health Healthcare Regional

Services, Inc Corporation Osteophatic

Medical

Center.

20000341............. America Online, Gateway, Inc... Gateway, Inc.

Inc.

20000344............. El Paso Energy Central and Orange

Corporation South West Cogeneration

Corporation Limited

Partnership.

Polk Power

Parners, LP.

20000345............. Central and El Paso Energy Newco 1 (Orange

South West Corporation Subsidiary,

Corporation Newco 2 (Polk

Subsidiary).

20000347............. Michael Sony RED

Haentjes. Corporation. Distribution

Inc.

20000349............. Inter-Tel, Executone Executone

Incorporated. Information Information

Systems, Inc Systems, Inc.

20000350............. Willis Stein & Aavid Thermal Aavid Thermal

Partners II, Technologies, Technologies,

L.P Inc Inc.

20000354............. Manufacturers' 3Com 3Com

Services Corporation. Corporation.

Limited

20000357............. Evening Young Young

Telegram Broadcasting Broadcasting

Company Inc. of LaCrosse,

Inc.

20000358............. Welsh, Carson, Welsh, Carson, GKN Holdings,

Anderson & Anderson & Inc.

Stowe VIII, Stowe VII, L.P.

L.P

20000359............. Group 1 Ira J. IRA Buick

Automotive, Rosenberg and Pontiac, LLC,

Inc Judith A. IRA Subaru,

Rosenberg LLC, IMG

(husband & Company, LLC,

wife) North Shore

Auto Brokers,

Inc.

20000360............. Goup 1 David E. IRA Chrysler

Automotive, Rosenberg. Products, Inc.

Inc. (dba IRA

Jeep), IRA

Motor Group

(dba IRA

Lexus), IRA

Motor Imports,

Inc. (dba IRA

Mazda, Isuzu,

Porsche,

Audi).

20000361............. Welsh, Carson, Professional Professional

Anderson & Training Training

Stowe VII, L.P Services, Inc Services, Inc.

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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. 99-32389 Filed 12-14-99; 8:45 am]

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