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To: Brasco One who wrote (1724)	8/7/2000 6:56:00 PM
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Early Antitrust Clearances Approved By FTC Monday, August 7, 2000 03:35 PM quicken.excite.com WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The following is a list of companies or persons that the Federal Trade Commission has cleared of antitrust concerns in connection with the proposed purchase of assets or common stock: (Source - Federal Filings Business News) Name of acquiring Name of entity with person or company assets or stock acquired CELGENE CORP. Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc Crosspoint Venture COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC. Partners 1997, L.P. Crosspoint Venture COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC. Partners L.S. 1999 L.P. IRISH DAIRY BOARD CO- Eurobest Foods Corporation OPERATIVE LTD. NESTLE S.A. BAYER AG SUEZ LYONNAISE DES EAUX Cabot LNG Business Trust S.A. DATATEC LTD. CAA TECHNOGIES, INC. Andrew J. McKelvey ACS Technology Solutions, Inc. APAX EXCELSIOR VI, LP Life Time Fitness, Inc. ING GROEP N.V. RELIASTAR FINANCIAL CORP. DIGITAL ISLAND INC. SoftAware, Inc Proha PLC Arternis Acquisition Corp WELLPOINT HEALTH CARULEAN COMPANIES INC. NETWORKS INC. Ronald E. Huber Huber Chevrolet Co., Inc Cecil Van Tuyl Van-Huber, Inc., Courtesy Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc MTD PRODUCTS INC. A.G. Simpson AVNET INC. SpinCircuit Inc. CLARK/BARDES HOLDINGS COMPENSATION RESOURCE GROUP, INC. INC. IDT CORP. ADIR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Aurora Equity Partners II SPM Holdings Ltd.; Precision L.P. Engineering Co. WILMAR INDUSTRIES INC. BARNETT INC. ENRON CORP. MEDIA GENERAL INC. TELEFONICA S.A. LYCOS INC. AXA Focus Technologies, Inc Three Cities Fund III BUSINESS RESOURCE GROUP L.P. WPP GROUP PLC ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. The above companies or persons were granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The termination date is 08/04/2000. The FTC provides no further information on these transactions. The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act generally requires investors to notify the Federal Trade Commission if they intend to acquire a minimum of 15% of a company's outstanding shares, or, stock or assets valued at a minimum of $15 million. The statute is designed to enable the FTC to review proposed mergers and acquisitions for possible violations of the antitrust laws. The FTC frequently grants "early termination" of the waiting period required by law.