[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22948-22949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10852]


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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: 033197 and 041197   
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    Name of acquiring person, name of                          Date     
acquired person, name of acquired entity      PMN No.       terminated  
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Reilly Family Limited Partnership,                                      
 Appleton, Inc., Penn Advertising, Inc..         97-1286        03/31/97
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Safeguard                                   
 Scientifics, Inc., Premier Solutions,                                  
 Inc....................................         97-1454        03/31/97
Ford Motor Company, American Federal                                    
 Bank, FSB, Finance South, Inc..........         97-1461        03/31/97
Fiserv, Inc., BHC Financial, Inc., BHC                                  
 Financial, Inc.........................         97-1462        03/31/97
Ford Motor Company, General Acceptance                                  
 Corporation, General Acceptance                                        
 Corporation............................         97-1478        03/31/97
Vital Signs, Inc., Mr. Robert P.                                        
 Scherer, Jr., Marquest Medical                                         
 Products, Inc; Scherer Healthcare, Inc.         97-1568        03/31/97
Metal Management, Inc., Bank of Boston                                  
 Corporation, Reserve Iron & Metal                                      
 Limited Partnership....................         97-1591        03/31/97
Trinity Industries, Inc., Thomas C.                                     
 Weller, Jr., Maritime Holdings, Inc....         97-1435        04/01/97
Dennis C. Hayes, Paul G. Allen, Cardinal                                
 Technologies, Inc......................         97-1541        04/01/97
TransTechnology Corporation, Robert H.                                  
 Bradley, TCR Corporation...............         97-1590        04/01/97
Telco Communication Group, Inc.,                                        
 International Business Machine                                         
 Corporation, Advantis..................         97-1598        04/01/97
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners III,                                    
 L.P., Plymouth Rock Company                                            
 Incorporated, Direct Response                                          
 Corporation............................         97-1599        04/01/97
Highlands Insurance Group,Inc.,                                         
 Alexander M. Vik, Vik Brothers                                         
 Insurance Inc..........................         97-1603        04/01/97
Cable Design Technologies Corporation,                                  
 Dearborn Wire & Cable, L.P., Dearborn                                  
 Wire & Cable, L.P. and Affiliates......         97-1606        04/01/97
Swiss Reinsurance Company, Societe                                      
 Anonyme Francaise de Reassurances,                                     
 Societe Anonyme Francaise de                                           
 Reassurances...........................         97-1612        04/01/97
InaCom Corp., Elizabeth A. Heddens,                                     
 Bethco, Inc............................         97-1619        04/01/97
Cyrk, Inc., Dwight J. Drake, Tonkin, Inc         97-1626        04/01/97
Parfinance, Nord Resources Corporation,                                 
 Nord Kaolin Company....................         97-1494        04/02/97
BCE Inc., BCE Inc., Bell Atlantic                                       
 Meridian Systems.......................         97-1569        04/02/97
Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund IV,                                 
 L.P., The KB Mezzanine Fund, L.P.,                                     
 Reliable Holding Corporation...........         97-1627        04/03/97

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BJC Health System, Coventry Corporation,                                
 Group Health Plan, Inc.................         97-1558        04/04/97
Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, The Chubb                                  
 Corporation, Chubb Life Insurance                                      
 Company of American....................         97-1607        04/04/97
Lawrence H. Miller and Karen G. Miller,                                 
 Graye H. Wolfe, Sr. and Timbre Wolfe,                                  
 Wolfe Automotive, Inc..................         97-1625        04/04/97
American Standard Companies, Inc., Fiat                                 
 S.p.A. (an Italian company), INCSTAR                                   
 Corporation............................         97-1636        04/04/97
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,                                    
 Skoog Family Limited Partnership (The),                                
 American Bumper Manufacturing Company..         97-1640        04/04/97
Equilease Holding Corp, General                                         
 Aquatics, Inc., General Aquatics, Inc..         97-1645        04/04/97
I.C.H. Corporation, Harold C. Simmons                                   
 Family Trust No. 2, Sybra, Inc.........         97-1647        04/04/97
Tultex Corporation, California Shirt                                    
 Sales, Inc., California Shirt Sales,                                   
 Inc....................................         97-1651        04/04/97
Rental Service Corporation, Roy B. Bush,                                
 Comtect, Inc...........................         97-1652        04/04/97
Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. (a British                                     
 company), Geron Corporation, Geron                                     
 Corporation............................         97-1654        04/04/97
Blyth Industries, Inc., Mr. and Mrs.                                    
 Ennio V. Racinelli, Endar Corporation..         97-1655        04/04/97
Mr. & Mrs. Ennio V. Racinelli, Blyth                                    
 Industries, Blyth Industries...........         97-1656        04/04/97
Bunzl plc, WBT Holdings, LLC, Americana                                 
 Filtrona Corporation...................         97-1658        04/04/97
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, DSV                                
 Partners IV Limited Partnership,                                       
 Pressure Systems, Inc..................         97-1659        04/04/97
Lewis B. Cullman, Day Dream, Inc., Day                                  
 Dream, Inc.............................         97-1660        04/04/97
Corning Incorporated, Optical                                           
 Corporation of America, Optical                                        
 Corporation of America.................         97-1664        04/04/97
Bayard Drilling Technologies, Inc.,                                     
 Harold G. Hamm, Trustee/H.G.H.                                         
 Revocable Inter Vivos, Trend Drilling                                  
 Company................................         97-1666        04/04/97
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Albert                                
 H. Wholers & Co., Albert H. Wohlers &                                  
 Co.....................................         97-1669        04/04/97
Beckman Instruments, Inc., Elf                                          
 Aquitaine, Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur,                                 
 Inc....................................         97-1670        04/04/97
Marubeni Corporation, Michael L.                                        
 Lazarus, The Lazarus Auto Group, Inc...         97-1673        04/04/97
Marubeni Corporation, Bryan A. Lazarus,                                 
 The Lazarus Auto Group, Inc............         97-1674        04/04/97
United Auto Group, Inc., Alan K. Arnold,                                
 Wade Ford, Inc. and Wade Ford Buford,                                  
 Inc....................................         97-1677        04/04/97
United Auto Group, Inc., Marshal D.                                     
 Mize, Marshal D. Mize Ford, Inc........         97-1678        04/04/97
Carondelet Health System, Inc., St.                                     
 Joseph's Health System, Inc., St.                                      
 Joseph's Health System, Inc............         97-1679        04/04/97
NUI Corporation, James N. Greiff, T.I.C.                                
 Enterprises, L.L.C.....................         97-1681        04/04/97
Solvay S.A., The Dexter Corporation, D&S                                
 Plastics International.................         97-1687        04/04/97
United States Filter Corporation, DQE,                                  
 Inc., Chester Engineers, Inc...........         97-1693        04/04/97
DEL-LPL Limited Partnership, The                                        
 Galbreath Company, The Galbreath                                       
 Company................................         97-1709        04/04/97
Philip Environmental Inc., Ferrex                                       
 Trading Corporation, Ferrex Trading                                    
 Corporation............................         97-1483        04/07/97
Philip Environmental Inc., The Issac                                    
 Corporation, The Issac Corporation.....         97-1484        04/07/97
Quantum Fund N.V., WMX Technologies,                                    
 Inc., WMX Technologies, Inc............         97-1542        04/07/97
ReliaStar Financial Corporation,                                        
 Security-Connecticut Corporation,                                      
 Security-Connecticut Corporation.......         97-1588        04/07/97
PennCorp Financial Group, Inc.,                                         
 Knightsbridge Capital Fund I, L.P.,                                    
 Southwestern Financial Corporation.....         97-1641        04/07/97
The First American Financial                                            
 Corporation, Welsh, Carson, Anderson &                                 
 Stowe V. L.P., Strategic Mortgage                                      
 Services, Inc. (Ohio)..................         97-1667        04/07/97
Computer Sciences Corporation, E.I. Du                                  
 Pont de Nemours and Company, Conoco,                                   
 Inc....................................         97-1672        04/07/97
ABRY Broadcast Partners II, L.P., ML                                    
 Media Opportunity Partners, L.P., Fabri                                
 Development Corporation................         97-1680        04/07/97
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.,                                  
 James T. Moore, II, Invetech Company...         97-1685        04/07/97
Chesterman Company, Rodney P. Burwell,                                  
 Chippewa Springs, Ltd..................         97-1688        04/07/97
Solvay S.A., Solvay S.A., D&S Plastics                                  
 International..........................         97-1690        04/07/97
Molten Metal Technology, Inc., Lockheed                                 
 Martin Corporation, M4 Environmental                                   
 L.P., M4 Environmental Management, Inc.         97-1696        04/07/97
Norwest Corporation, Dean A. Sundquist,                                 
 Command Tooling Systems Inc............         97-1703        04/07/97
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.,                                  
 J. Michael Moore, Invetech Company.....         97-1707        04/07/97
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Molten                                     
 Metal Technology, Inc., Retech Division                                
 of M4 Environmental, L.P...............         97-1712        04/07/97
American Express Company, Checkers,                                     
 Simon & Rosner LLP, Checkers, Simon &                                  
 Rosner LLP.............................         97-1578        04/08/97
Glaxo Wellcome plc, Mayo Foundation,                                    
 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education                                  
 and Research...........................         97-1613        04/08/97
Nabors Industries, Inc., Charles                                        
 Schusterman, Samson Rig Company & Rig                                  
 Properties, Inc........................         97-1633        04/08/97
Motorola, Inc., Bracebridge                                             
 International Limited, Celcom, Inc.....         97-1637        04/08/97
Southwest Securities Group, Inc., Nathan                                
 Newman, Equity Securities Trading                                      
 Company, Inc...........................         97-1623        04/09/97
Hoyts Cinemas America Limited (A                                        
 Barbados company), William J. Hanney,                                  
 East Bridgwater Cinema Corp., Sharon                                   
 Cinema Corp............................         97-1624        04/09/97
H.I.G. Investment Group, L.P., Michael                                  
 G. Sanderson, TABJAA, Inc.; Milliken &                                 
 Michaels of Louisiana, Inc.............         97-1665        04/09/97
Robert H. Chapman, Bemis Company, Inc.,                                 
 Hayssen Manufacturing Co. & Accraply,                                  
 Inc....................................         97-1671        04/09/97
Lincoln Equity Fund, L.P., The Cerplex                                  
 Group, Inc., Peripheral Computer                                       
 Support, Inc...........................         97-1704        04/09/97
The Montana Power Company, VOG Partners,                                
 L.P., Vessels Hydrocarbons, Inc........         97-1551        04/10/97
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., Wortz Company,                                  
 Wortz Company..........................         97-1585        04/10/97
Sybron International Corporation,                                       
 Riverside Fund I, L.P., Remel Limited                                  
 Partnership............................         97-1609        04/10/97
Calpine Corporation, Dominion Resources,                                
 Inc., Enron/Dominion Cogen Corporation.         97-1587        04/11/97
Charter, plc, Howden Group plc, Howden                                  
 Group plc..............................         97-1635        04/11/97
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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, DC 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10852 Filed 4-25-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M