01-28942. 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	Entitites
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/29/2001
20020042	Omnicom Group Inc.	Schwartz Paper Company	Integrated Merchandising Systems LLC.
20020044	Neptune Acquisition I Corp	Schlumberger Limited	Schlumber Resource Management Services, Inc.
20020046	InterMune, Inc	Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and Company.
20020050	First Reserve Fund IX, L.P	C&W Fabricators, Inc	C&W Fabricators, Inc.
20020054	General Electric Company	Robert W. Doede and Nina J. Doede	Centurion Capital Group Inc.
20020056	WPP Group plc	Mark Penn	Neuro Corp. Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, Inc. PSA Interviewing Denver, Inc.
20020065	Olympus Growth Fund III, L.P	Dana Pross	Club Staffing, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/30/2001
20020052	Quest Diagnostics Incorporated	Lifepoint Medical Corporation	Lifepoint Medical Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—10/31/2001
20020066	C.B. Bard, Inc	NMT Medical Inc	NMT Medical Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/02/2001
20011871	Northrop Grumman Corporation	Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc	Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/06/2001
20012394	Career Holdings, Inc	HeadHunter.NET, Inc	HeadHunter.NET, Inc.
20020030	VeriSign, Inc	Illuminet Holdings, Inc	Illuminet Holdings, Inc.
20020064	Apollo Investment V, L.P	IMC Global Inc	IMC Inorganics, Inc.
20020068	The News Corporation Limited	Liberty Media Corporation	Fox Sports International Distribution Ltd. Fox Sports Latin America Ltd. Fox Sports Mexico Distribution LLC. Fox Sports Middle East Ltd. Fox Sports U.S. Distribution LLC. Fox Sports World Espanol LLC. Fox Sports World LLC. ISP Transponder, LLC.
20020076	Omnicom Group Inc	Richard Tarlow & Sandra Carlson, husband and wife	Carlson & Partners Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/07/2001
20020072	Clear Channel Communications, Inc	Barry A. Ackerley	The Ackerley Group, Inc.
20020073	The J.M. Smucker Company	The Procter & Gamble Ohio Brands Company	The Procter & Gamble Ohio Brands Company.
20020079	John H. Chuang	Renaissance Worldwide, Inc	Renaissance Worldwide, Inc.
20020081	Weatherford International, Inc	CiDRA Corporation	CiDRA Corporation.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/08/2001
20012190	PerkinElmer, Inc	Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P	Packard BioScience Company.
20012191	Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P	PerkinElmer, Inc	PerkinElmer, Inc.
20020086	International Multifoods Corporation	General Mills, Inc	General Mills, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/09/2001
20020075	Edward H, Arnold	Roadway Corporation	Arnold Transportation Services, Inc.
20020077	Qwest Communications International Inc	KPNQwest N.V	KPNQwest N.V.
20020078	NMS Communications Corporation	Lucent Technologies Inc	Lucent Technologies Inc.
20020080	Union Pacific Corporation	Harold R. Tate	Motor Cargo Industries, Inc., Ute Trucking and Leasing.

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.