01-16933. 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 #	Acquiring	Acquired	Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—05/29/2001
20011793	Cambrex Corporation	BioScience Contact Production Corp	BioScience Contact Production Corp.
20011809	General Dynamics Corporation	Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd	Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd.
20011817	Suez	Suez	Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals L.P.
20011831	Armor Holdings, Inc	The Kroll-O'Gara Company	O'Gara Security Associates, Inc.
			O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company
			The O'Gara Company
20011832	L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc	Jai N. and Shashi A. Gupta	EER Systems, Inc.
20011834	RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P	CBRE Holdings, Inc	CBRE Holding, Inc.
20011841	RCBA Strategic Partners, L.P	CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc	CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc.
20011846	Jones Apparel Group, Inc	McNaugton Apparel Group Inc	McNaugton Apparel Group Inc.
20011847	General Electric Company	ORIX Corporation	ORIX Corporation
20011850	Wells Fargo & Company	Guy Benhamou	OroAmerica, Inc.
20011862	Carl C. Icahn	Vector Group Ltd	Vector Group Ltd.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—05/30/2001
20011849	General Electric Company	Mellon Financial Corporation	Mellon Financial Corporation
20011852	IHC Caland, N.V	Joseph W. & Patricia R. Blanford	Atlantia Corporation
20011855	William Laule	Smiths Group plc	TI Group Automotive Systems (North America) LLC
20011856	Vereniging AEGON	S. Hubert Humphrey, Jr	World Marketing Alliance, Inc. (a Georgia Corporation)
20011857	Vesta Insurance Group, Inc	Florida Select Insurance Holdings, Inc	Florida Select Insurance Holdings, Inc.
20011858	The Williams Companies, Inc	Barrett Resources Corporation	Barrett Resources Corporation
20011867	Swiss Reinsurance Company	MetLife, Inc	Coning Corporation
20011869	Cable and Wireless plc	Digital Island, Inc	Digital Island, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—05/31/2001
20011789	International Business Machines Corporation	Informix Corporation	Informix Corporation
20011797	General Dynamics Corporation	H Group Holdings, Inc.	Galaxy Aerospace Co. L.P.
20011833	FS Equity Partners III, L.P	CBRE Holding, Inc.	CBRE Holding, Inc.
20011842	Gyrus Group plc	Smith & Nephew, plc	ENT, LLC
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/01/2001
20011860	John C. Malone	AT&T Corp.	Liberty Media Corporation
20011866	Ducommun Incorporated	Composite Structures, LLC	Composite Structures, LLC
20011881	Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P	Springs Industries, Inc	Springs Industries, Inc
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/04/2001
20011802	Domtar, Inc	Georgia-Pacific Corporation	Nekoosa Papers Inc
20011848	Xcel Energy Inc	Conectiv	Atlantic City Electric Company
			Delmarva Power & Light Company
20011874	Brian L. Roberts	AT&T Corp	AT&T Corp.
20011883	Stichting Administratiekantoor Vanenburg Capital Management	WebEx Communications, Inc	WebEx Communications, Inc.
20011900	Manpower Inc	Jefferson Wells International, Inc	Jefferson Wells International, Inc.
20011909	AMVESCAP PLC	Old Mutual PLC	Pell Rudman & Co., Inc.
			Pell Rudman Trust Company, N.A.
			Rothschild/Pell Rudman, Inc.
			Sovereign Financial Services, Inc.
TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/05/2001
20011836	General Maritime Ship Holdings Ltd	Boss, L.P	Boss, L.P
20011838	Peter C. Georgiopoulos	General Maritime Ship Holdings Ltd	General Martime Ship Holdings Ltd.
20011839	General Maritime Ship Holdings Ltd	OCM Principal Opportunities Fund, L.P	Ajax II, L.P.
20011840	OCM Principal Opportunities Fund, L.P	General Maritime Ship Holdings Ltd	General Maritime Ship Holdings Ltd.
20011865	General Electric Company	NBC Internet, Inc	NBC Internet, Inc.
20011873	Xcel Energy Inc	Gerald R. Forsythe	Indeck-Bourbonnais, L.L.C.
			Indeck-Equipment Company, L.L.C.
			Indeck-IIion Limited Partnership
			Indeck-Rockford Equipment II, L.L.C.
			Indeck-Rockford Equipment, L.L.C.
			Indeck-Rockford II, L.L.C.
			Indeck-Rockford, L.L.C.
20011875	El Paso Corporation	A. Ahlstrom Corporation	Ahlstrom Development Corporation
20011879	General Electric Company	General Electric Company	GE-Harris Railway Electronic LLC
20011880	State Street Corporation	DST Systems, Inc	DST Portfolio Systems, Inc.
20011882	Ingenico S.A	IVI Checkmate Corp	IVI Checkmate Corp
20011884	Aon Corporation	Carl Westcott	First Extended, Inc.
20011887	Dimension Data Holdings plc	Proxicom, Inc	Proxicom, Inc.
20011888	Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc	Richard L. Johnson & Ruth W. Johnson, Trustees	Johnson Oil Company, Inc.
			Smith Oil Company of Kankakee
20011889	Illinois Tool Works Inc	The Texwipe LLC	Texwipe International LLC
			Texwipe/Synatx LLX
			The Texwipe Company LLC
20011899	Donna Karan & Stephen Weiss	Bernard Arnault	New Donna Karan International, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/06/2001
20011790	The Bank of New York Company, Inc	The Charles Schwab Corporation	U.S. Trust Company of Florida Savings Bank
			U.S. Trust Company, National Association
			United States Trust Company of New York
20011868	SIG Holding AG	CIR-Compagnie Industriali Riunite S.p.A	Sasib S.p.A.
20011891	Parker Hannifin Corporation	Dana Corporation	Dana Corporation
20011896	Kerr-McGee Corporation	HS Resources, Inc	HS Resources, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—06/07/2001
20011859	Tyco International, Ltd	Novartis AG	Novartis Corporation
20011907	Mizuho Holdings, Inc	Fifth Third Bancorp	Fifth Third Bancorp

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