# 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 20011905 | Hanover Compressor Company | Schlumberger Limited | Production Operators Corporation |
| 20011906 | Schlumberger Limited | Hanover Compressor Company | Hanover Compressor Company |
| 20012136 | J.W. Childs Equity Partners II, L.P | InSight Health Services Corp | InSight Health Services Corp. |
| 20012141 | Roland Duchatelet | LSI Logic Corporation | X-Fab LLC |
| 20012152 | J.W. Childs Equity Partners II, L.P | InSight Health Services Holdings Corp | InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. |
| 20012155 | General Electric Company | SAFECO Corporation | SAFECO Credit Company, Inc. |
| | | | |
| 20012116 | H.J. Heinz Company | Fenway Partners Capital Fund, L.P. | Delimex Holdings, Inc. |
| 20012121 | CRH plc | W.R. Bonsal Company | W.R. Bonsal Company |
| 20012138 | Tyco International Ltd | Edison International | Edison Select |
| | | | |
| 20012071 | DENTSPLY International Inc | E.ON AG | Degussa Dental GmbH & Co. KG |
| 20012145 | Nestle' S.A | Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc | Dryer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. |
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| 20012095 | Werner Enterprises | Transplace, Inc | Transplace, Inc. |
| 20012097 | Swift Transportation Co., Inc | Transplace, Inc | Transplace, Inc. |
| 20012098 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services | Transplace, Inc | Transplace, Inc. |
| 20012113 | Cinergy Corp | Duke Energy Corporation | Cadiz Project Company |
| 20012118 | Duke Energy Corporation | Cinergy Corp | Duke Energy Vermillion, LLC |
| 20012126 | Kmart Corporation | Kmart Corporation | BlueLight.com LLC |
| 20012130 | Land O' Lakes, Inc | Purina Mills, Inc | Purina Mills, Inc. |
| 20012146 | B.N. Bahadur | Jay Alix | Peregrine Incorporated |
| 20012149 | Allied Capital Corporation | SunSource Inc | SunSource Inc. |
| 20012169 | Sun Life Financial Services of Canada Inc | Liberty Mutual Insurance Company | Independent Financial Marketing Group |
| 20012173 | Berkshire Fund V, Limited Partnership | Carter Holdings, Inc | Carter Holdings, Inc. |
| 20012181 | SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen Produckte in der | Commerce One, Inc | Commerce One, Inc. |
| 20012183 | Omnicom Group Inc | Marketing Services Group, Inc | Grizzard Communications Group, Inc. |
| 20012184 | Barry Diller | National Leisure Group, Inc | National Leisure Group, Inc. |
| 20012185 | Amerada Hess Corporation | Triton Energy Limited | Triton Energy Limited |
| 20012187 | Dean Vanech | Dean Vanech | Salmon Energy, LLC |
| 20012188 | Education Management Corporation | Michael C. Markovitz, Ph.D | Argosy Education Group, Inc. |
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| 20011563 | W. Galen Weston | Unilever N.V | Bestfoods Baking Co., Inc., Thomas Trademark Holding BV |
| 20012106 | Novartis AG | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited | Dr. Reddy's Laboratorires Limited |
| 20012142 | PRIMEDIA Inc | Emap plc | Emap, Inc. |
| 20012179 | Penauille Polyservices, S.A | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | GlobeGround GmbH |
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| 20012144 | Duke Energy Corporation | Enron Corp | New Albany Power I, L.L.C. |
| 20012150 | Technip | Coflexip, S.A | Coflexip, S.A. |
| 20012176 | XCare.net, Inc | Healthcare.com Corporation | Healthcare.com Corporation |
| 20012186 | Conectiv | Chris D. Galligan, a natural person | Haymoor, LLC |
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| 20012143 | Barrick Gold Corporation | Homestake Mining Company | Homestake Mining Company |
| 20012170 | Sanmina Corporation | Alcatel | Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P. |
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| 20012166 | Florida Rock Industries, Inc | Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund IV, L.P | Bama Crushed Corporation |
| 20012167 | Cargill Incorporated | Emmpak Foods, Inc | Emmpak Foods, Inc. |
| 20012192 | Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc | Zaffire, Inc | Zaffire, Inc. |
| 20012193 | G. Drew Conway | Renaissance Worldwide, Inc | Renaissance Worldwide, Inc. |
| 20012196 | CAE Inc | Schreiner Luchtvaart Groep B.V | Schreiner Aviation Training B.V. |
| 20012202 | aaiPharma Inc | AstraZeneca plc | AstraZeneca plc |
| 20012217 | William B. Turner | Synovus Financial Corp | Synovus Financial Corp. |
**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, (202) 326-3100.
By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.