02-8017. 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 No.	Acquiring	Acquired	Entities
Transaction Granted Early Termination, 03/05/2002
20020467	Express Scripts, Inc	Richard O. Ullman	Airport Properties, LLC (“APLLC”) CFI of New Jersey, Inc. (“CFINJ”) CFI, Inc. (“CFI”) National Prescription Administrators, Inc. (“NPA”) NPA of New York, IPA, Inc. (“IPA”) The Ullman Family Partnership, LP (“LP”)
20020476	Givaudan, S.A	Nestle S.A	FIS-North America, Inc
20020477	Royal Dutch Petroleum Company	Siemens und Shell Solar GmbH	Siemens und Shell Solar GmbH
20020484	Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust	MCT Inc	MCT, Inc
20020485	Lee Enterprises Incorporated	Robert S. Howard and Lillian I. Howard	Howard Publications, Inc
20020487	Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc	Dow Jones & Company, Inc	The Ashland Daily Independent, Inc The Joplin Globe, Inc The Mankato Free Press, Inc The Sharon Herald
20020488	ALLTEL Corporation	Verizon Communications Inc	Verizon South Inc
200020489	Welsh, Carson, Anderson 7 Stowe VIII, L.P	SAVVIS Communications Corporation	SAVVIS Communications Corporation
Transaction Granted Early Termination, 03/08/2002
20020441	The Titan Corporation	Jaycor, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan	Jaycor, Inc
20020462	Stonebridge Partners Equity Fund III, L.P	General Electric Company	Hunter Fan Company
20020471	Ripplewood Partners, L.P	Proxim, Inc	Proxim, Inc
20020482	BJ Services Company	Great Lakes Chemical Corporation	OSCA, Inc
20020502	The Shaw Group Inc	The IT Group, Inc., Debtor in Possession	The IT Group, Inc., Debtor in Possession
20020503	Societe des Participations du Commissariat	Duke Energy Corporation	Duke Engineering & Services, Inc
20020504	Vector Group Ltd	Gary L. Hall	The Medallion Company, Inc
20020506	Mr. Paris Mouratoglou	Innogy Holdings plc	Delaware Mountain Wind Farm L.P. NWP Indian Mesa Wind Farm L.P Pennsylvania Windfarms Inc
20020511	Province Healthcare Company	Memorial Health Systems, Inc	Henry County, Inc
20020513	Sun Capital Partners II, L.P	Questron Technology, Inc	Questron Technology, Inc
200020517	Centrica plc	NewPower Holdings, Inc	NewPower Holdings, Inc
Transaction Granted Early Termination, 03/11/2002
20020475	Maverick Tube Corporation	Precision Tube Holding Corporation	Precision Tube Holding Corporation
20020486	aaiPharma Inc	Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and Company
20020494	Pharmacia Corporation	Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc	Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc
20020512	PeopleSoft, Inc	Peoplesoft, Inc	Momentum Business Applications, Inc
Transaction Granted Early Termination, 03/12/2002
20020483	Level 3 Communications, Inc	Rebar, LLC	CorpSoft, Inc
20020497	Moody's Corporation	KMV Corporation	KMV Corporation
20020498	MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company	The Williams Companies, Inc	Kern River Gas Transmission Company
20020505	U.S. Bancorp	First Defiance Financial Corp	The Leader Mortgage Company, LLC
Transaction Granted Early Termination, 03/15/2002
20020524	WLR Recovery Fund, L.P.	The LTV Corporation	EGL-LTV Holding Com. LTV Steel Company, Inc.
20020530	Code, Hennessy & Simmons, IV, L.P	Furnishings International Inc.	Berkline Corporation Blue Mountain Trucking Corporation Universal Furniture Limited
20020533	Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership V, L.P	MCLeodUSA Incorporated	MCLeodUSA Incorporated
20020534	Forstmann Little & Co. Subordinated Debt & Equit Mgmt. VI	MCLeodUSA Incorporated	MCLeodUSA Incorporated
20020535	Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership—VII, L.P	MCLeodUSA Incorporated	MCLeodUSA Incorporated
20020536	Forstmann Little & Co. Sub. Debt & Equity Mgmt. Buyout VII	MCLeodUSA Incorporated	MCLeodUSA Incorporated
20020537	Forstmann Little & Co. Subordinated Debt & Equity Mgmt. VIII	MCLeodUSA Incorporated	MCLeodUSA Incorporated
20020544	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	AT&T Wireless PCS of Philadelphia, LLC

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.