02-20336. 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
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/08/2002
20020908	Southern Wines & Spirits of America, Inc	Anthony Terlato	Pacific/Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois, LLC.
20020912	Philadelphia Suburban Corporation	Pennichuck Corporation	Pennichuck Corporation.
20020918	Staples, Inc.	FS Equity Partners IV, L.P	Medical Arts Press, Inc.
20020922	The Southern Company	The New Power Company	The New Power Company.
20020923	General Electric Company	Ralph Stern	CareCredit LLC
20020927	J.W. Childs Equity Partners III, L.P	Esselte AB	Esselte AB
20020932	Richard B. Cohen	Koninklijke Ahold N.V.	Tops Markets, LLC
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/09/2002
20020886	AT&T Broadband Corp.	Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co	Casco Cable Television Inc. SBC Cable Co. Susquehanna Cable Company. York Cable Television, Inc.
20020894	Group 1 Automotive, Inc	Michael E. Miller	Miller Automotive Group, Inc.
20020903	AmerisourceBergen Corporation	Robert L. Fisher	Automed Technologies, Inc.
20020910	BellSouth Corporation	Republican Technologies Integrated LLC	Republic Technologies Integrated LLC
20020913	DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P	Seabulk International Inc	Seabulk International Inc.
20020920	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P	Proxim Corporation	Proxim Corporation
20020931	General Electric Company	The Williams Companies, Inc	Williams Gas Processing—Kansas Hugoton Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/10/2002
20020897	Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P	Enbridge Inc.	Enbridge Midcoast Energy, Inc.
20020909	Providence Equity Partners IV L.P	Krause Publication, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan	Krause Publication, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/11/2002
20020916	Providence Equity Partners IV L.P	Lewis T. Teffeau	Communications Concepts, Inc., Database Marketing Solutions, Inc. Mail-Gard Concepts, Inc. Marketing Communication Systems of Delaware, Inc. Marketing Communication Systems, Inc. Pacific Communication Concepts, Inc.,
20020929	Bemis Company, Inc	E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company	E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/12/2002
20020317	Amgen Inc.	Immunex Corporation	Immunex Corporation
20020915	Sempra Energy	TNP Enterprises, Inc.	Texas Generating Company L.P. Texas-New Mexico Power Company.
20020933	The St. Paul Companies, Inc.	Old Mutual plc	NWQ Investment Management Co., Inc.
20020940	Newhouse Broadcasting Corporation	AOL Time Warner Inc.	Time Warner Entertainment Advance/Newhouse Partnership
20020942	Vestar Capital Partners IV, L.P	Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc	Agrilink Foods, Inc.
20020945	Francisco Partners, L.P	General Electric Company	GE Information Services, Inc. RMS Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc.
20020947	Code, Hennessy & Simmons IV, L.P.	Atlantic Equity Partners International II L.P.	Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc.
20020950	AOL Timer Warner, Inc	AOL Time Warner, Inc.	Time Warner Entertainment Advance/Newhouse Partnership.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/15/2002
20020778	FPL Group Inc.	BayCorp Holdings, Ltd.	BayCorp Holdings, Ltd.
20020781	FPL Group, Inc.	Northeast Utilities	Northeast Utilities.
20020782	FPL Group, Inc.	UIL Holdings Corporation	UIL Holdings Corporation.
20020783	FPL Group, Inc.	The National Grid Group PLC	The National Grid Group PLC.
20020875	Pliva d.d.	Sobel N.V.	Sobel Holdings Inc.
20020919	J.P. Morgan Chase & Co	Atlantic Equity Partners International, II, L.P	BPC Holdings Corporation.
20020921	Public Service Enterprise Group Inc	Wisconsin Energy Corp	Wisvest-Connecticut, LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/17/2002
20020943	Intuit, Inc.	Eclipse, Inc.	Eclipse, Inc.
20020953	The News Corporation Limited	The News Corporation Limited	Affiliated Regional Communications, Ltd. ARC Holding, Ltd. Fox Sports Net National Network Holdings, LLC. Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain LLC Liberty/Fox ARC, L.P. Prime Network LLC
20020959	MDCP IV Global Investments LP	Jefferson Smurfit Group plc	Jefferson Smurfit Group plc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/18/2002
20020951	State Street Corporation	James Kelly	International Fund Services (N.A.), L.L.C. Investment Management Services, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/19/2002
20020935	Daniel Gilbert	Intuit Inc.	Quicken Loans, Inc. Title Source, Inc.
20020954	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	Boise City Cellular Partnership.
20020955	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	AT&T Wireless Services, Inc	Greeley Cellular Telephone Company.
20020957	EPCOR Utilities, Inc.	Duke Energy Corporation	Frederickson Power L.P. Frederickson Power Management, Inc.
20020963	Francisco Partners, L.P	Agere Systems Inc	Agere Systems Inc.
20020964	The Katz Trust	Phar-Mor, Inc.	Phar-Mor, Inc.
20020969	First Data Corporation	BP p.l.c.	PayPoint Electronic Payment Systems, Inc.
20020973	Elkem ASA	Sapa AB	Sapa AB.
20020980	Kelso Investment Associates VI, L.P	Nortek Holding, Inc	Nortek Holding, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580. (202 326-3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.