[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66098-66101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32955]


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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: 10/27/97 and 11/07/97 
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    Name of acquiring person, name of                          Date     
acquired person, name of acquired entity      PMN No.       terminated  
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Thermo Electron Corportion, Allied                                      
 Healthcare Products, Inc., Bear Medical                                
 Systems, Inc...........................         98-0078        10/27/97
Heritage Fund I, L.P., Donald R.                                        
 Swortwood and Letitia H. Swortwood,                                    
 Westek Associates, Inc.................         98-0107        10/27/97
Silicon Valley Group, Inc., Tinsley                                     
 Laboratories, Inc., Tinsley                                            
 Laboratories, Inc......................         98-0135        10/27/97
Kenneth A. Hendricks, Perfection Roofing                                
 Materials, Inc., Perfection Roofing                                    
 Materials, Inc.........................         98-0140        10/27/97
Kenneth A. Hendricks, United Building                                   
 Supply, Inc., United Building Supply,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0141        10/27/97
Renal Treatment Centers, Inc., Satellite                                
 Dialysis Centers, Inc., California                                     
 Kidney Centers, A California                                           
 partnership, Ca........................         98-0150        10/27/97
Renal Treatment Centers, Inc., Kidney                                   
 Healthcare Centers, Inc., California                                   
 Kidney Centers, a California general                                   
 partner................................         98-0151        10/27/97
Unit Corporation, H.C. Hickman and                                      
 Bonnie B. Hickman (Husband and Wife),                                  
 Hickman Drilling Company...............         98-0152        10/27/97
Kenneth A. Hendricks, Marshall Roofing                                  
 Supply, Inc., Marshall Roofing Supply,                                 
 Inc....................................        98--0160        10/27/97
CGW Southeast Partners III, L.P., Youth                                 
 Services International, Inc., YSI                                      
 Holdings-Georgia, Inc..................         98-0178        10/27/97
BTG, Inc., Micros-To-Mainframes, Inc.,                                  
 Micros-To-Mainframes, Inc..............         98-0184        10/27/97
Blackstone Capital Partners III                                         
 Merchants Banking Fnd LP, Whitehall                                    
 Associated, L.P., Borden Decorative                                    
 Products Holdings, Inc.................         98-0187        10/27/97
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone                                          
 Corporation, The Associated Group,                                     
 Inc., Teligent, LLC....................         98-0200        10/27/97
MicroAge, Inc., Gaines Computer Service,                                
 Inc., Gaines Computer Service, Inc.....         98-0201        10/27/97
Retail Networks, Inc., Silas Creek                                      
 Retail, Inc. (Debtor-in-Possession),                                   
 Silas Creek Retail, Inc................         98-0207        10/27/97
HBO & Company, National Health                                          
 Enhancement Systems, Inc., National                                    
 Health Enhancement Systems, Inc........         98-0208        10/27/97
Mr. Reinhard Mohn (a German person), K-                                 
 III Communications Corporation,                                        
 Newbridge Book Clubs...................         98-0212        10/27/97
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Columbia                                   
 Management Company, Columbia Management                                
 Company................................         98-0214        10/27/97
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Columbia                                   
 Funds Management Company/Columbia Trust                                
 Co., Columbia Funds Management Company/                                
 Columbia Trust Co......................         98-0215        10/27/97
HealthSouth Corporation, Horizon/CMS                                    
 Healthcare Corporation, Horizon/CMS                                    
 Healthcare Corporation.................         97-1816        10/28/97
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., PetCare                                    
 Plus, Inc., PetCare Plus, Inc..........         97-3698        10/28/97
The Nebraska Synod-Evangelical Luthern                                  
 Church, Quorum Health Group, Inc.,                                     
 Midlands Medical Associates, L.P.......         98-0015         10/28/9
American Home Products Corporation,                                     
 Genset SA (A French Company), Genset                                   
 Asset..................................         98-0049        10/28/97
NOVA Corporation, Firstar Corporation,                                  
 Elan Merchant Services, LLC............         98-0115        10/28/97
The Restaurant Company, Perkins Family                                  
 Restaurants, LP, PFR Assets............         98-0133        10/28/97

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Adidas AG, (a German company), Sport                                    
 Development S.C.A. (a French company),                                 
 Salomon S.A............................         98-0139        10/28/97
Cable Plus Holding Company,                                             
 MultiTechnology Services, L.P.,                                        
 MultiTechnology Services, L.P..........         98-0172        10/28/97
Ameritech Corporation, Sprint                                           
 Corporation, Central Telephone Company                                 
 of Illinois; The Cendon................         97-1889        10/29/97
Chiquita Brands International, Inc.,                                    
 Stokely USA, Inc., Stokely USA, Inc....         98-0063        10/29/97
Asplundh Tree Expert Co., Central                                       
 Locating Service, Ltd., Central                                        
 Locating Service, Ltd..................         98-0072        10/29/97
American Disposal Services, Inc., John                                  
 Sexton Contractors Co., John Sexton                                    
 Contractors Co.........................         98-0142        10/29/97
Marshall Industries, Sterling                                           
 Electronics Corporation, Sterling                                      
 Electronics Corporation................         98-0145        10/29/97
Daisytek International Corporation,                                     
 Richard D. Schoenberg, Steadi Systems,                                 
 Ltd....................................         98-0173        10/29/97
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, Fisher                                   
 Scientific International, Inc., Fisher                                 
 Scientific International, Inc..........         98-0177        10/29/97
Degussa Aktiengesellchaft, Ney Dental                                   
 International, Inc. a Debtor in                                        
 Possession, Ney Dental International,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0182        10/29/97
SOS Staffing Services, Inc., Michael A.                                 
 Jones, Jones Assets....................         98-0191        10/29/97
Arctic Slope Regional Corporations, Dale                                
 R. and Carol A. Lindsey, Harbor                                        
 Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a Petro Marine                                  
 Services)..............................         98-0192        10/29/97
Rauma Corporation, James L. Read, Read                                  
 Corporation; Read Management Inc. &                                    
 F.T. Read &............................         98-0193        10/29/97
Citadel Communications Corporation,                                     
 Charles H. Wilson and Jo Anne J.                                       
 Wilson, Pacific Northwest Broadcasting                                 
 Corporation............................         98-0209        10/29/97
Action Performance Companies, Inc.,                                     
 Voting Trust dated December 4, 1968 of                                 
 Hallmark Cards, Revell-Monogram, Inc...         98-0220        10/29/97
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.,                                    
 Applied Intelligent Systems, Inc.,                                     
 Applied Intelligent Systems, Inc.......         97-3696        10/30/97
John A. Catsimatidis, Sloan's                                           
 Supermarkets, Inc., Sloan's                                            
 Supermarkets, Inc......................         98-0060        10/30/97
Midcoast Energy Resources, Inc., Ted                                    
 Collins, Jr., Republic Gas Partners,                                   
 LLC & v/s of Mid Louisiana et al.......         98-0104        10/30/97
Wallace Computer Services, Inc., Mark C.                                
 Pope, III, Graphics Industries, Inc....         98-0128        10/30/97
Whitehall Associates, L.P., Melamine                                    
 Chemicals, Inc., Melamine Chemicals,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0197        10/30/97
LDI, Ltd., Thompson PBE, Inc., Thompson                                 
 PBE, Inc...............................         98-0248        10/30/97
Rohr, Inc., James J. Lockshaw, Tolo                                     
 Incorporated...........................         98-0122        10/31/97
Fred's Inc., CVS Corporation, Big B,                                    
 Inc. & Big B Drugs, Inc................         98-0171        10/31/97
Steven E. Karol, Harrisons and Crosfield                                
 plc, Harcros Lumber and Building                                       
 Supplies, Inc. d/b/a Moore'............         98-0238        10/31/97
L. Francis Rooney, III, Harrisons &                                     
 Crosfield plc, Harcros Lumber and                                      
 Building Supplies, Inc. d/b/a Moore'...         98-0242        10/31/97
Jordan Industries, Telephone Services,                                  
 Inc. of Florida, Telephone Services,                                   
 Inc. of Florida........................         98-0245        10/31/97
William J. Barkett, Metropolitan Life                                   
 Insurance Company, MLI assets plus Met                                 
 West Agribusiness, Inc.................         98-0287        10/31/97
Precision Castparts Corp., Harnischfeger                                
 Industries, Inc., J&L Fiber Services,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0341        10/31/97
American General Corporation, Western                                   
 National Corporation, Western National                                 
 Corporation............................         98-0035        11/02/97
Philip Services Corp. (a Canadian                                       
 company), Industrial Services                                          
 Technologies, Inc., Industrial Services                                
 Technologies, Inc......................         98-0036        11/02/97
AMERCO, Encore Financial, Inc., Encore                                  
 Financial, Inc.........................         98-0038        11/02/97
United States Filter Corporation, John                                  
 W. & Linda L. VandenBos (Husband and                                   
 Wife), JWI, Inc........................         98-0124        11/03/97
James B. Page, Angelica Corporation,                                    
 Angelica Assets........................         98-0143        11/03/97
Darwin Deason, Computer Data Systems                                    
 Inc., Computer Data Systems, Inc.......         98-0164        11/03/97
Alternative Resources Corporation,                                      
 International Business Machines                                        
 Corporation, CGI Systems, Inc..........         98-0183        11/03/97
E. Bronson Ingram Q-TIP Marital Trust,                                  
 Empresas Quintec, S.A., Comptacion                                     
 Tenica S.A.; Cameron Financial Business                                
 S.A....................................         98-0194        11/03/97
Frontier Insurance Group Inc., William                                  
 F. Galtney, Jr., Western Indemnity                                     
 Insurance Company and Professional.....         98-0202        11/03/97
J.W. Childs Equity Partners, L.P.,                                      
 Lawrence M. Posen, Beltone Electronics                                 
 Corporation............................         98-0211        11/03/97
J.W. Childs Equity Partners, LP, Faye                                   
 Posen, Beltone Electronics Corporation.         98-0221        11/03/97
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners II,                                   
 L.P., Tuesday Morning Corporation,                                     
 Tuesday Morning Corporation............         98-0227        11/03/97
The Home Depot, Inc., David Katzman,                                    
 DeeKay Enterprises, Inc................         98-0232        11/03/97
Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company,                                     
 Federated American Insurance Company,                                  
 Federated American Insurance Company...         98-0236        11/03/97
Titan Exploration, Inc., Offshore Energy                                
 Development Corporation, Offshore                                      
 Energy Development Corporation.........         98-0244        11/03/97
Atlas Copco A.B. (a swedish company),                                   
 Keesling Familty Trust, Arizona Mite-E-                                
 Lift Corp. Assets......................         98-0246        11/03/97
Citizens Utilities, Company, Ogden                                      
 Telephone Company, Ogden Telephone                                     
 Company................................         98-0253        11/03/97
Saratoga Partners III, L.P., Equality                                   
 Acquisition Corp., Equality Acquisition                                
 Corp...................................         98-0254        11/03/97
Conseco, Inc., Washington National                                      
 Corporation, Washington National                                       
 Corporation............................         98-0255        11/03/97
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center                                 
 System, Memorial Hospital of Bedford                                   
 County, Memorial Hospital of Bedford                                   
 County.................................         98-0259        11/03/97
Nicholas J. Ferrante, PMT Services,                                     
 Inc., PMT Services, Inc................         98-0260        11/03/97
The Morris Belkin Family Trust, A.                                      
 Ahlstrom Corporation, Sanford Warranty                                 
 Company, SJF Aviation Holdings, Inc....         98-0261        11/03/97
The Hartford Financial Services Group,                                  
 Inc., Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance                                   
 Group, plc, Royal Life Insurance                                       
 Company of America.....................         98-0262        11/03/97
Apache Corporation, Mobil Corporation,                                  
 Ampolex (Western Australia) Inc........         98-0265        11/03/97
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Robert L. Ogur,                                 
 Johnstone Pump Company.................         98-0267        11/03/97
Peter Brant, Bear Island Paper Company,                                 
 L.P., Bear Island Paper Company, L.P...         98-0280        11/03/97
Joseph Allen, Bear Island Paper Company,                                
 L.P., Bear Island Paper Company, L.P...         98-0281        11/03/97
KKR 1996 Fund, L.P., Norman Lear, Act                                   
 III Cinemas, Inc.......................         98-0282        11/03/97
Gannett Co., Inc., Maine Radio and                                      
 Television Company, Maine Radio and                                    
 Television Company.....................         98-0285        11/03/97
Trivest Fund I, Ltd., Katzenberg Holding                                
 Corporation, Katzenberg Holding                                        
 Corporation............................         98-0296        11/03/97
Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund V,                                  
 L.P., Grady F. Burrow, National                                        
 Computer Print, Inc. an Alabama Corp...         98-0308        11/03/97
General Electric Company, InSight Health                                
 Services Corp., InSight Health Services                                
 Corp...................................         98-0315        11/03/97

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Steve L. Volla, Roxborough Memorial                                     
 Health Foundation, Jamestown                                           
 Associates, Memorial Properties,                                       
 Roxborough.............................         98-0352        11/03/97
J.M. Huber Corporation, John Hancock                                    
 Mutual Life Insurance Co., Nahelo                                      
 Forest LLC.............................         98-0137        11/04/97
Green Equity Investors, L.P., Larry J.                                  
 Hochberg and Barbara P. Hochberg,                                      
 Sportmart, Inc.........................         98-0167        11/04/97
Thermo Electron Corporation, Peek plc,                                  
 Peek plc...............................         98-0243        11/04/97
AMR Corporation, U.S. Airways Group,                                    
 Inc., U.S. Airways Group, Inc..........         98-0249        11/04/97
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., Donna                                 
 Karan International Inc., Donna Karan                                  
 Studio.................................         98-0251        11/04/97
McLeod Regional Medical Center of the                                   
 Pee Dee, Inc., SSM Health Care                                         
 Corporation, Saint Eugene Community                                    
 Hospital...............................         98-0294        11/04/97
Unifi, Inc., Lamar Beach, SI Holding                                    
 Company................................         97-3258        11/05/97
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Tecnol                                      
 Medical Products, Inc., Tecnol Medical                                 
 Products, Inc..........................         97-3526        11/05/97
Glenn R. Jones, Cable TV Fund 12-D,                                     
 Ltd., Cable Assets.....................         98-0058        11/05/97
New England Investment Companies, L.P.,                                 
 Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole (a                                 
 French company), Daniel Breen &                                        
 Company, L.P...........................         98-0199        11/05/97
Genicom Corporation, Novadyne                                           
 Acquisition Company, Inc. or Heller                                    
 Financial, Novadyne Computer Systems,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0218        11/05/97
Washington Mutual, Inc., Textron Inc.,                                  
 Avco Financial Services of Hollywood,                                  
 Fla., Inc..............................         98-0224        11/05/97
Arrow Electronics, Inc., SN Holding,                                    
 Inc., SN Holding, Inc..................         98-0230        11/05/97
Robert J. Tomsich, Noel Group, Inc.,                                    
 Curtis Industries, Inc.................         98-0263        11/05/97
Land O'Lakes, Inc., Alpine Lace Brands,                                 
 Inc., Alpine Lace Brands, Inc..........         98-0276        11/05/97
UICI, Information Partners Capital Fund,                                
 L.P., EduServ Technologies, Inc........         98-0299        11/05/97
Regal Cinemas, Inc., Irwin R. Cohen,                                    
 Capitol Industries, Inc................         98-0317        11/05/97
Brunswick Corporation, Peter D. Brown,                                  
 Hammer Strength Corporation............         98-0226        11/06/97
Grupo UNO S.A. (an Argentine company),                                  
 Tescorp, Inc., Tescorp, Inc............         98-0250        11/06/97
Eastern Environmental Services, Inc.,                                   
 Delmarva Power & Light Company, Pine                                   
 Grove, Inc.............................         98-0309        11/06/97
Rental Service Corporation, David P.                                    
 Lanoha, Rent-It-Center,Inc., d/b/a                                     
 Center Rental and Sales, In............         98-0311        11/06/97
Suiza Foods Corporation, Country Fresh,                                 
 Inc., Country Fresh, Inc...............         98-0031        11/07/97
International Business Machines                                         
 Corporation, Unison Software, Inc.,                                    
 Unison Software, Inc...................         98-0064        11/07/97
Pluma, Inc., Harold Robinson, Frank L.                                  
 Robinson Company.......................         98-0300        11/07/97
PPC Holdings, Inc., Judd's,                                             
 Incorporated, Judd's Incorporated......         98-0312        11/07/97
American Buildings Company, United                                      
 Dominion Industries Limited, Windsor                                   
 Door Division of United Dominion                                       
 Industries Ltd.........................         98-0313        11/07/97
Union Bank of Switzerland, William Blair                                
 Capital Partners V, L.P., GNWC Wire                                    
 Cable & Network Products, Inc..........         98-0332        11/07/97
MBNA Corporation, National Commerce                                     
 Bancorporation, National Bk. of                                        
 Commerce, Nashville Bk of Commerce et                                  
 al.....................................         98-0335        11/07/97
United States Filter Corporation, Puro                                  
 Water Group, Inc., Puro Water Group,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0340        11/07/97
Warburg, Pincus Ventures, LP, Time                                      
 Warner Inc., Cinamerica Theatres, LP...         98-0342        11/07/97
Warburg, Pincus Ventures, LP, Mr. Sumner                                
 M. Redstone, Cinamerica Theatres, LP...         98-0343        11/07/97
N.V. Koninklijke (Royal Dutch Shell) (a                                 
 Dutch company), Bechtel Group, Inc.,                                   
 International Generating Co., & DGC                                    
 Holdings, Ltd..........................         98-0347        11/07/97
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund                                   
 III, L.P., C. G. Reuther, III,                                         
 Reuther's Sea Food Company, Inc.,                                      
 Reuther, Inc...........................         98-0353        11/07/97
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund                                   
 III, L.P., David A. Pippin, Reuther's                                  
 Sea Food Company, Inc., Reuther, Inc...         98-0354        11/07/97
Dynacare Inc., General Health Systems,                                  
 Louisiana Reference Laboratories, Inc..         98-0356        11/07/97
Jerry E. Kimmel, Shelter Components                                     
 Corporation, Shelter Components                                        
 Corporation............................         98-0360        11/07/97
Guidant Corporation, EndoVascular                                       
 Technologies, Inc., EndoVascular                                       
 Technologies, Inc......................         98-0365        11/07/97
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., International                                
 Paper Company, Anchor/Lith-Kem-Ko, Inc.         98-0378        11/07/97
Berkshire Fund IV, Limited Partnership,                                 
 Robert Stephen Holdings Limited (a U.K.                                
 company), Holmes Products Corp.........         98-0380        11/07/97
ALRENCO, Inc., RTO, Inc., RTO, Inc......         98-0390        11/07/97
John W. Kluge, Image Entertainment,                                     
 Inc., Image Entertainment, Inc.........         98-0392        11/07/97
United Auto Group, Inc., Homer D.                                       
 Skelton, Covington Pike Toyota, Inc.,                                  
 Homer Skelton, Inc. Homer..............         98-0395        11/07/97
Untied Auto Group, Inc., Paulette and                                   
 Gene Doe (husband and wife), Covington                                 
 Pike Dodge, Inc........................         98-0396        11/07/97
Incentive AB, Memorial Health System,                                   
 Memorial Medical Center, Inc...........         98-0404        11/07/97
Ohio Edison Company, Roth Bros., Inc.,                                  
 Roth Bros., Inc........................         98-0416        11/07/97
Boston Chicken, Inc., Boston Chicken,                                   
 Inc., Great Lakes Bagels, L.P.; Sunbelt                                
 Bagels, L.L.C..........................         98-0418        11/07/97
National Data Corporation, Physician                                    
 Support Systems, Inc., Physician                                       
 Support Systems, Inc...................         98-0423        11/07/97
George D. Johnson, Jr., ALRENCO, Inc.,                                  
 Alrenco, Inc...........................         98-0426        11/07/97
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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. 97-32955 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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