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Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules 

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identifier: "/us/fr/02-21972"
source: "fr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "02-21972"
section_name: "Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules"
positive_law: false
currency: "2002-08-28"
last_updated: "2002-08-28"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Federal Trade Commission"
document_number: "02-21972"
document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2002-08-28"
agencies:
  - "Federal Trade Commission"
fr_citation: "67 FR 55256"
fr_volume: 67
---

#  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 by 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020924 | Centrica plc | American Electric Power Company, Inc | Mutual Energy CPL L.P. |
| 20020967 | Liberty Media Corporation | Wink Communications, Inc | Wink Communications, Inc. |
| 20020977 | Weston Presidio Capital IV, L.P | HWH Capital Partners, L.P | NBC Acquisition Corp. |
| 20020983 | Brera Capital Partners Limited Partnership | Arias Acquisitions, Inc | Arias Acquisitions, Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020962 | Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited | New Zealand Dairy Board | New Zealand Dairy Board. |
| 20020979 | Newfield Exploration Company | EEX Corporation | EEX Corporation. |
| 20020981 | C-COR.Net Corp | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V | Philips Broadband Network, Inc. |
| 20020988 | Cargill, Incorporated | Alliant Energy Corporation | Cargill-Alliant, LLC. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020978 | SunGard Data Systems Inc | BRUT LLC | BRUT LLC. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020917 | Sandvik AB | Milacron Inc. | Valenite Inc. |
| 20020958 | Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, L.P. (WCAS IX) | Amdocs Limited | Amdocs Limited. |
| 20020990 | First Data Corporation | Wachovia Corporation | Wachovia Merchant Service, L.L.C. |
| 20020991 | Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P | Newfield Exploration Company | Newfield Exploration Company. |
| 20020992 | Gary L. and Mary E. West | James F. Richards | Attention LLC. |
| 20020994 | Midland Financial Co | National Australia Bank Limited | HomeSide Lending, Inc. |
| 20020998 | FKA Distributing Co | Bank One Corporation | Maquiladora TCA De Juarez, SA. DE C.V. |
| 20021001 | Permira Europe II L.P.2 | Ferretti S.p.A | Ferretti S.p.A. |
| 20021005 | Equifax Inc | Naviant, Inc | Naviant, Inc |
| 20021006 | Professor Kurt Jenny | IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation | IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation. |
| 20021009 | Citigroup Inc | Antonius M. Kies | ERICO Holding Company. |
| 20021011 | Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, L.P | Vestcom International, Inc | Vestcom International, Inc. |
| 20021012 | Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc | Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc | Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020975 | Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch | Mr. Fred Eychaner | Newsweb Corporation |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020938 | Constellation Energy Group, Inc | The AES Corporation | AES NewEnergy, Inc. |
| 20020941 | Goodrich Corporation | TRW Inc | TRW Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020989 | Equifax Inc | CBC Companies, Inc | CBC Companies, Inc. |
| 20021002 | Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet TORM | Dampskibsselskabet “Norden” A/S | Dampskibsselskabet “Norden” A/S. |
| 20021004 | Microchip Technology Incorporated | Fujitsu Limited | Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc. |
| 20021013 | Ripplewood Partners II, L.P | Leslie Jan Leff | AccuCorp Inc. |
| 20021014 | Ripplewood Partners II, L.P | Ronnie H. Leff | AccuCorp Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020756 | Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc | HNC Software Inc | HNC Software Inc. |
|  |  |  |  |
| 20020944 | George J. Petersen | William H. Geiger and Lee Anne F. Geiger | Aegis Research Corporation. |
| 20020985 | Unit Corporation | KFOC Charitable Income Trust B | CREC Rig Acquisition Company. |
| 20020986 | KFOC Charitable Income Trust B | Unit Corporation | Unit Corporation. |

**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.