01-28446. 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 #	Acquiring	Acquired	Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/01/2001
20012387	Fortis (B)	Protective Life Corporation	Protective Life Insurance Company.
20012442	Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation	PorteCare Adventist Health System	PorteCare Adventist Health System.
20012444	Constellation Brands, Inc	Derek Benham	Codera Production Group, LLC.
			Codera Wine Group, Inc
20012445	BRL Hardy Ltd	Derek Benham	Coderal Production Group, LLC.
			Coderal Wine Group, Inc
20012449	Constellation Brands, Inc.	Courtney Benham	Codera Production Group, LLC.
			Codera Wine Group, Inc
20012450	BRL Hardy Ltd	Courtney Benham	Codera Production Group, LLC.
			Codera Wine Group, Inc.
20012461	Hewlett-Packard Company	Indigo N.V	Indigo N.V.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/04/2001
20012303	Trinity Industries, Inc	Thrall Car Management Company, Inc	Thrall Car Manufacturing Company.
20012304	Thrall Car Management Company, Inc	Trinity Industries, Inc	Trinity Industries, Inc.
20012419	Capital One Financial Corporation	PeopleFirst Inc	PeopleFirst Inc.
20012452	NTELOS Inc	Conesoga Enterprises, Inc	Conestoga Enterprises, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/05/2001
20012405	American Water Works Company, Inc	Enron Corp	Azurix Industries Corp.
			Azurix North America Corp.
20012406	American Water Works Company, Inc	Marlin Water Trust	Azurix Industries Corp.
			Azurix North America Corp
20012447	Joseph Littlejohn & Levy Fund III, L.P	LaQuinta Properties, Inc	Meditrust Healthcare Corporation.
20012465	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII L.P	MSN Holdings, Inc	MSN Holdings, Inc.
20012470	GS Capital Partners 2000, L.P.	Apple American Midwest, Inc.	Apply American Limited Partnership of Indiana.
			Apple American Limited Partnership of Ohio.
20012472	Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P	Focal Communications Corporation	Focal Communications Corporation.
20012483	Verizon Communications Inc	Gregory A. Neely	Alabama Wireless, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/09/2001
20012404	Fisher Scientific International Inc	Cole-Parmer Instrument Company	Cole-Parmer Instrument Company.
20020003	Marriott International, Inc	Scottish Power plc	Birmingham Syn Fuel I, Inc.
			Birmingham SynFuel II, Inc.
			Brimingham SynFuel, LLC.
			PacificCorp Financial Services, Inc.
			PacificCorp SynFuel, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/10/2001
20012178	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V	Marconi plc	Marconi Medical Systems, Inc.
20012460	ESL Partners, L.P	AutoNation, Inc	AutoNation, Inc.
20012484	Cadbury Schweppes plc	Pernod Ricard S.A	Yoo-Hoo Industries Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/11/2001
20012468	H&CB	Kookmin Bank	Kookmin Bank.
20012469	Kookmin Bank	H&CB	H&CB
20012474	Ivax Corporaiton	Elan Corporation plc	Elan Pharma International Limited.
20012477	Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P	BEA Systems, Inc	BEA Systems, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—10/12/2001
20012437	Deutsche Telekom AG	NTELOS Inc	NTELOS Acquisition Corp., Conestoga Wireless Company.
20012448	CSR Limited	Cemex, S.A. de C.V	Cemex, S.A. de C.V.
20012451	Curtiss-Wright Corporation	Lau Massachusetts Business Trust	Lau Defense Systems, LLC.
20012454	Smithfield Foods, Inc	Packerland Holdings, Inc	Packerland Holdings, Inc.
20012482	Tyco International Ltd	SBC Communications Inc	Alarm Holdings, Inc.
20020002	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	MetroPCS, Inc	GWI PCS8, Inc., PCS81, LLC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives. Federal Trade Commission, Permerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.