03-9853. 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—03/24/2003
20030458	Fiserv, Inc	Bruce Christensen	Precision Computer Systems, Inc.
20030462	General Atlantic Partners 76, L.P	SSA Investor, LLC	SSA Global Technologies, Inc.
20030469	Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A	Southeast Timber, Inc	Southeast Timber, Inc.
20030470	International Paper Company	Southeast Timber, Inc	Southeast Timber, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/25/2003
20030421	Johnson & Johnson	Grunenthal Pharma GmbH & Co. KG	Gruenthal GmbH.
20030448	Philadelphia Suburban Corporation	DQE, Inc	AcquaSource Development Company. Aqua Source Operations, Inc. AquaSource Utility, Inc. The Reynolds Group, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/26/2003
20021081	A. Jerrold Perenchio	Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation	Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. Univision Communications, Inc.
20030419	Behrman Capital III, L.P	ILC Industries, Inc	ILC Industries, Inc.
20030457	Artal Group S.A	Florine Mark	The WW Group, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/27/2003
20030375	L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc	Goodrich Corporation	Goodrich Aerospace Component Overhaul & Repair, Inc. Goodrich Avionics Systems, Inc. Goodrich FlightSystems, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—03/28/2003
20030484	The Riverside Company	VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P	ExpoExchange, LLC.
20030488	MidMark Equity Partners II, L.P	Davis Industries, Inc	Davis Industries, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/01/2003
20030471	Perry Ellis International, Inc	Salant Corporation	Salant Corporation.
20030475	Citigroup Inc	Worldspan, L.P	Worldspan, L.P
Transactions Granted Early Termination—04/02/2003
20030452	Taylor & Francis Group plc	Information Holdings Inc	CRC Press (UK) LLC. CRC Press LLC. The Parthenon Publishing Group Inc.
20030459	Societe Wallonne de Gestion et de Participations, S.A	Duferco Participation Holding Limited	Duferco U.S. Investment Corp.
20030464	Johnson & Johnson	Scios Inc	Scios Inc.
20030472	CBRE Holding, Inc	Insignia Financial Group, Inc	Insignia Financial Group, Inc.
20030476	Liz Claiborne, Inc	Pamela Skaist-Levy and Jeffrey Levy	Travis Jeans, Inc.
20030480	Blum Strategic Partners, L.P	CBRE Holding, Inc	CBRE Holding, Inc.
20030481	Blum Strategic Partners II, L.P	CBRE Holding, Inc	CBRE Holding, Inc.

For Further Information Contact:

Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative or Renee Hallman, Legal Technician, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room H-303, Washington, DC 20580, [phone].

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.