01-9352. 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.

Transactions Granted Early Termination

Transaction No.	Acquiring person	Acquired person	Acquired entities
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/19/2001
20011555	ABN AMRO Holding N.V	ING Groep N.V	ING Groep N.V.
20011559	Republic Services, Inc	Bay Collection Services, Inc	Bay Collection Services, Inc.
20011560	Republic Services, Inc	Bay Landfills, Inc	Bay Landfills, Inc.
20011565	Paul G. Desmarais	MacKenzie Financial Corporation	MacKenzie Financial Corporation.
20011588	Hudson United Bancorp	Vereniging AEGON	Vereniging AEGON.
20011597	Green Equity Investors, L.P	Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc	Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/20/2001
20011590	AMVESCAP PLC	National Asset Management Corporation	National Asset Management Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/21/2001
20000686	DTE Energy Company	MCN Energy Group Inc	MCN Energy Group Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/22/2001
20011543	REMY Capital Partners III, L.P	Patterson Energy, Inc	Patterson Energy, Inc.
20011556	Pope Resources	Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc	Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/23/2001
20011539	Logitech International S.A	Labtec Inc	Labtec Inc.
20011540	Boston Scientific Corporation	Interventional Technologies, Inc	Interventional Technologies, Inc.
20011591	Fiber Mark, Inc	Rexam PLC	Rexam DSI Inc.
20011600	Ledcor Inc	NetRail, Inc	NetRail, Inc.
20011604	Performance Food Group Company	Henry Torres	Empire Imports, Inc.
			Empire Seafood Holding Corp.
20011606	Briggs & Stratton Corporation	The Beacon Group III—Focus Value Fund, L.P	Generac Portable Products, Inc.
20011608	Peregrine Sytstems, Inc	Extricity, Inc	Extricity, Inc.
20011612	Commemorative Brands Holding Corp	Paul C. and Ann W. Krouse	Educational Communications, Inc.
20011613	Lockheed Martin Corporation	Intelsat, Ltd	Intelsat, Ltd.
20011616	Aon Corporation	ASO Solutions Incorporated	ASO Solutions Incorporated.
20011618	Intel Corporation	VxTel, Inc	VxTel, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/26/2001
20011584	Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, VIII, L.P	Peter T. Loftin	BTI Telecom Corp.
20011611	Alamosa Holdings, Inc	Southwest PCS Holdings, Inc	Southwest PCS Holdings, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/27/2001
20011621	The First American Corporation	Credit Management Solutions, Inc	Credit Management Solutions, Inc.
20011626	American Capital Strategies, Ltd	Roy F. Weston, Inc	Roy F. Weston, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/29/2001
20011445	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Litton Industries, Inc	Litton Industries, Inc.
20011614	Exel plc	Joseph T Coughlin	Coughlin Transportation.
			Coughlin Worldwide Logistics, L.L.C.
			F.X. Coughlin Co., Inc.
20011617	GTCR Fund VII, L.P	PSINet, Inc	PSINet Transaction Solutions Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/30/2001
20011629	i2 Technologies, Inc	Internet Capital Group, Inc	Right Works Corporation.
20011631	XL Capital Ltd	Credit Suisse Group	Winterthur International America, Winterthur International.
20011641	Xcel Energy Inc	George T. Lewis, Jr. and Betty G. Lewis (husband and wife)	LSP Batesville Holdings, LLC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commisision, Premerger Notificaiton Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303 Washington, D.C. 20580, [phone].

By direction of the Commission.

Benjamin I. Berman,

Acting Secretary.