04-22930. Granting of Request For Early Terminiation 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 #	Acquiring	Acquired	Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/14/2004
20041328	Seiko Epson Corporation	Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation	Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation.
20041335	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	TruSecure Corporation	TruSecure Corporation.
20041342	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	Hitachi, Ltd.	Hitachi Printing Solutions, Ltd.
20041353	Trevor Lloyd	Robert (and wife, Elsa) Eustace	Applied Systems, Inc.
20041354	Cox Enterprises, Inc.	Cox Enterprises, Inc.	TCA Cable Partners.
20041357	Kenneth R. Thomson	KnowledgeNet.com, Inc.	KnowledgeNet.com, Inc.
20041369	Cisco Systems, Inc.	P-Cube, Inc.	P-Cube, Inc.
20041371	J.W. Childs Equity Partners III, L.P.	Fitness Quest, Inc.	Fitness Quest, Inc.
20041376	CCG Investments BVI, L.P.	Richard T. Lilly	Lilly Software Associates, Inc.
20041377	UICI	HealthMarket Inc.	HealthMarket Administrative Services, Inc.
20041378	Lincoln Insurance Group, Inc.	Security Mutual Life Nebraska Holding Company	SML Holdings Co.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/15/2004
20041364	Collins Stewart Tullett plc	Arthur Hughes	FPG Holdings Limited
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/16/2004
20041367	The Hearst Trust	White Directory Publishers, Inc.	White Directory of Carolina, Inc., White Directory of Florida, Inc., White Directory of New England, Inc., White Directory of Pennsylvania, Inc., White Directory of Virginia, LLC, White Directory Publishers, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/17/2004
20040710	General Electric Company	InVision Technologies, Inc.	InVision Technologies, Inc.
20041356	GC Power Acquisition LLC	Centerpoint Energy, Inc.	Texas Genco Holdings, Inc., Texas Genco II LP, Texas Genco Services, LP
20041382	International Power plc	Edison International	EME del Caribe Holding GmbH
20041383	MGI Pharma, Inc.	SuperGen, Inc.	SuperGen, Inc.
20041392	Austin Ventures VIII, L.P.	Mr. Russell B. Inserra	Orion Marine Group Holdings, Inc.
20041393	George David	United Technologies Corporation	United Technologies Corporation
20041400	QUALCOMM Incorporated	Iridigm Display Corporation	Iridigm Display Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/20/2004
20041314	ConMed Corporation	C.R. Bard, Inc.	C.R. Bard, Inc.
20041370	UBS AG	The Charles Schwab Corporation	Schwab Capital Markets L.P., SoundView Technology Group, Inc.
20041396	Sumitomo Corporation	PG&E Corporation	Hermiston Generating Company, L.P., Airport Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Alafaya Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Ale House Management, Inc., Alpharetta Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Altamonte Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Boca Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Boynton Ale House, Inc., Bradenton Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Brandon Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Buena Vista Ale House Raw Bar, Inc., Coral Springs Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Davie Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Daytona Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Doral Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Florida Mall Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Fort Lauderale Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Ft Myers Ale House and Raw Bar Eas, Inc., Gardens Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Hiawassee Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Hollywood Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Jupiter Ale House, Inc., Kendall Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Kirkman Road Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Lakeland Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Mandarin Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., North Miami Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Ocala Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Orlando Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Palm Harbor Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Pembroke Pines Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Regency Ale House and Raw Bar, Ltd., Sanford Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Sarasota Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Southside Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., St. Petersburg Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., Tampa Ale House and Raw Bar, Inc., UNCC Charlotte Ale House and Raw Bar Limited Partnership.
20041399	SKM Equity Fund III, L.P	John W. Miller
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/21/2004
20041263	Morton Manus and Iris Manus	WMG Parent Corporation	CPP/Belwin, Inc., International Music Publications Limited, Warner Bros, Publications U.S. Inc.
20041391	SCF-IV, L.P.	Mr. Harold Hamm	Hamm Co., Rental Tools, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/23/2004
20041394	ArcLight Energy Partners Fund II, L.P.	General Electric Company	TIFD III-C, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/24/2004
20041333	Kenneth R. Thomson	Educational Testing Service	iLearning, Inc., The Chauncey Group Holdings Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H-303, Washington, DC 20580 [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.