01-19341. 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—06/25/2001
20011821	Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P.	1992 Durwood, Inc. Voting Trust	AMC Entertainment, Inc.
20011975	W.C. Bradley Co.	Brunswick Corporation	Zebco Corporation.
20011996	Legg Mason, Inc.	Private Capital Management. L.P.	Private Capital Management, L.P.
20011998	Brafin S.a.p.a	Acist Medical Systems	Acist Medical Systems.
20012004	EdperPartners Limited	Enterprise Reinsurance Holdings Corporation	Enterprise Reinsurance Holdings Corporation.
20012011	Grupo Grifols, S.A.	SeraCare, Inc.	SeraCare, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/26/2001
20011958	Credence Systems Corporation	Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc.	Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc.
20011983	N.V. Bekaert S.A.	Material Sciences Corporation	Innovative Specialty Films LLC.
			MSC Specialty Films, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/27/2001
20011933	Suez	Brambles Industries Limited	Ensco Caribe, Inc.
			Ensco West, Inc.
			Ensco, Inc.
			Environmental Systems Company.
			MSE Environmental, Inc.
20011952	Dennis M. Langley	Utilicorp United, Inc.	UtiliCorp Pipeline Systems, Inc.
20011955	Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc.	Shearwater Corporation	Shearwater Corporation.
20011957	NextMedia Investors LLC	PNE Media Holdings, LLC	Chesapeake Outdoor Enterprises, Inc.
			Crickett, Ltd.
			PNE Media, LLC.
20011980	Fiserv, Inc.	EPSIIA Corporation	EPSIIA Corporation.
20011988	Allianz Aktiengesellschaft	Dresdner Bank AG	Dresdner Bank AG.
20011991	Gary C. Wendt	Conseco, Inc.	Conseco, Inc.
20011994	Aventis S.A.	E.ON AG	ASTA Medica AG.
20011997	Deere & Company	Richton International Corporation	Richton International Corporation.
20012007	TMP Worldwide Inc.	Decision Point Data, Inc. d/b/a Unicru, Inc.	Decision Point Data, Inc. d/b/a Unicru, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/28/2001
20011911	Technitrol, Inc.	Frederick J. & Jessica H. Kiko	Excelsus Technology.
20011915	TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.	Sawtek Inc.	Sawtek Inc.
20011932	Rhodia	Brambles Industries Limited	Ensco Caribe, Inc.
			Ensco West, Inc.
			Ensco, Inc.
			Environmental Systems Company.
			MSE Environmental, Inc.
20012006	Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.	Systems & Computer Technology Corporation	Omni-Tech Systems, Ltd.
			SGT Government Systems, Inc.
			SCT Property Inc.
20012008	Klaus-Michael Kuehne	USCO Contract Logistics, LLC	USCO Contract Logistics, LLC.
20012009	Klaus-Michael Kuehne	USCO Districution Services, Inc.	USCO Distribution Services, Inc.
20012018	McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (The)	PricewaterhouseCoopers CVC Division	PricewaterhouseCoopers CVC Division.
20012019	SCOR U.S. Corporation	Caisse Centrale des Assurances Muteuelles Agricoles	SOREMA N.A. Holding Corporation.
20012029	Qwest Communications International Inc	Enron Corp.	JTS Co.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/29/2001
20011643	Electronic Data Systems Corporation	Sabre Holdings Corporation	Sabre Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/02/2001
20011776	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Gencorp Inc.	Aerojet-General Corporation.
20011974	SPX Corporation	Kendro Holdings, L.P.	Kendro Laboratory Products, L.P., Kendro Corporation.
20011999	Tyco International Ltd.	Home Products International, Inc.	Home Products International-North America, Inc.
20012013	Brian L. Roberts	The News Corporation, Limited	Outdoor Life Network, LLC.
20012030	Albemarle Corporation	Chemfirst Inc.	ChemFirst Fine Chemicals, Inc.
			First Chemical Corporation.
20012032	MCC Acquisition Holdings Corporation	CPI Development Corporation	Carter-Wallace, Inc.
			CPI Development Corporation.
20012035	Cypress Merchant Banking Partners II L.P.	MCC Acquisition Holdings Corporation	MCC Acquisition Holdings Corporation.
20012036	Carlyle Partners III, L.P.	MCC Acquisition Holdings corporation	MCC Acquisition Holdings Corporation.
20012037	Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.	Micro Therapeutics, Inc	Micro Therapeutics, Inc.
20012043	Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited	priceline.com. Incorporated	priceline.com. Incorporated.
20012044	Hutchison Whampoa Limited	priceline.com Incorporated	priceline.com Incorporated.
20012054	Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.	The Cobalt Group, Inc.	The Cobalt Group, Inc.
20012058	The St. Paul Companies	Barra, Inc.	Symphony asset Management LLC.
20012059	The St. Paul Companies, Inc.	Maestro, LLC	Symphony asset Management LLC.
20012065	Craig O. McCaw	Nextel Communications, Inc.	Nextel Communications, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/03/2001
20011944	Universal Compression Holdings, Inc.	KCI, Inc.	KCI Compression Company, LP.
20012047	Verizon Communications Inc.	Carolina PCS I Limited Partnership	Carolina PCS I Limited Partnership.
20012052	Federated Department Stores, Inc.	Liberty House, Inc.	Liberty House, Inc.
20012063	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Epoch Partners, Inc.	Epoch Partners, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/05/2001
20012033	Church & Dwight Co., Inc.	CPI Development Corporation	Carter-Wallace, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/06/2001
20012051	AdvancePCS	Dresing-Lieman, Inc.	Dresing-Lieman, Inc.

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 Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.