[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 6839-6841] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-3930] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 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. Sec. 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. Transactions Granted Early Termination Between: 012996 and 020996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name of acquiring person, name of Date acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emmpak Foods, Inc., Wisconsin Packing Co., Inc., Wisconsin Packing Co., Inc.. 96-0749 01/29/96 Acadia Partners, L.P., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., LW-SSP2, L.P............ 96-0763 01/29/96 The Trident Partnership, L.P., Odyssey Partners, L.P., Sen-Tech International Holdings, Inc.......................... 96-0782 01/29/96 Weyerhaeuser Company, The Mead Corporation, Mead Coated Board, Inc.... 96-0784 01/29/96 Weyerhaeuser Company, Fosterlane Holdings Corporation, Evergreen Timberlands Corporation................ 96-0785 01/29/96 [[Page 6840]] Mr. Richard A. Benedek, Mr. William S. Morris III, Stauffer Communications, Inc.................................... 96-0787 01/29/96 Team Rental Group, Inc., Chrysler Corporation, Van Pool Services, Inc.... 96-0818 01/29/96 Bessemer Securities Corporation, Dan S. Sandel, Devon Industries, Inc.......... 96-0821 01/29/96 Mr. A. Richard Benedek, Mr. Paul Brissette, Jr., Brissette Broadcasting Corporation............................ 96-0835 01/29/96 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Rykoff- Sexton, Inc., Rykoff-Sexton, Inc....... 96-0850 01/29/96 Merrill Lynch Capital Appr. Partnership No. B-XVIII, LP, Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., Rykoff-Sexton, Inc..................... 96-0851 01/29/96 Merrill Lynch Capital Appr. Partnership No. XIII, L.P., Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., Rykoff-Sexton, Inc..................... 96-0852 01/29/96 Lincoln National Corporation, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Christopher Budden, Carla Giannini and David Hodes as T................................... 96-0853 01/29/96 American Family Restaurants, Inc., Jack M. Lloyd, Denwest Restaurant Corporation............................ 96-0855 01/29/96 Jack M. Lloyd, American Family Restaurants, Inc., American Family Restaurants, Inc....................... 96-0856 01/29/96 Regency Health Services, Inc., Liberty- LHC Corp., Liberty Healthcare Limited Partnership............................ 96-0878 01/29/96 Healthsource, Inc., Central Massachusetts Health Care, Inc., Central Massachusetts Health Care, Inc. 96-0768 01/30/96 Han-Ching Lin and Hui-Ying Chou, Travelers Group Inc., Hotel Pleasanton Limited, L.P........................... 96-0822 01/30/96 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Zapata Corporation, Cimarron Gas Holding Company........................ 96-0833 01/30/96 Wallace Computer Services, Inc., Forms Engineering Company, Forms Engineering Company................................ 96-0885 01/30/96 The Sherwin-Williams Company, Imperial Chemicals Industries PLC, Grow Group, Inc. and Cello Corp.................... 96-0844 01/31/96 MBNA Corporation, Keystone Financial, Inc., Mid-State Bank and Trust Company. 96-0899 02/01/96 The Multicare Companies, Inc., Concord Health Group, Inc., Concord Health Group, Inc............................. 96-0907 02/01/96 Renal Treatment Center, Inc., Dudley S.J. Seto, Intercontinental Medical Services, Inc.......................... 96-0766 02/02/96 Linde AG, Praxair, Inc., Praxair Technology, Inc........................ 96-0771 02/02/96 Toshiba Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Virginia LLC Holding, Inc....................... 96-0802 02/02/96 National Life Insurance Company, Vereinigte Haftpflicht Vericherung, V.a.G. (Swiss corp), Hannover Holdings, Inc. and LSW Holding Corporation....... 96-0816 02/02/96 National Life Insurance Company, Swiss Reinsurance Company, Hannover Holdings, Inc. and LSW Holding Corporation....... 96-0817 02/02/96 General Parts, Inc., Daniel C. Sussen, Sussen, Incorporated................... 96-0846 02/02/96 Ford Motor Company, Dover Corporation, Dover Industries Acceptance, Inc....... 96-0854 02/02/96 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII, L.P., Newco (JV), Newco (JV)........... 96-0863 02/02/96 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII, L.P., LeBonheur Health Systems, Inc., Southern Health Systems, Inc........... 96-0864 02/02/96 Alco Standard Corporation, Wilheit Family Properties, L.P., Tom Wilheit Packaging Materials Company............ 96-0865 02/02/96 Mayo Foundation, Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital of Mankato, Inc., Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital...................... 96-0876 02/02/96 Blue Cross of California, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., MassMutual Holding Company Two, Inc............... 96-0879 02/02/96 Mr. Joe Lewis Allbritton, Federal Enterprises, Inc., Federal Broadcasting Company................................ 96-0880 02/02/96 Corporate Express, Inc., U.S. Delivery Systems, Inc., U.S. Delivery Systems, Inc.................................... 96-0905 02/02/96 Robert B. Rowling, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, Omni Hotels Corporation....... 96-0913 02/02/96 The Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund II, L.P., Chevron Corporation, Chevron Corporation............................ 96-0926 02/02/96 Gibraltar Steel Corporation, Carolina Commercial Heat Treating, Inc., Carolina Commercial Heat Treating, Inc. 96-0935 02/02/96 General Electric Company, Access America Telemanagement, Inc., Access America Telemanagement, Inc.................... 96-0751 02/05/96 Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth, Franciscan Services Corporation, Holy Cross Health Services of Michigan, Inc. 96-0805 02/05/96 H.J. Heinz Company, Earth's Best, Inc., Earth's Best, Inc...................... 96-0894 02/05/96 CAI Wireless Systems, Inc., Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc., Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc. 96-0900 02/05/96 Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc., CAI Wireless Systems, Inc., CS Wireless Systems, Inc........................... 96-0901 02/05/96 J. Dix Druce, Jr., GAN Societe Central de Group des Assurance Nationales, Hawkeye National Life Insurance Company 96-0925 02/05/96 U.S. Trust Company of California N.A.-- trustee of AECOM, TCB Inc., TCB Inc.... 96-0929 02/05/96 ChiRex Inc., Sepracor Inc., SepraChem Inc.................................... 96-0938 02/05/96 Sepracor Inc., ChiRex Inc., ChiRex Inc.. 96-0939 02/05/96 Thomas O. Hicks, Norman N. Green, Dallas Hockey Club, Inc....................... 96-0959 02/05/96 Bessemer Securities Corporation, Kelley Oil & Gas Corporation, Kelley Oil & Gas Corporation............................ 96-0912 02/06/96 First Union Corporation, Mary L.G. Theroux, Interail, Inc................. 96-0937 02/06/96 Amgen Inc., NPS Pharmaceuticals, NPS Pharmaceuticals........................ 96-0794 02/07/96 Shaw Industries, Inc., Ulrich E. Meyer, Carpetland USA, Inc.................... 96-0869 02/07/96 Deere & Company, InterAg Technologies, Inc., InterAg Technologies, Inc........ 96-0883 02/07/96 Western Wireless Corporation, GTE Corporation, GTE Mobilnet Incorporated. 96-0886 02/07/96 Estate of Albert Reimann, Maybelline, Inc., Maybelline, Inc.................. 96-0909 02/07/96 Merrill Lynch Capital Appreciation Company Limited II, Rykoff-Sexton, Rykoff-Sexton.......................... 96-0911 02/07/96 International Business Machines Corporation, Digital Domain, Inc., Digital Domain, Inc.................... 96-0914 02/07/96 Cox Enterprises, Inc., Digital Domain, Inc., Digital Domain, Inc.............. 96-0919 02/07/96 CSM nv, Philip and Mariette Orth, Ph. Orth Co................................ 96-0928 02/07/96 Illinois Tool Works Inc., Medalist Industries, Inc., Medalist Industries, Inc.................................... 96-0930 02/07/96 Loyal Trust No. 1, Meridian Industrial Trust, Inc., Meridian Industrial Trust, Inc.................................... 96-0945 02/07/96 The Warnaco Group, Inc., Cygne Designs, Inc., Cygne Designs, Inc............... 96-0957 02/07/96 General Electric Company, EMLICO Joint Provisional Liquidators (Bermuda), Electric Insurance Company............. 96-0918 02/08/96 SmithKline Beecham plc, Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Human Genome Sciences, Inc.................................... 96-0922 02/08/96 Rifkin Acquisition Partners, L.L.L.P., Mid-Tennessee CATV, L.P., Mid-Tennessee Cable Limited Partnership.............. 96-0924 02/08/96 Arch Communications Group, Inc., Merrill Lynch Capital Appreciation Part. No. B- XXIV, LP, Westlink Holdings, Inc....... 96-0951 02/08/96 General Motors Corporation, Litton Industries, Inc., Litton Systems, Inc.. 96-0226 02/09/96 [[Page 6841]] Praxair, Inc., The Shumway Estate, General Welding Supply Co., Inc........ 96-0841 02/09/96 David C. Arch, Bayer AG, Bayer Corporation............................ 96-0884 02/09/96 Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corporation, Pacific Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inc., Pacific Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inc................. 96-0890 02/09/96 Dover Corporation, The 162 Trust, Hill Samuel Trust Company, Ltd., Trustee, Robohand, Inc.......................... 96-0891 02/09/96 Dover Corporation, Mr. Alexandru Ionescu, Robohand, Inc................. 96-0892 02/09/96 CENEX, Inc., MAPCO Inc., Thermogas Company................................ 96-0904 02/09/96 Bruce G. Robert, Volker Dolch, Dolch American Instruments, Inc.............. 96-0921 02/09/96 The Bank of New York Company, Inc., PNC Bank Corp., Midlantic Commercial Co.... 96-0941 02/09/96 ECCO S.A. (a French company) BCE Inc. (a Canadian company), BCE Commcor Management, Inc........................ 96-0942 02/09/96 Ameritech Pension Trust, Meridian Industrial Trust, Inc., Meridian Industrial Trust, Inc.................. 96-0943 02/09/96 Wendy's International, Inc., Imasco Limited, MRO Mid-Atlantic Corporation and MRO Northeast, Incorpo............. 96-0946 02/09/96 Danaher Corporation, KTM Holdings, Inc., Ketema, Inc............................ 96-0954 02/09/96 Tiger Real Estate Fund, L.P., Martin V. Smith, Smith Family Trust.............. 96-0955 02/09/96 Sybron International Corporation, The Naugatuck Glass Company, The Naugatuck Glass Company.......................... 96-0956 02/09/96 Century Communications Corp., ML Media Partners, L.P., ML Media Partners, L.P. 96-0963 02/09/96 Pasadena Hospital Assoc., Ltd., dba Huntington Mem. Hos, Montebello Community Health Services, Inc., Montebello Community Health Services, Inc.................................... 96-0964 02/09/96 Snyder Oil Corporation, Gerrity Oil and Gas Corporation, Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation............................ 96-0965 02/09/96 Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange, Citicorp, FG Insurance Corporation and FG Casualty Company.... 96-0969 02/09/96 Wolseley plc, John M. Denlinger, Denlinger, Inc......................... 96-0970 02/09/96 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, L.P., New River Holding, Inc., New River Holding, Inc........................... 96-0976 02/09/96 Detection Systems, Inc., Expamet International PLC (a British company), Radionics, Inc......................... 96-0979 02/09/96 EXOR Group S.A., New River Holdings, Inc., New River Holdings, Inc.......... 96-0984 02/09/96 The 1818 Fund II, L.P., New River Holding, Inc., New River Holding, Inc.. 96-0985 02/09/96 Philip S. Niarchos, RCPI Holdings Inc. (a Newco), RCPI Holdings Inc........... 96-0990 02/09/96 Spyros S. Niarchos, RCPI Holdings Inc. (a Newco), RCPI Holdings Inc........... 96-0991 02/09/96 First Union Corporation, Gerald L. Kilcoyne, Northbrook Rail Corporation.. 96-0997 02/09/96 Ronald M. Cameron, Piedmont Poultry Company, Inc., Piedmont Poultry Company 96-0999 02/09/96 AMP Incorporated, Robert M. Bretholtz, Madison Cable Corp. and assets of Jared Associates............................. 96-1002 02/09/96 AMP Incorporated, Harold N. Cotton, Madison Cable Corp. and assets of Jared Associates............................. 96-1003 02/09/96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Horton, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 3100. By Direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-3930 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M