[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 6250-6252] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-3338] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 [[Page 6251]] 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: 122396 and 123196 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name of acquiring person; name of Date acquired person; name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RailTex, Inc., Canadian National Railway Company, Grand Trunk Western Railway, Inc.................................... 97-0595 12/23/96 The Seagram Company Ltd., Gannett Co., Inc., Multimedia, Inc, Multimedia Entertainment, Inc..................... 97-0601 12/23/96 IMCO Recycling, Inc., James T. Skoch, Rock Creek Aluminum, Inc............... 97-0607 12/23/96 The Trover Clinic Foundation, Incorporated, Trover Clinic, P.S.C., Trover Clinic, P.S.C................... 97-0627 12/23/96 Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P., Times Mirror Company, CRC Press, Inc......... 97-0667 12/23/96 Regency Health Services, Inc., Horizon/ CMS Healthcare Corporation, San Diego Health Associates Limited Partnership.. 97-0690 12/23/96 Lynch Corporation, Leslie G. Matthews and Cecile C. Matthews, Upper Peninsula Telephone Company...................... 97-0696 12/23/96 Thomas and Mary LaPorte, IMC Mortgage Company, IMC Mortgage Company.......... 97-0698 12/23/96 Shaw Industries, Inc., Gary R. Schwartz, Carpet Exchange Denver, Inc., G.S. Investment Co., Inc.................... 97-0701 12/23/96 Shaw Industries, Michael J. Goldfarb, G.S. Investment Company, Inc., Carpet Exchange Denver........................ 97-0703 12/23/96 Hughes Supply, Inc., Brent W. Scheps, Sunbelt Supply Co...................... 97-0709 12/23/96 Hughes Supply, Inc., Larry A. Feld, Sunbelt Supply Co...................... 97-0710 12/23/96 W.C. Bradley Co., Nippon Sanso Corporation (a Japanese company), The Thermos Company........................ 97-0721 12/23/96 Norrell Corporation, Michael C. Mullins, Comtex Information Systems, Inc./Comtex Systems, Inc........................... 97-0723 12/23/96 AB Volvo, General Electric Company, Volvo Car Finance, Inc................. 97-0729 12/23/96 Aon Corporation, Alexander & Alexander Services Inc., Alexander & Alexander Services Inc........................... 97-0730 12/23/96 Aon Corporation, Alexander & Alexander Services Inc., Alexander & Alexander Services Inc........................... 97-0731 12/23/96 Bagel Store Development Funding, L.L.C., Boston Chicken, Inc., Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp............................. 97-0733 12/23/96 Holiday Companies, Burger Bros., Inc., Burger Bros., Inc...................... 97-0734 12/23/96 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, The New Cherokee Corporation Employee Stock Ownership, The New Cherokee Corporation 97-0735 12/23/96 Olin Corporation, E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company, Niachlor...................... 97-0737 12/23/96 Hicking Pentecost PLC, Noel Group, Inc., Belding Heminway Co., Inc. et al....... 97-0739 12/23/96 Michael A. Ashcroft, ISS International Service System A/S, a Danish company, ISS International Service System, Inc.. 97-0741 12/23/96 Patrick M. Egan, Republic Industries, Inc., Republic Industries, Inc......... 97-0748 12/23/96 Republic Industries, Inc., Patrick M. Egan, Lanscaster Alarm Co., Inc........ 97-0749 12/23/96 Central Parking Corporation, Square Industries, Inc., Square Industries, Inc.................................... 97-0751 12/23/96 Masayoshi Son, UTStarcom, Inc., UTStarcom, Inc......................... 97-0759 12/23/96 Moorman Manufacturing Company, Wruble Elevator, Inc., Wruble Elevator, Inc... 97-0760 12/23/96 PacifiCorp, Mr. Steve Gerlicher, OrCom Systems, Inc........................... 97-0761 12/23/96 KN Energy, Inc., Mr. Steve Gerlicher, OrCom Systems, Inc..................... 97-0762 12/23/96 Viag AG, Johnson Controls, Inc., Hoover Universal, Inc. and Apple Container Corporation............................ 97-0766 12/23/96 Olin Corporation, Olin Corporation, Niachlor............................... 97-0776 12/23/96 Belden, Inc., Philip R. Cowen, Alpha Wire Corporation, Alpha Wire Division.. 97-0781 12/23/96 K-III Communications Corporation, Gareth Stevens, Inc., Gareth Stevens, Inc..... 97-0782 12/23/96 John Rutledge Partners II, L.P., H&C Purchase Corporation, H&C Purchase Corporation............................ 97-0724 12/24/96 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Rodgers Wade Manufacturing Company, Rodgers Wade Manufacturing Company............. 97-0674 12/26/96 C. Dean Metropoulos, Dr. Arend Oetker (a German national), Best Brands, Inc. and subsidiaries........................... 97-0687 12/26/96 Biogen, Inc., Creative BioMolecules, Inc., Creative BioMolecules, Inc....... 97-0706 12/26/96 Bell Atlantic Corporation, Sunrise Trust, North Carolina 4 Cellular LP.... 97-0736 12/26/96 Reynolds & Reynolds Company, American Business Products, Inc., Vanier Graphics Corporation................... 97-0589 12/27/96 FPA Medical Management, Inc., AHI Healthcare Systems, Inc., AHI Healthcare Systems, Inc................ 97-0623 12/27/96 Union Bank of Switzerland, Daganeve Foundation, Tetra Laval Convenience Food Inc., Formax, Inc., Cashin........ 97-0652 12/27/96 Komatsu Ltd., Emil Evasovic, Pioneer Equipment Company of Nevada............ 97-0655 12/27/96 Christopher Goldsbury, Jr., HOB Entertainment, Inc., HOB Entertainment, Inc.................................... 97-0657 12/27/96 Intermatic Incorporated, Samuel W. Friedman Charitable Trust dated Nov. 15, 1996, M. Stephens Mfg., Inc........ 97-0663 12/27/96 John C. Malone, Telecommunications, Inc., TCI Satellite Entertainment, Inc. 97-0666 12/27/96 Estate of Bob Magness, Tele- Communications, Inc., TCI Satellite Entertainment, Inc..................... 97-0713 12/27/96 The Williams Companies, Inc., Sumner M. Redstone, Viacom MGS Services Inc...... 97-0725 12/27/96 Aurora Equity Partners L.P., John Frederick Fulton, Huntington Pennysaver, Inc........................ 97-0738 12/27/96 Aurora Equity Partners L.P., Ralph Whittier Fulton, Huntington Pennysaver, Inc.................................... 97-0747 12/27/96 Fiat S.p.A., Ford Motor Company, Ford New Holland Credit Company............. 97-0774 12/27/96 Cox Enterprises, Inc., Cox Enterprises, Inc., Cox Communications, Inc.......... 97-0631 12/29/96 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Skydata, Inc., Skydata, Inc..................... 97-0656 12/30/96 Winton M. Blount, Edward L. Benson, Frederick Manufacturing Corporation and Orbex, Inc............................. 97-0680 12/30/96 MBNA Corporation, AMCORE Financial, Inc., AMCORE Financial Inc............. 97-0811 12/30/96 Monsieur Francois Pinault, Rexel Inc., Rexel Inc.............................. 97-0599 12/31/96 Enron Corp, Zond Corporation, Zond Corporation............................ 97-0662 12/31/96 R. Quintus Anderson, Oneida Ltd., Camden Wire Company........................... 97-0740 12/31/96 CSS Industries, Inc., Andrew Ogren, Color-Clings, Inc...................... 97-0754 12/31/96 Clark USA, Inc., Silcorp Limited, a Canadian company, Hop-in Michigan, Inc., Gal Corp., Monroe Oil Co. & Wahl. 97-0755 12/31/96 O.T. Fulghum, Jr., James River Corporation of Virginia, James River Corporation of Virginia................ 97-0771 12/31/96 Independence Blue Cross, Highmark Inc., Highmark Inc........................... 97-0777 12/31/96 [[Page 6252]] Colorstrip, Inc., Marshall I. Wais, Pinole Point Steel Company............. 97-0779 12/31/96 K-III Communications Corporation, Clyde Packer, WEP, Inc....................... 97-0785 12/31/96 Greenwhich Street Capital Partners, L.P., Mark IV Industries, Inc., Gulton Industries, Inc........................ 97-0789 12/31/96 Accor S.A. (a French company), Newco, Newco.................................. 97-0795 12/31/96 Watsco, Inc., United Technologies Corporation, Carrier Corporation....... 97-0797 12/31/96 Cinram Ltd., Quixote Corporation, Disc Manufacturing, Inc..................... 97-0800 12/31/96 First Data Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Eastman Kodak Company......... 97-0802 12/31/96 Health Systems International, Inc., FOHP, Inc., FOHP, Inc.................. 97-0803 12/31/96 Ghaznavi Family Trust, Vitro, Sociedad Anonima, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, debtor-in-possession...... 97-0806 12/31/96 Owens-Illinois, Inc., Vitro, Sociedad Anonima, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, debtor-in-possession...... 97-0807 12/31/96 Newbridge Networks Corporation, Tandem Computers Incorporated, Ungermann-Bass Networks, Incorporated................. 97-0808 12/31/96 Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII, L.P., Steven and Bonnie Knier, American Research Group, Inc.................... 97-0812 12/31/96 Litton Industries, Inc., Science Applications International Corporation, SAI Technology Companies............... 97-0814 12/31/96 Sierra Health Services, Inc., Physicians Corporation of America, Physicians Corporation of America................. 97-0815 12/31/96 Pon Holdings B.V., Jay N. Zidell, Zidell Resources, Inc.; Zidell Explorations, Inc.; Zide............................. 97-0816 12/31/96 Cott Corporation, Jeffrey Hettinger, Premium Beverage Packers, Inc.......... 97-0818 12/31/96 Russel Metals Inc., Sunbelt Trading Company, Inc., Sunbelt Trading Company, Inc.................................... 97-0819 12/31/96 Lloyd Thompson Group, plc, Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, JIB Group plc.................................... 97-0820 12/31/96 AmeriMark Building Products, Inc., Reynolds Metals Company, Reynolds Company................................ 97-0821 12/31/96 James M. Moran, Republic Industries, Inc., Republic Industries, Inc......... 97-0824 12/31/96 George D. Johnson, Jr., Republic Industries, Inc., Republic Industries, Inc.................................... 97-0825 12/31/96 Steven R. Berrard, Republic Industries, Inc., Republic Industries, Inc......... 97-0826 12/31/96 Republic Industries, Inc., H. Wayne Huizenga, AutoNation Incorporated...... 97-0827 12/31/96 AXA, Compagnie UAP, Compagnie UAP....... 97-0828 12/31/96 Masco Corporation, La Gard, Inc., La Gard, Inc.............................. 97-0829 12/31/96 Reinhold Wurth (a German natural person), Jeffrey A. Louis and Isabel A. Louis, Louis and Company, Inc.......... 97-0841 12/31/96 Centex Corporation, Cavco Industries, Inc., Cavco Industries, Inc............ 97-0842 12/31/96 Centrex Corporation, MFH Holding Co., MFH Holding Co......................... 97-0844 12/31/96 MiTAC International Corporation, Merisel, Inc., Merisel FAB, Inc........ 97-0845 12/31/96 Ripplewood Partners, L.P., Clarence V. Nalley, III, Nalley Chevrolet, Inc., Nalley Asian Autos, Inc................ 97-0847 12/31/96 Alfred R. and Janet M. Ghelfi, MFH Holding Company, MFH Holding Company... 97-0848 12/31/96 Universal Foods Corporation, Tricon Colors, Incorporated, Tricon Colors, Incorporated........................... 97-0855 12/31/96 Gamma Holding N.V., Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Chemprene Holdings, Inc... 97-0856 12/31/96 Reinhold Wurth, Baer Supply Co., Baer Supply Co.............................. 97-0861 12/31/96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 326-3100. By Direction of the Commission. Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-3338 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M