02-3830. 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—01/22/2002
20020314	SBC Communications Inc.	Yahoo! Inc.	Yahoo! Inc.
20020315	CKE Restaurants, Inc.	Santa Barbara Restaurants Group, Inc.	Santa Barbara Restaurants Group, Inc.
20020320	DBBC, L.L.C.	Cumulus Media Inc.	Cumulus Media Inc.
20020323	Atmos Energy Corporation	Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation	Mississippi Valley Gas Company.
20020327	Kirin Brewery Company, Limited	Diageo plc	Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
20020333	General Electric Company	W. Don Cornwell	KNTV License, Inc.
			KNTV Television, Inc.
20020335	Joseph M. & Marie Field	Tribune Company	Tribune Denever Radio, Inc.
20020339	Crandell C. & Erskine B. Bowels	Carl M. & Marie T. Bouckaert	Beaulieu Canada Company.
			Beaulieu Group, LLC.
20020340	Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P.	Carl M. & Marie T. Bouckaert	Beaulieu Canada Company.
			Beaulieu Group, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/23/2002
20020290	GTCR Fund VII, L.P.	Verizon Communications Inc.	TSI Telecommunications Services Inc.
20020332	The Bank of New York Company, Inc.	Credit Suisse Group	Autranet LLC.
20020348	SBC Communications, Inc.	Newco	Newco.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/24/2002
20020351	Tyco International Ltd.	McGrath RentCorp	McGrath RentCorp.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/25/2002
20020325	Yahoo! Inc.	HotJobs.com, Ltd.	HotJobs.com,Ltd
20020342	Nextel Communications, Inc.	NeoWorld Holdings, LLC	NeoWorld Communications, Inc.
20020346	Digi International Inc.	NetSilicon, Inc.	NetSilicon, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/28/2002
20020353	Moore Corporation Limited	The Nielsen Group, Inc.	The Nielsen Company.
20020355	Chiron Corporation	Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc.
20020356	Danaher Corporation	Marconi plc	Marconi Data Systems, Inc.
20020359	Dycom Industries, Inc.	Arguss Communications, Inc.	Arguss Communications, Inc.
20020360	Sumner M. Redstone	Sumner M. Redstone	MTVI Group LP.
20020361	Barcardi U.S.A., Inc.	Tequila Cazadores, S.A. de C.V.	Tequila Cazadores, S.A. de C.V.
20020366	IM Internationalmedia AG	Spyglass Enterainment Group, Inc.	Spyglass Entertainment Group, Inc.
20020367	Gray Barber	IM Internationalmedia AG	IM Internationalmedia AG.
20020370	Pierre Lassonde	Newmont Mining Corporation	Newmont Mining Corporation.
20020371	Seymour Schulich	Newmont Mining Corporation	Newmont Mining Corporation
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/29/2002
20020324	Carl C. Icahn	Willamette Industries, Inc.	Willamette Industries, Inc.
20020328	Northwestern Corporation	The Montana Power Company	The Montana Power Company
20020357	Alpha Industries, Inc.	Conexant Systems, Inc.	Washington Sub, Inc.
20020365	Respironics, Inc.	Novametrix Medical Systems Inc.	Novametrix Medical Systems Inc.
20020369	General Electric Company	PII Group Limited	PII Group Limited
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—01/30/2002
20020264	Danaher Corporation	Pennon Group, Plc	Viridor Instrumentation Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—02/01/2002
20020306	Elan Corporation, plc	Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.
20020336	Adelphia Communications Corporation	ML Media Partners, L.P.	Century/ML Cable Venture.
20020374	Nestle S.A.	PhotoCure ASA	PhotoCure ASA.
20020375	Mrs. L. Bettencourt	PhotoCure ASA	PhotoCure ASA.
20020377	Yellow Pages Investments, L.P.	McLeodUSA Incorporated	McLeodUSA Media Group, Inc.
20020389	Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria	Mr. John W. Henry	Florida Marlins Baseball Club, L.L.C.
			Marlins Ballpark Development Company.
20020390	Mr. John W. Henry	The Jean R. Yawkey Trust, dated July 28, 1981, as amended	Boston Red Sox Baseball Club L.P.
20020393	UBS AG	Enron Corp.	Enron Corp.
20020395	CenturyTel, Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.	Verizon Communications Inc.
20020396	Voting Trust Agreement	R.R. Engstrom	Darr Equipment Operating Co., L.P.
			Darr Rental Co.
20020401	Peter M. Holt	R.R. Engstrom	Darr Energy Services, L.P.
			Darr Equipment Operating Co., L.P.
			Darr Rental Co.

For FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, or Chandra L. Kennedy, Contact Representatives. Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary .