01-28941. 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 expirationa nd requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were granted early terminated of the witing 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—10/15/2001
20012431	The Mead Corporation	Westvaco Corporation	Westvaco Corporation.
20012432	Westvaco Corporation	The Mead Corporation	The Mead Corporation.
20020004	Dennis Wood	Solectron Corporation	Solectron Corporation.
20020006	Flextronics International Ltd	Xerox Corporation	Xerox Corporation.
20020007	Paul G. Allen	High Speed Access Corp	High Speed Access Corp.
20020011	Solectron Corporation	Stream International Inc	Stream International Inc.
20020012	El Paso Energy Partners, L.P	El Paso Corporation	Deepwater Holdings, L.L.C.
20020016	Sun Capital Partners II, L.P	Brunswick Corporation	Igloo Holding, Inc. Igloo Products Corp.
20020017	Mellon Financial Corporation	Eagle Investment Systems Corp	Eagle Investment Systems Corp.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/16/2001
20012471	M. Francois Pinault	Gucci Group N.V	Gucci Group N.W.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/18/2001
20012467	O. Bruton Smith	Ray Childress Acquisition I, L.O	Ray Childress Acquisition I, L.P.
20012473	UTI Corporation	Unique Instruments, Inc	Unique Instruments, Inc.
20020018	AirGate PCS, Inc	iPCS, Inc	iPCS, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/19/2001
20020005	Stiching Interbrew	Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KG	Brauerei Beck GmbH & Co. KH.
20020019	General Electric Company	Spirent pic	Spirent Sensing, Inc.
20020029	Hitachi, Ltd	Tactica Holdings, Inc	Tactica Holdings, Inc.
20020031	Hilfreich Foundation	The Resort at Summerlin Limited Partnership	The Resort at Summerlin Limited, Partnership.
20020034	Blackstone iPCS Capital Partners L.P.	AirGate PCS, Inc	AirGate PCS, Inc.
20020035	Blackstone Communications Partners I, L.P	AirGate PCS, Inc	AirGate PCS, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/22/2001
20020041	nv Nuon	Utilities, Inc	Utilities, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/23/2001
20020010	Ascension Health	Baptist Hospital System, Inc	Baptist Hospital System, Inc.
20020033	The Bank of New York Company, Inc	Westminster Research Associates, Inc	Westminster Research Associates, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/26/2001
20020022	Daughters of Charity Ministry Service Corporation	Catholic Healthcare West	Catholic Healthcare West.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.