# Granting of Requests 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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| 20020295 | Solvay S.A | Italenergia S.p.A. | Agora, S.p.A. |
| 20020618 | Cintas Corporation | Elifin S.A | Omni Services, Inc. |
| 20020655 | Sun Capital Partners II, LP | Rexam PLC | Rexam PLC |
| 20020669 | NKK Corporation | Kawasaki Steel Corporation | Kawasaki Steel Corporation |
| 20020670 | Kawasaki Steel Corporation | NKK Corporation | NKK Corporation |
| 20020673 | Lincare Inc | Allina Health Systems, Inc | Allina Health Systems, Inc. |
| 20020679 | General Electric Company | Questron Technology, Inc | Questron Technology, Inc. |
| 20020680 | Catholic Health East | Eastern Mercy Health System | Eastern Mercy Health System |
| 20020685 | The Procter & Gamble Company | GMP Companies, Inc | GMP Companies, Inc. |
| 20020695 | Questor Partners Fund II, L.P | Zenith Industrial Corporation (debtor-in-possession) | Zenith Industrial Corporation (debtor-in-possession) |
| 20020696 | Questor Partners Fund II, L.P | Aetna Industrial Corporation (debtor-in-possession) | Aetna Industrial Corporation (debtor-in-possession) |
| | | | |
| 20020676 | UBS AG | Danny L. Darby | Collegiate Funding Services, L.L.C. |
| 20020677 | UBS AG | Gary W. Frazier | Collegiate Funding Services, L.L.C. |
| 20020682 | Fleming Companies, Inc | Albertson's Inc | Albertson's Inc. |
| | | | |
| 20020663 | The Savage Companies | McMoRan Exploration Co | Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur LLC |
| 20020666 | Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch | Meredith Corporation | Meredith Corporation |
| 20020667 | Meredith Corporation | Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch | Fox Television Stations, Inc. |
| 20020671 | Designs, Inc | Casual Male Corp | Casual Male Corp. |
| 20020672 | IMC Global Inc | McMoRan Exploration Co | Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur LLC |
| 20020678 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | Liqui-Box Corporation | Liqui-Box Corporation |
| 20020681 | GTCR Fund VII, L.P. | Herbert Simon | MerchantWired, LLC |
| 20020683 | ALLTEL Corporation | CenturyTel, Inc. | Century TelWireless, Inc. |
| 20020691 | SuperValu Inc | Deals—Nothing Over a Dollar, LLC | Deals—Nothing Over a Dollar, LLC |
| 20020646 | Creative Technology Ltd | 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd | 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd. |
| 20020709 | DAKO Cytomation A/S | Cytomation Inc. | Cytomation Inc. |
| | | | |
| 20020674 | CIBER, Inc | John A. Krasula | Decision Consultants, Inc. |
| 20020690 | Corinthian Colleges, Inc | Allied Capital Corporation | Wyo-Tech Acquisition Corp. |
| 20020703 | Linsalata Capital Partners Fund IV, L.P. | Eagle & Taylor Company | Eagle & Taylor Company |
| 20020711 | Italenergia S.p.A | Italenergia S.p.A | CanAmera Foods |
| 20020715 | Russell V. Umphenour, Jr | RTM Restaurant Group, Inc | RTM Restaurant Group, Inc. |
| 20020716 | RTM Inc | RTM Holding Company Inc | RTM Holding Company Inc. |
| 20020717 | RTM Holding Company Inc | RTM Inc | RTM Inc. |
| | | | |
| 20020689 | NDCHealth Corporation | TechRx Incorporated | TechRx Incorporated |
| 20020692 | TA/Advent VIII, L.P | Ameritrade Holding Corporation | Ameritrade Holding Corporation |
| 20020693 | TA IX L.P | Ameritrade Holding Corporation | Ameritrade Holding Corporation |
| 20020700 | Bain Capital VII Coinvestment Fund | Ameritrade Holding Corporation | Ameritrade Holding Corporation |
| 20020701 | Silver Lake Partners, L.P | Ameritrade Holding Corporation | Ameritrade Holding Corporation |
| 20020708 | CRH plc | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. |
| 20020714 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co | AMR Corporation | AMR Corporation |
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| 20020686 | Sun Capital Partners II, LP | BMK (debtor-in-possession) | BMK, Inc. |
| 20020712 | Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P | Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P | Newco Holding Company |
| 20020722 | Fleming Companies, Inc | Jupiter Partners, L.P | Core-Mark International, Inc. |
| 20020725 | Santemedia Group Holding S.a.r.l | Vivendi Universal, S.A | MediMedia USA, Inc. |
| 20020726 | Tradescape Corp | E*Trade Group, Inc | E*Trade Group, Inc. |
| 20020732 | Whitney V, L.P | Mark Hughes Family Trust | Herbalife International, Inc. |
| 20020739 | Goense Bounds & Partners A, L.P. | Zinna Family Trust | L&S Plumbing Partnership, Ltd. |
| 20020742 | Cortec Group Fund III, L.P | American Securities Partners II, L.P. | DRL Holdings, Inc. |
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Sandra M. Peay, or Chandra L. Kennedy, 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.