[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38534-38536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18989]


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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. 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: 06/23/97 and 07/04/97 
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  Name of acquiring person, name of acquired                     Date   
        person, name of acquired entity           PMN No.     terminated
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TECO Energy, Inc., West Florida Gas, Inc.,                              
 West Florida Gas, Inc........................      97-2351     06/23/97
Euramax International plc, Genstar Capital                              
 Corporation, Gentek Holdings, Inc............      97-2360     06/23/97
University of Alabama Health Services                                   
 Foundation, P.C., The Eye Foundation, Inc.,                            
 The Eye Foundation, Inc......................      97-2392     06/23/97
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., The Coca-Cola                               
 Bottling Company, The Coca-Cola Bottling                               
 Company of New York, Inc.....................      97-2440     06/23/97
The Dow Chemical Company, The Dow Chemical                              
 Company, DowElanco (a partnership)...........      97-2284     06/24/97
China National Nonferrous Metals Industry                               
 Corp, MQ Holdings, Inc., MQ Holdings, Inc....      97-2421     06/24/97
Thomas H. Dittmer, Forstmann-Leff Associates,                           
 Inc., Forstmann-Leff Associates, Inc.........      97-2429     06/24/97
Folksamerica Holding Co., Inc., Munchener                               
 Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft [*continued],                           
 Great Lakes American Reinsurance Company.....      97-2434     06/24/97
General Electric Company, Roy G. Gullberg,                              
 Jr., Preco Turbine Services, Inc. & G&B                                
 Partnership..................................      97-2435     06/24/97

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Roy G. Gullberg, Jr., General Electric                                  
 Company, General Electric Company............      97-2436     06/24/97
Intermedia Communications, Inc., DIGEX,                                 
 Incorporated, DIGEX, Incorporated............      97-2439     06/24/97
The Registry, Inc., Renaissance Solutions,                              
 Inc., Renaissance Solutions, Inc.............      97-2447     06/24/97
FirstCity Financial Corporation, Harbor                                 
 Financial Group, Inc., Harbor Financial                                
 Group, Inc...................................      97-2450     06/24/97
Ed A. Smith, FirstCity Financial Corporation,                           
 FirstCity Financial Corporation..............      97-2451     06/24/97
Richard J. Gillen and Bernice J. Gillen,                                
 FirstCity Financial Corporation, FirstCity                             
 Financial Corporation........................      97-2452     06/24/97
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., American                            
 Tower Corporation, American Tower Corporation      97-2455     06/24/97
David A. Lubin, The Registry, Inc., The                                 
 Registry, Inc................................      97-2456     06/24/97
Allegheny Health, Education and Research                                
 Foundation, Canonsburg General Hospital,                               
 Canonsburg General Hospital..................      97-2466     06/24/97
Travelers Group, Inc., BankAmerica                                      
 Corporation, Security Pacific Finance System                           
 Inc..........................................      97-2487     06/24/97
Atlas Copco AB, Prime Service, Inc., Prime                              
 Service, Inc.................................      97-2498     06/24/97
Catholic Health Initiatives, Sloan's Lake                               
 Management Corporation, Sloan's Lake                                   
 Management Corporation.......................      97-2502     06/24/97
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, United Grain                            
 Growers Limited, United Grain Growers Limited      97-2503     06/24/97
U.S. Office Products Company, Bruce Rognlien,                           
 Associated Travel Services, Inc..............      97-2514     06/24/97
Bruce W. Rognlien, U.S. Office Products                                 
 Company, U.S. Office Products Company........      97-2515     06/24/97
Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, Nuclear                             
 Mutual Limited, Nuclear Mutual Limited.......      97-2465     06/25/97
Family Golf Centers, Inc., Arthur J. Calace,                            
 Jr., Leisure Complexes, Inc..................      97-2474     06/25/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Desert GMC-East,                             
 Inc., Desert GMC-East, Inc...................      97-2479     06/25/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Desert GMC, Inc.,                            
 Desert GMC, Inc..............................      97-2480     06/25/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Desert Buick-GMC                             
 Trucks, Inc., Desert Buick-GMC Trucks, Inc...      97-2481     06/25/97
General Electric Company, Intelligent                                   
 Electronics, Inc., XL Source, Inc., and RCK                            
 Computers, Inc...............................      97-2493     06/25/97
A.G. Lowenthal, First of Michigan Capital                               
 Corporation, 1888 Limited Partnership and DST                          
 Systems, Inc.................................      97-2516     06/25/97
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, Neponset                           
 Valley Health Systems, Inc., Norwood                                   
 Hospital, Southwood Community Hospital, Inc..      97-2374     06/26/97
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, The                                 
 Germantown Medical Center Foundation, The                              
 Germantown Medical Center Foundation.........      97-2382     06/26/97
Healthcare COMPARE Corp., First Data                                    
 Corporation, First Health Strategies Inc.....      97-2431     06/26/97
Warburg, Pincus Investors, L.P., Robert W.                              
 Felton, the Indus Group......................      97-2485     06/26/97
Henkel KGaA, Paul R. Ellsworth, Resin                                   
 Technology Group, Inc........................      97-2051     06/27/97
Nextel Communications, Inc., CellCall, Inc.,                            
 CellCall, Inc................................      97-2314     06/27/97
Den norske stats oljeselskap a.s., Ashland,                             
 Inc., Blazer Energy Corp.....................      97-2326     06/27/97
Bob G. Gower, Howell Corporation, Howell                                
 Hydrocarbons & Chemicals, Inc................      97-2366     06/27/97
PMT Services, Inc., Leon and Susan Ladd, Ladco                          
 Financial Group..............................      97-2422     06/27/97
Leon and Susan Ladd, PMT Services, Inc., PMT                            
 Services, Inc................................      97-2423     06/27/97
Imation Corp., Cemax-Icon, Inc., Cemax-Icon,                            
 Inc..........................................      97-2475     06/27/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Mitsubishi Motors                            
 Corporation, Value Rent-A-Car, Inc...........      97-2483     06/27/97
Steven K. Uhlmann, William A. Schmidt,                                  
 American Precision Plastics Corporation......      97-2490     06/27/97
Mail-Well, Inc., L.E. Rhian, Jr., Murray                                
 Envelope Corp................................      97-2491     06/27/97
Boral Limited, Resource Holding, Inc.,                                  
 Resource Holding, Inc........................      97-2492     06/27/97
Broderbund Software, Inc., Intuit, Inc.,                                
 Parsons Technology, Inc......................      97-2495     06/27/97
Regal Cinemas, Inc., Cobb Theatres, L.L.C.,                             
 R.C. Cobb, Inc., Cobb Threatres II, Inc.,                              
 Cobb Finance Co..............................      97-2500     06/27/97
Metals USA, Inc., Queensboro Steel                                      
 Corporation, Queensboro Steel Corporation....      97-2509     06/27/97
Metals USA, Inc., Texas Aluminum Industries,                            
 Inc., Texas Aluminum Industries, Inc.........      97-2510     06/27/97
Metals USA, Inc., Patrick A. Notestine,                                 
 Affiliated Metals, Inc.......................      97-2511     06/27/97
Metals USA, Inc., Uni-Steel, Inc., Uni-Steel,                           
 Inc..........................................      97-2512     06/27/97
East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare                           
 System, Nan Travis Memorial Hospital, Nan                              
 Travis Memorial Hospital.....................      97-2523     06/27/97
Philip Services Corp., International Alliance                           
 Services, Inc., Republic Environmental                                 
 Recycling, Inc.; Republic....................      97-2524     06/27/97
Cooper Industries, Inc., Coiltronics, Inc.,                             
 Coiltronics, Inc.............................      97-2525     06/27/97
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., Diodes                                    
 Incorporated, Diodes Incorporated............      97-2532     06/27/97
Marshall I. Wais, Colorstrip, Inc.,                                     
 Colorstrip, Inc..............................      97-2533     06/27/97
Burnham Corporation, Jack R. Cunningham,                                
 Thermo Products, Inc.........................      97-2539     06/27/97
Letitia Corporation, Chase Manhattan                                    
 Corporation (The), PHI Acquisition Holdings,                           
 Inc..........................................      97-2540     06/27/97
Gateway 2000, Inc., Advanced Logic Research                             
 Inc., Advanced Logic Research Inc............      97-2544     06/27/97
Apple South, Inc., Jacob C. Baum, Canyon                                
 Cafes, Inc...................................      97-2553     06/27/97
Fluor Corporation, John W. Burress, III, J.W.                           
 Burress, Incorporated........................      97-2554     06/27/97
Micron Technology, Inc., NetFRAME Systems                               
 Incorporated, NetFRAME Systems Incorporated..      97-2559     06/27/97
Lamar Eugene Evans, Republic Industries, Inc.,                          
 Republic Industries, Inc.....................      97-2567     06/27/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Lamar Eugene Evans,                          
 Gene Evans Ford, Inc.........................      97-2568     06/27/97
Ebara Corporation, New Elliott Corporation,                             
 New Elliott Corporation......................      97-2339     06/30/97
Sobel N.V., a Netherlands limited liability                             
 company, Sidmak Laboratories, Inc., Sidmak                             
 Laboratories, Inc............................      97-2361     06/30/97
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Incarnate World                           
 Health System, Deaconess Incarnate World                               
 Health System................................      97-2371     06/30/97
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Deaconess                                 
 Foundation, Deaconess Incarnate World Health                           
 System.......................................      97-2373     06/30/97
Lutheran Medical Center, Sisters of Charity of                          
 Leavenworth Health Services Corp., Primera                             
 Healthcare, LLC..............................      97-2453     06/30/97
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health                                
 Services Corp., Lutheran Medical Center,                               
 Newco........................................      97-2454     06/30/97
Philip Services Corp., Laurence N. Roth, Roth                           
 Bros. Smelting Corp..........................      97-2471     06/30/97
Caribiner International, Inc., Meredith Family                          
 Limited Partnership, Bauer Audio Visual, Inc.      97-2501     06/30/97
Electronic Arts Inc., Maxis, Inc., Maxis, Inc.      97-2580     06/30/97
MAN Gutehoffnungshutte AG, New Elliott                                  
 Corporation, New Elliott Corporation.........      97-0977     07/01/97
The Boeing Company, McDonnell Douglas                                   
 Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Corporation...      97-1121     07/01/97

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Gerald W. Schwartz, Hewlett-Packard Company,                            
 Hewlett-Packard Company (Computer Systems                              
 Manufacturing)...............................      97-2499     07/01/97
John M. Rudey, Ochoco Lumber Company, Ochoco                            
 Lumber Company...............................      97-2543     07/01/97
MicroAge, Inc., Steven R. Becker, KNB, Inc....      97-2551     07/01/97
Gordon S. Lang, SEDA Specialty Packaging                                
 Corp., Specialty Packaging Corp..............      97-2561     07/01/97
Lancaster Colony Corporation, Chatham Village                           
 Foods, Inc., Chatham Village Foods, Inc......      97-2585     07/01/97
Brunswick Corporation, Mancuso/Equity                                   
 Partnership No. 2, L.P., Life Fitness........      97-2386     07/02/97
Pechiney, Financiere Techpack, Financiere                               
 Techpack.....................................      97-2414     07/02/97
David Vaccarezza, United Waste Systems, Inc.,                           
 United Waste Systems, Inc....................      97-2448     07/02/97
United Waste Systems, Inc., David Vaccarezza,                           
 California Waste Recovery Systems, Inc.......      97-2449     07/02/97
Harman International Industries, Inc., Michael                          
 J. Oslac, Oxford International, Ltd..........      97-2537     07/02/97
PacificCorp, U.S. West, Inc., U.S. West                                 
 Communications, Inc..........................      97-2547     07/02/97
Trico Marine Services, Inc., Otto Candies,                              
 Inc., Otto Candies, Inc......................      97-2548     07/02/97
U.S. Office Products Company, Mail Boxes Etc.,                          
 Mail Boxes Etc...............................      97-2552     07/02/97
Lowell L. Paxson, Landmark Communications,                              
 Inc., The Travel Channel, Inc................      97-2556     07/02/97
Gannett Co., Inc., Army Times Publishing                                
 Company, Army Times Publishing Company.......      97-2565     07/02/97
Usinor, Macsteel Services Centers USA, Inc.                             
 (NEWCO), Macsteel Service Centers USA, Inc.                            
 (NEWCO)......................................      97-2572     07/02/97
The Second Dave Samson Trust, Macsteel Service                          
 Centers USA, Inc. (NEWCO), Macsteel Service                            
 Centers USA, Inc. (NEWCO)....................      97-2575     07/02/97
Nextel Communications, Inc., Potomac                                    
 Corporation, Crescent Communications.........      97-2591     07/02/97
Jon M. Huntsman, Rexene Corporation, Rexene                             
 Corporation..................................      97-2489     07/03/97
KMart Corporation, Venture Stores, Inc.,                                
 Venture Stores, Inc..........................      97-2589     07/03/97
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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, D.C. 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18989 Filed 7-17-97; 8:45 am]
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