01-22856. 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 permerger 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—08/06/2001
20012163	Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P	Thomas O. Hicks	Southwest Sports Television, L.P.
20012197	Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc	General Electric Company	Polar Air Cargo, Inc.
20012199	Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P	Occidental Petroleum Corporation	Occidental Texas Pipeline, L.P.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/08/2001
20010071	Premdor Inc	International Paper Company	International Paper Investment Corporation; International Paper Masonite Holdings Co., Ltd; International Paper Trademark Company; Masonite Corporation; Pintu Acquisition Company, Inc.
20012161	The Limited, Inc	Charming Shoppes, Inc	Charming Shoppes, Inc.
20012162	Charming Shoppes, Inc	The Limited, Inc	LBH, Inc.
20012175	AutoNation, Inc	Robert S. Cuillo	Luxury Imports of Palm Beach, Inc.; Palm Beach Lincoln, Mercury, Inc.
20012180	S.A. Louis Dreyfus et Cie	BNP Paribas	Via North America, Inc.
20012194	Affiliated Computer Services, Inc	Lockheed Martin Corporation	Lockheed Martin IMS Corporation.
20012206	First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation	Sanofi-Synthelabo	Sanofi-Synthelabo, Inc.
20012207	Osburne Jay Call	Robert J. Welsh	Welsh, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/10/2001
20012148	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina	Novant Health, Inc	PARTNERS National Health Plans of North Carolina, Inc.
20012201	Citigroup, Inc	DaimlerChrysler AG	debris Financial Services, Inc.
20012205	Toyota Motor Corporation	Hino Motors, Ltd	Hino Motors, Ltd.
20012218	United Business Media plc	Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc	Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc.
20012219	Cisco Systems, Inc	Allegro Systems, Inc	Allegro Systems, Inc.
20012224	EQT Northern Europe AG	AB Bonnierforetagen	Duni AB.
20012227	The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc	Howard Schultz	Howard Schultz & Association International, Inc.
20012228	Howard Schultz	The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc	The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc.
20012229	Calpine Corporation	Edison International	Gordonsville Energy, L.P.
20012233	Barry Diller	Microsoft Corporation	Expedia, Inc.
20012237	New York Life Insurance Company	Thomas A. Morton Family Trust	McMorgan & Co.
20012238	Forstmann Little & Co. Equity Partnership—VII, L.P	McLeodUSA Incorporated	McLeodUSA Incorporated.
20012244	Gerald W. Schwartz	Lucent Technologies Inc	Lucent Technologies Inc.
20012249	Compass Group PLC	Voting Trust dated December 10, 1998	Crothall Services Group.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/13/2001
20011943	First Health Group Corp	HCA-The Healthcare Company	CCN Managed Care, Inc.
20012198	General Motors Corporation	The 1960 Trust	Cooper River Funding, Inc.
20012215	Nokia Corporation	Amber Networks, Inc	Amber Networks, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/14/2001
20012164	Sonoco Products Company	Robert J. Cloud	U.S. Paper Mills Corporation.
20012165	Sonoco Products Company	Thomas L. Olson	U.S. Paper Mills Corporation.
20012213	Conexant Systems, Inc	SiRF Holdings, Inc	SiRF Holdings, Inc.
20012222	OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund, L.P	Enron Corp	UtiliQuest, LLC.
20012223	Cox Enterprises, Inc	Cox Enterprises, Inc	Manheim Remarketing Limited Partnership.
20012240	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Halifax Group plc	Halifax Group plc.
20012241	Halifax Group plc	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland.
20012243	Reuters plc	ProTrader Group Limited Partnership	ProTrader Group Limited Partnership.
20012248	Brinker International, Inc	The Sydran Group, LLC	Sydran Foods Services III, L.P.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/16/2001
20012236	RSA Security Inc	Securant Technologies, Inc	Securant Technologies, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—08/17/2001
20011962	LSI Logic Corporation	Subramonian Shankar	American Megatrends, Inc.
20012251	Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation	Welfide Corporation	Welfide Corporation.
20012272	Pegasus Partners II, L.P	Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc., debtor-in-possession	Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc., debtor-in-possession.

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.