02-21972. 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 by 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—07/23/2002
20020924	Centrica plc	American Electric Power Company, Inc	Mutual Energy CPL L.P. Mutual Energy WTU L.P.
20020967	Liberty Media Corporation	Wink Communications, Inc	Wink Communications, Inc.
20020977	Weston Presidio Capital IV, L.P	HWH Capital Partners, L.P	NBC Acquisition Corp.
20020983	Brera Capital Partners Limited Partnership	Arias Acquisitions, Inc	Arias Acquisitions, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/24/2002
20020962	Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited	New Zealand Dairy Board	New Zealand Dairy Board.
20020979	Newfield Exploration Company	EEX Corporation	EEX Corporation.
20020981	C-COR.Net Corp	Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V	Philips Broadband Network, Inc.
20020988	Cargill, Incorporated	Alliant Energy Corporation	Cargill-Alliant, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/25/2002
20020978	SunGard Data Systems Inc	BRUT LLC	BRUT LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/26/2002
20020917	Sandvik AB	Milacron Inc.	Valenite Inc.
20020958	Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P. (WCAS IX)	Amdocs Limited	Amdocs Limited.
20020990	First Data Corporation	Wachovia Corporation	Wachovia Merchant Service, L.L.C.
20020991	Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P	Newfield Exploration Company	Newfield Exploration Company.
20020992	Gary L. and Mary E. West	James F. Richards	Attention LLC.
20020994	Midland Financial Co	National Australia Bank Limited	HomeSide Lending, Inc.
20020998	FKA Distributing Co	Bank One Corporation	Maquiladora TCA De Juarez, SA. DE C.V. Metro Corporation. Taylor Precision Products, L.P.
20021001	Permira Europe II L.P.2	Ferretti S.p.A	Ferretti S.p.A.
20021005	Equifax Inc	Naviant, Inc	Naviant, Inc
20021006	Professor Kurt Jenny	IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation	IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
20021009	Citigroup Inc	Antonius M. Kies	ERICO Holding Company.
20021011	Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, L.P	Vestcom International, Inc	Vestcom International, Inc.
20021012	Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc	Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc	Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc. Financial Opportunities, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/29/2002
20020975	Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch	Mr. Fred Eychaner	Newsweb Corporation
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/30/2002
20020938	Constellation Energy Group, Inc	The AES Corporation	AES NewEnergy, Inc.
20020941	Goodrich Corporation	TRW Inc	TRW Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—07/31/2002
20020989	Equifax Inc	CBC Companies, Inc	CBC Companies, Inc.
20021002	Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet TORM	Dampskibsselskabet “Norden” A/S	Dampskibsselskabet “Norden” A/S.
20021004	Microchip Technology Incorporated	Fujitsu Limited	Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc.
20021013	Ripplewood Partners II, L.P	Leslie Jan Leff	AccuCorp Inc. L&R Realty Associates, Inc.
20021014	Ripplewood Partners II, L.P	Ronnie H. Leff	AccuCorp Inc. L&R Realty Associates, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/01/2002
20020756	Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc	HNC Software Inc	HNC Software Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—08/02/2002
20020944	George J. Petersen	William H. Geiger and Lee Anne F. Geiger	Aegis Research Corporation.
20020985	Unit Corporation	KFOC Charitable Income Trust B	CREC Rig Acquisition Company.
20020986	KFOC Charitable Income Trust B	Unit Corporation	Unit Corporation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580, [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.