01-3495. 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 period 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—01/08/2001
20005155	Atmos Energy Corporation	Citizens Communications Company	Citizens Communications Company.
20010375	Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc	Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P	Delchamps, Inc., debtor-in-possession
			Interstate Jitney Jungle Stores, Inc., debtor-in-possession.
			Jitney Jungle Stores of America, Inc., debtor-in-possession.
			P&S Operations, Inc., debtor-in-possession.
			Pump & Save, Inc., debtor-in-possession.
			Southern Jitney Jungle Company, Inc., debtor-in-possession.
			Supermarket Cigarette Sales, Inc., debtor-in-possession.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/09/2001
20011034	Aventis	aaiPharma Inc	aaiPharma Inc.
20011075	U.S. Concrete, Inc	Blue Circle Industries, PLC	Blue Circle Materials Inc.
20011106	University Community Hospital, Inc	Sun Coast Hospital, Inc	Sun Coast Hospital, Inc.
20011113	Total Fina Elf S.A	Dickerson L. Whitney, Jr	McGean—Rohco Worldwide, Inc.
			McGean-Rohco, Inc.
20011177	Westboro Properties LLC	Bunge International Limited	Bunge First Capital Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/11/2001
20011081	General Electric Company	R. Mark Bostick	Comcar Leasing, Inc.
20011103	Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P	Burt I. Harris, Sr	Harriscope of Los Angeles, Inc.
20011130	Paul Levy	Rational Software Corporation	Rational Software Corporation
20011154	The Kroger Co	Fleming Companies, Inc	Baker's Food Group, Inc.
20011159	iBasis, Inc	Priceinteractive, Inc	Priceinteractive, Inc.
20011162	Aurora Equity Partners II L.P	Har Technologies, Inc	Har Technologies, Inc.
20011178	Infogrames Entertainment SA	Hasbro, Inc	Hasbro, Inc.
20011180	Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust	Chorus Communications Group, Ltd	Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.
20011184	Sola International, Inc	Charles E. Crews	Oracle Lens Manufacturing Corporation.
20011188	Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P	Covance Inc	Covance Clinical and Periapproval Services Ltd.
			Covance Pharmaceutical Packaging Services AG.
			Convance Pharmaceutical Packaging Services Inc.
20011190	Polycom, Inc.	Accord Networks, Inc.	Accord Networks, Inc.
20011191	KINO Management, LLC	IFCO Enterprises, Inc.	IFCO Enterprises, Inc.
20011192	Anheuser-Bush Companies, Inc.	La Jolla Capital, Inc.	La Jolla Capital, Inc.
20011193	United Auto Group, Inc.	George C. Andreas	Lantzsch-Andreas Enterprises, Inc.
20011196	Citizens Communications Company	Berkshire Telephone Company	Berkshire Telephone Company.
20011198	Business News Publishing Company II, LLC	Elsevier NV	Reed Elsevier Inc.
20011199	McLeodUSA Incorporated	OSPG III, Inc.	OSPG III, Inc.
20011201	Michael S. Smith	Stone Energy Corporation	Stone Energy Corporation.
20011202	Western Distributing Company	Zulanas Partners	Zulanas Distributors, Inc.
20011206	Kent P. Dauten	Paul B. Steeter, Sr.	Freed's Bakery, Inc.
20011208	Bessemer Securities L.L.C.	Stanley G. Pride	Pride Manufacturing Company and Pride Golf Tee Company.
20011215	American Express Company	Pacific Century Financial	Pacific Century Financial.
20011218	ITOCHU Corporation	Allied Products Corporation	Allied Products Corporation.
20011223	Kearny Mesa Financial Credit Union	Santel Federal Credit Union	Santel Federal Credit Union.
20011229	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust	Johns Manville Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/17/2001
20011115	Hampshire Equity Partners II, L.P.	Connector Service Corporation	Connector Service Corporation.
20011140	Northwestern Corporation	The Montana Power Company	The Montana Power Company.
20011152	Dominion Resources, Inc	Powergen pic	LG&E Westmoreland Altavisa.
			LG&E Westmoreland Hopewell.
			LG&E-Westmoreland Southampton.
20011200	Michael W. Lynch	Alcoa Inc.	Reynolds Metals Company.
20011203	Converge, Inc	Vertical Net, Inc	NECX.com LLC.
20011204	VerticalNet, Inc	Converge, Inc	Converge, Inc.
20011213	GATX Corporation	El Camino Resources International, Inc	El Camino Resources, Ltd.
20011214	Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc	Georgia-Pacific Corporation	GPW Timber, Inc., LRFP Timber, Inc., NPC Timber, Inc.
			N. America Timber Corp., NPI Timber, Inc., GNN Timber, Inc.
20011216	Transcore Holdings, Inc	M. Albin Jubitz	EuroDAT Services, s.c.a.
			EuroDAT, Ltd.
			Jubitz Corporation.
20011217	Transcore Holdings, Inc	Frederick K. Jubitz	EuroDAT Services, s.c.a.
			EruoDAT, Ltd.
			Jubitz Corporation.
20011225	Tyco International Ltd	Pactiv Corporation	Pactiv Corporation.
20011230	George Abi Zeid	AT&T Corp.	AT&T Corp.
20011231	Inter-Tel, Incorporated	Convergent Communications, Inc.	Convergent Communications Services, Inc.
20011232	Eni SpA	LASMO pic	LASMO pic
20011235	SHC Investment Partnership	Donald R. Danner	Leland-Powell Fastners, Inc.
20011236	SHC Investment Partnership	Joseph R. Exum	Leland-Powell Fastners, Inc.
20011242	Steven B. Klinsky	Ron and Beverly Bailey	Strayer Education, Inc.
20011245	M. Francois Pinault	Eugene M. Winner	Electric Supply Company of Asheville, Inc.
20011246	Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Trust	U.S. Bancorp	U.S. Bancorp.
20011247	GTCR Fund VII, L.P	SBC Communications Inc	SecurityLink from Ameritech, Inc.
20011248	J.R. Shaw	Randall L. Moffat	Moffat Communications Limited.
20011253	Bernard Arnault	Donna Karan and Stephan Weiss	Gabrielle Studio, Inc.
20011263	Frank Lyon, Jr. Trust	U.S. Bancorp	U.S. Bancorp.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/18/2001
20011176	Baxter International Inc	Sera-Tec Biologicals Limited Partnership	Sera-Tec Biologicals Limited Partnership.
20011187	Asyst Technologies, Inc	Glenn A. Roberson, Jr	Semifab, Inc.
20011228	CarrAmerica Realty Corporation	FrontLine Capital Group	HQ Global Holdings, Inc.
20011237	Centennial Communications Corp.	Hector R. Gonzalez	TPC Communications PR, Inc.
20011251	Emulex Corporation	GigaNet, Inc.	GigaNet, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/19/2001
20011135	Ralcorp Holdings, Inc	T&C Holdings Corporation	T&C Holdings Corporation.

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, [phone].

By Director of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.