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To: Bosco who wrote (9196)	1/8/2001 5:37:29 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 14638

Dow Jones Newswires -- January 8, 2001 Dow Jones Newswires Early Antitrust Clearances Approved By FTC Dow Jones Newswires WASHINGTON -- 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 ANTEC CORP. Arris Interactive LLC NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. Newco XCEL ENERGY INC. Grantie Power Partners II L.P. LS Power Management Mr. Lloyd Dorfman Thomas Cook Inc. ASYST TECHNOLOGIES INC. Advanced Machine Programming Inc. MORGAN STANLEY DEAN AMR CORP. WITTER & CO. SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS MICROAGE INC. INC. Artal Group S.A. Weighco Enterprise Inc. PROFESSIONALS GROUP INC. MEDICAL ASSURANCE INC. MEDICAL ASSURANCE INC. PROFESSIONALS GROUP INC. A. Derrill Crowe M.D. ProAssurance Corp. Andrew McKelvey ADEPT Inc. The above companies or persons were granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The termination date is 01/05/20001. 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.