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Rules and Regulations. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

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BILLING CODE 6718-01-P FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 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 No. Acquiring Acquired Entities Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/08/2002 20020908 Southern Wines & Spirits of America, Inc Anthony Terlato Pacific/Southern Wine & Spirits of Illinois, LLC. 20020912 Philadelphia Suburban Corporation Pennichuck Corporation Pennichuck Corporation. 20020918 Staples, Inc. FS Equity Partners IV, L.P Medical Arts Press, Inc. 20020922 The Southern Company The New Power Company The New Power Company. 20020923 General Electric Company Ralph Stern CareCredit LLC 20020927 J.W.
Childs Equity Partners III, L.P Esselte AB Esselte AB 20020932 Richard B. Cohen Koninklijke Ahold N.V. Tops Markets, LLC Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/09/2002 20020886 AT&T Broadband Corp. Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co Casco Cable Television Inc. SBC Cable Co. Susquehanna Cable Company. York Cable Television, Inc. 20020894 Group 1 Automotive, Inc Michael E. Miller Miller Automotive Group, Inc. 20020903 AmerisourceBergen Corporation Robert L. Fisher Automed Technologies, Inc. 20020910 BellSouth Corporation Republican Technologies Integrated LLC Republic Technologies Integrated LLC 20020913 DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P Seabulk International Inc Seabulk International Inc. 20020920 Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P Proxim Corporation Proxim Corporation 20020931 General Electric Company The Williams Companies, Inc Williams Gas Processing—Kansas Hugoton Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/10/2002 20020897 Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P Enbridge Inc. Enbridge Midcoast Energy, Inc. 20020909 Providence Equity Partners IV L.P Krause Publication, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan Krause Publication, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/11/2002 20020916 Providence Equity Partners IV L.P Lewis T. Teffeau Communications Concepts, Inc., Database Marketing Solutions, Inc. Mail-Gard Concepts, Inc. Marketing Communication Systems of Delaware, Inc.
Marketing Communication Systems, Inc. Pacific Communication Concepts, Inc., 20020929 Bemis Company, Inc E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/12/2002 20020317 Amgen Inc. Immunex Corporation Immunex Corporation 20020915 Sempra Energy TNP Enterprises, Inc. Texas Generating Company L.P. Texas-New Mexico Power Company. 20020933 The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Old Mutual plc NWQ Investment Management Co., Inc. 20020940 Newhouse Broadcasting Corporation AOL Time Warner Inc.
Time Warner Entertainment Advance/Newhouse Partnership 20020942 Vestar Capital Partners IV, L.P Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc Agrilink Foods, Inc. 20020945 Francisco Partners, L.P General Electric Company GE Information Services, Inc. RMS Electronic Commerce Systems, Inc. 20020947 Code, Hennessy & Simmons IV, L.P. Atlantic Equity Partners International II L.P. Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc. 20020950 AOL Timer Warner, Inc AOL Time Warner, Inc. Time Warner Entertainment Advance/Newhouse Partnership.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/15/2002 20020778 FPL Group Inc. BayCorp Holdings, Ltd. BayCorp Holdings, Ltd. 20020781 FPL Group, Inc. Northeast Utilities Northeast Utilities. 20020782 FPL Group, Inc. UIL Holdings Corporation UIL Holdings Corporation. 20020783 FPL Group, Inc. The National Grid Group PLC The National Grid Group PLC. 20020875 Pliva d.d. Sobel N.V. Sobel Holdings Inc. 20020919 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co Atlantic Equity Partners International, II, L.P BPC Holdings Corporation. 20020921 Public Service Enterprise Group Inc Wisconsin Energy Corp Wisvest-Connecticut, LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/17/2002 20020943 Intuit, Inc. Eclipse, Inc. Eclipse, Inc. 20020953 The News Corporation Limited The News Corporation Limited Affiliated Regional Communications, Ltd. ARC Holding, Ltd. Fox Sports Net National Network Holdings, LLC. Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain LLC Liberty/Fox ARC, L.P. Prime Network LLC 20020959 MDCP IV Global Investments LP Jefferson Smurfit Group plc Jefferson Smurfit Group plc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/18/2002 20020951 State Street Corporation James Kelly International Fund Services (N.A.), L.L.C.
Investment Management Services, Inc. Transactions Granted Early Termination—07/19/2002 20020935 Daniel Gilbert Intuit Inc. Quicken Loans, Inc. Title Source, Inc. 20020954 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc AT&T Wireless Services, Inc Boise City Cellular Partnership. 20020955 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc AT&T Wireless Services, Inc Greeley Cellular Telephone Company. 20020957 EPCOR Utilities, Inc. Duke Energy Corporation Frederickson Power L.P. Frederickson Power Management, Inc. 20020963 Francisco Partners, L.P Agere Systems Inc Agere Systems Inc. 20020964 The Katz Trust Phar-Mor, Inc.
Phar-Mor, Inc. 20020969 First Data Corporation BP p.l.c. PayPoint Electronic Payment Systems, Inc. 20020973 Elkem ASA Sapa AB Sapa AB. 20020980 Kelso Investment Associates VI, L.P Nortek Holding, Inc Nortek Holding, Inc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 20580. (202 326-3100. By Direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 02-20336 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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