[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5542-5545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2575]
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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: 1-2-98 and 1-16-98
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Name of acquiring person, name of Date
acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Terminated
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Pandurangan Thukkaram, Draka Holding
N.V. (a Netherlands company), BIW
Connector Systems, Inc................. 98-0850 01/02/98
Borland International, Inc., Visigenic
Software, Inc., Visigenci Software, Inc 98-0958 01/02/98
MST Offshore Partners, C.V., PureTec
Corporation, PureTec Corporation....... 98-1060 01/02/98
J.W. Childs Equity Partners, LP, Levmark
Capital Fund, LP, Mike Rose Foods
Holding Corp........................... 98-1062 01/02/98
MascoTech, Inc., TriMas Corporation,
TriMas Corporation..................... 98-1066 01/02/98
Cathedral Healthcare System, Inc.,
Orange Mountain Healthcare, Inc.,
Orange Mountain Healthcare, Inc........ 98-1067 01/02/98
General Motors Corporation, Republic
Industries, Inc., Courtesy Auto Group,
Inc.................................... 98-1069 01/02/98
The Pittston Company, Distribution
Services Limited, Distribution Services
Limited................................ 98-1070 01/02/98
EMI Group plc, Bryan Turner, Priority
Records, LLC........................... 98-1072 01/02/98
Familiengesellschaft J.M. Voith Gbr,
Impact Systems, Inc., Impact Systems,
Inc.................................... 98-1073 01/02/98
W. Galen Weston, The Quaker Oats
Company, Arnie's Bagelicious Bagels,
Inc.................................... 98-1074 01/02/98
John M. Belk, Belk's Department Store of
Jacksonville, N.C., Inc., Belk's
Department Store of Jacksonville, N.C.,
Inc.................................... 98-1082 01/02/98
John M. Belk, Belk-Simpson Company,
Greenville, South Carolina, Belk-
Simpson Company, Greenville, South
Carolina............................... 98-1083 01/02/98
John M. Belk, Belk of Spartanburg, S.C.,
Inc., Belk of Spartanburg, S.C. Inc.... 98-1084 01/02/98
John M. Belk, Belk Department Store of
Hickory, N.C., Inc., Belk Department
Store of Hickory, N.C., Inc............ 98-1085 01/02/98
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., Richard
H. Schaefer, Victory Express, Inc...... 98-1087 01/02/98
Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V.,
Dennis Mehiel, Box USA Group, Inc...... 98-1091 01/02/98
Invacare Corporation, Suburban Ostomy
Supply Co., Inc., Suburban Ostomy
Supply Co., Inc........................ 98-1147 01/02/98
Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc., Renal
Treatment Centers, Inc., Renal
Treatment Centers, Inc................. 98-0927 01/05/98
OmniSource Corporation, Myer N.
Franklin, Jackson Iron & Metal Company,
Inc.................................... 98-0932 01/05/98
TPG Partners, LP, Virgin Entertainment
Group Limited, Virgin Entertainment
Group Limited.......................... 98-0957 01/05/98
General Electric Company, TransNet
Corporation, TransNet Corporation...... 98-1029 01/05/98
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Archer-
Daniels-Midland Company, Heartland Rail
Corporation............................ 98-1042 01/05/98
U.S. Office Products Company, Eric
Rosenbaum, Astrid Offset Corporation... 98-1044 01/05/98
Eric Rosenbaum, U.S. Office Products
Company, U.S. Office Products Company.. 98-1045 01/05/98
United States Filter Corporation,
William A Bianco, Jr., The Kinetics
Group, Inc............................. 98-1049 01/05/98
Summit Ventures IV, L.P., Gary C. Reif,
GERS, Inc.............................. 98-1055 01/05/98
Legg Mason, Inc., Brandywine Asset
Management, Inc., Brandywine
Management, Inc........................ 98-1057 01/05/98
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Group Maintenance America Corp.,
Mechanical Interiors, Inc., Mechanical
Interior Inc........................... 98-1058 01/05/98
WHX Corporation, Handy & Harman, Handy &
Harman................................. 98-1059 01/05/98
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Bee
Industries, Inc., Bee Assets........... 98-1094 01/05/98
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG,
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund
II, LP., Ghirardelli Holdings
Corporation............................ 98-1097 01/05/98
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners II,
LP., National Wholesale Liquidators
Buying Inc., National Wholesale
Liquidators Buying, Inc................ 98-1098 01/05/98
EVI, Inc., Van der Horst Limited (a
Singapore company), Van der Horst USA,
Inc.................................... 98-1101 01/05/98
Samuel J. Heyman, Polaroid Corporation,
Polaroid Assets........................ 98-1102 01/05/98
Tel-Save Holdings, Inc., Symetrics
Industries, Inc., Symetrics Industries,
Inc.................................... 98-1103 01/05/98
Sulzer AG, Spine-Tech, Inc., Spine-Tech,
Inc.................................... 98-1105 01/05/98
RBPI Holding Corporation, CFA Holding
Company, CFA Holding Company........... 98-1107 01/05/98
Doncasters plc (a British company),
Triplex Lloyd plc (a British company),
Triplex Lloyd plc...................... 98-1116 01/05/98
Dover Corporation, Wiseco Piston
Company, Inc., Wiseco Piston Company,
Inc.................................... 98-1117 01/05/98
Heilig-Myers Company, Levitz Furniture
Incorporated, debtor-in-possession,
John M. Smyth Company.................. 98-1138 01/05/98
WinStar Communications, Inc., Midcom
Communications Inc., Midcom
Communications Inc..................... 98-1152 01/05/98
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., Hi-Lo
Automotive, Inc., Hi-Lo Automotive, Inc 98-1177 01/05/98
Schering-Plough Corporation, Sepracor
Inc., Sepracor Inc..................... 98-0984 01/06/98
Teleport Communications Group, Inc.,
Time Warner Inc., Kansas City Fiber
Network, L.P........................... 98-1046 01/06/98
Teleport Communications Group, Inc.,
Tele-Communications, Inc., Kansas City
Fiber Network, L.P..................... 98-1047 01/06/98
Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC, Elan
Corporation plc (an English company),
Athena Neurosciences, Inc.............. 98-1081 01/06/98
Flint Ink Corporation, Manders, plc,
Manders, plc........................... 98-1123 01/06/98
Aliant Communications Inc., 360
Communications Company, Omaha Cellular
General Partnership.................... 98-1125 01/06/98
Columbia DBS Investors, LP, Clay County
Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.,
Satellite Television Services, Inc..... 98-0772 01/0/98
Merck & Co., Inc., Biogen, Inc., Biogen,
Inc.................................... 98-0918 01/0/98
Otto Fuchs Metallwerke KG, Joseph
Marinello, Homecraft Industries, Inc... 98-0966 01/0/98
Clear Channel Communications, Hicks Muse
Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, LP, Hicks
Muse Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, LP.. 98-0993 01/0/98
Brian L. Roberts, Marcus Cable Company,
L.P., Marcus Cable of Delaware and
Maryland, L.P.......................... 98-1030 01/0/98
Echlin Inc., Ronald B. Hermann, General
Automotive Specialty, Co., Inc......... 98-1032 01/0/98
Morgan Stanley Capital Partners III, LP,
Time Warner Inc., Picayune Cablevision,
Inc.; TWI Cable Inc.; Cablevision...... 98-1054 01/0/98
EMI Group plc, Mark Cerami, Priority
Records, LLC........................... 98-1075 01/0/98
EVEREN Capital Corporation, Principal
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Principal Securities Holding
Corporation............................ 98-1080 01/07/98
Hughes Supply, Inc., Kevin E. Smith &
Dana L. Smith, CMJ Management, Inc..... 98-1104 01/07/98
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Michael
S. Egan, Nantucket Allserve, Inc....... 98-0975 01/08/98
Peugeot S.A., Bertrand Faure S.A., a
French company, Bertrand Faure S.A..... 98-1259 01/09/98
Intergraph Corporation, Eduardo P.
Zorrilla, Zydex, Inc................... 98-0635 01/12/98
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Advanta
Corp., Advanta Corp.................... 98-1078 01/12/98
Miami Computer Supply Corporation,
Minnesota Western/Creative Office
Products, Inc., Minnesota Western/
Creative Office Products, Inc.......... 98-1088 01/12/98
The Washington Post Company, Time Warner
Inc., Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/
Newhouse Partnership................... 98-1109 01/12/98
Time Warner, Inc., Cable TV Fund 14-B,
Ltd., Cable TV Fund 14-B, Ltd.......... 98-1110 01/12/98
PP&L Resources, Inc., H.T. Lyons, Jr.,
H.T. Lyons, Inc........................ 98-1118 01/12/98
The SK Equity Fund, LP, Port,
Incorporated, Port, Incorporated....... 98-1119 01/12/98
JP Foodservice, Inc., Michel Besnier,
Sorrento Food Service, Inc............. 98-1124 01/12/98
Hughes Supply, Inc., LSZ Partnership,
International Supply Company........... 98-1127 01/12/98
Solvay S.A., Schering-Plough
Corporation, Schering Corporation...... 98-1128 01/12/98
Republic Industries, Inc., Estate of
L.R. Megel, HUB Motor Co............... 98-1129 01/12/98
American General Corporation, Provident
Companies, Inc., Provident Life and
Accident Insurance Co.................. 98-1130 01/12/98
Robert F.X. Sillerman, Becker Interests
Limited Partnership, Pace Entertainment
Corporation............................ 98-1131 01/12/98
Robert F.X. Sillerman, S. Stephen Selig
III, Southern Promotions, Inc.; High
Cotton, Inc.; Buckhead................. 98-1133 01/12/98
Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Charles
E. Davidson, DLB Oil and Gas, Inc...... 98-1134 01/12/98
Fresh America Corporation, Jack
Cancellieri, Francisco Distributing
Company................................ 98-1135 01/12/98
NovaCare, Inc., Ronald N. Shostack,
Americare Employers Group, Inc......... 98-1136 01/12/98
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Tenet
Healthcare Corporation, Century City
Hospital and Midway Hospital........... 98-1137 01/12/98
Metallgesellschaft AG, Mr. R. Gadomski,
HEPP Corporation....................... 98-1140 01/12/98
The SKM Equity Fund II, LP, J. Todd
Figi, Figi Graphics, Inc............... 98-1143 01/12/98
American Stores Company, SUPERVALU
Holdings, Inc., SUPERVALU Holdings, Inc 98-1146 01/12/98
Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, Canal
Industries, Inc., Power Sources, Inc... 98-1150 01/12/98
The Seagram Company, Barry Diller, HSN,
Inc.................................... 98-1151 01/12/98
Greenwich Street Capital Partners, LP,
American Industrial Partners Capital
Fund, LP, Day International Group, Inc. 98-1153 01/12/98
Berwind Group Partners, Tech Services
International, Inc., Tech Services
International, Inc..................... 98-1155 01/12/98
Atlantic Bank and Trust Co., Thomas W.
Fawell, Forrest Holdings, Inc.......... 98-1156 01/12/98
Oracle Strategic Partners, L.P., Samuel
Toscano, Jr., Neuman Health Services,
Inc.................................... 98-1159 01/12/98
CFM Majestic, Inc., Harris Systems,
Inc., Harris Systems, Inc.............. 98-1161 01/12/98
Steven B. Dodge, American Radio Systems
Corporation, American Tower Systems
Corporation............................ 98-1163 01/12/98
Dean Foods Company, The Penn Traffic
Company, The Penn Traffic Company...... 98-1164 01/12/98
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Richfood Holdings, Inc., FF Holdings
Corporation, Farm Fresh, Inc........... 98-1167 01/12/98
Roy A. Butler, Butler Broadcasting
Company, Ltd........................... 98-1170 01/12/98
Waukesha Hospital System, Inc., Memorial
Hospital at Oconomowoc, Inc., Memorial
Hospital at Oconomowoc, Inc............ 98-1171 01/12/98
Eaton Corporation, Amherst H. Turner,
G.T. Products, Inc..................... 98-1172 01/12/98
Eaton Corporation, Robert D. Gustine,
G.T. Products, Inc..................... 98-1173 01/12/98
LT Participations, S.A., IDC Service,
Inc., ASI Market Research, Inc......... 98-1174 01/12/98
Gardner Denver Machinery Inc., D.H.
Caroll, Champion Pneumatic Machinery
Company................................ 98-1176 01/12/98
Castle Harlan Partners III, LP,
Tidewater Inc., Tidewater Compression
Service, Inc........................... 98-1182 01/12/98
Applied Power Inc., John L. Trussell II,
Performance Manufactured Products, GJD
Corporation............................ 98-1183 01/12/98
John Hess, Amerada Hess Corporation,
Amerada Hess Corporation............... 98-1184 01/12/98
American Stores Company, Bob A. and
Eileen Griffith, Ultimate Home Care Co.
Inc.................................... 98-1185 01/12/98
PhyMatrix Corp., James V. Zelch, M.D.,
Regional Health Services, Inc.;
Regional MRI of Chicago................ 98-1187 01/12/98
Intermedia Communications Inc., Long
Distance Savers, Inc., Long Distance
Savers, Inc............................ 98-1188 01/12/98
Alan B. Miller, Hospital San Pablo,
Inc., Hospital San Pablo, Inc.......... 98-1189 01/12/98
Joseph DiMarco, Waste Management, Inc.,
Waste Management, Inc.................. 98-1194 01/12/98
CORESTAFF, Inc., Alexis Tatarsky, Taos
Mountain, Inc.......................... 98-1196 01/12/98
United Rentals, Inc., Jerry L. Reinhart,
Access Rentals, Inc.................... 98-1197 01/12/98
AEC Holdings, Inc., Bunzl plc (a U.K.
corporation), Webster Plactics, Inc.... 98-1200 01/12/98
The Toro Company, David Miller, GR
Driplines, Inc......................... 98-1201 01/12/98
Group Maintenance America Corp., Arthur
M. Hungerford III, Hungerford
Mechanical Corporation................. 98-1203 01/12/98
Gerald M. David, Reynolds Metals
Company, Reynolds Metals Company....... 98-1206 01/12/98
Clarity Telecom Holdings, Inc., Paul H.
Pfleger, TIE/communications, Inc....... 98-1210 01/12/98
Moog Inc., Ernest Schaeffer, Schaeffer
Magnetics, Inc; Deering Properties..... 98-1214 01/12/98
United Auto Group, Inc., Dan Young
Chevrolet, Inc., Dan Young Chevrolet,
Inc.................................... 98-1223 01/12/98
John DiMarco, Waste Management, Inc.,
Waste Management, Inc.................. 98-1226 01/12/98
Waste Management, Inc., Joseph DiMarco,
DiMarco Disposal Service, Inc., J&J
Recycling Co., Inc..................... 98-1227 01/12/98
BankBoston Corporation, The Sheridan
Group, Inc., The Sheridan Group, Inc... 98-1230 01/12/98
Beverly Enterprises, Inc., BankAmerica
Corporation, Acquisition Corp.......... 98-1232 01/12/98
Quilvest, Timothy K. Campbell,
Klickitat, Inc.; Automotive Caliper
Exchange, Inc.......................... 98-1236 01/12/98
United Auto Group, Inc., Alan V. Young,
Young Management Group and Kissimmee
Motors, Inc............................ 98-1237 01/12/98
Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III
L.P., BMP/Graham Holdings Corp., BMP/
Graham Holdings Corp................... 98-1239 01/12/98
J.W. Childs Equity Partners, L.P.,
Playtex Products, Inc., Playtex
Products, Inc.......................... 98-1240 01/12/98
Playtex Products, Inc., J.W. Childs
Equity Partners, L.P., Personal Care
Holdings, Inc.......................... 98-1241 01/12/98
BankBoston Corporation, Richard E.
Hearn, Capital City Press, Inc......... 98-1244 01/12/98
Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant
Banking Fund, BMP/Graham Holdings Corp,
BMP/Graham Holdings Corp............... 98-1245 01/12/98
Waste Management, Inc., John DiMarco,
DiMarco Disposal Services, Inc., J&J
Recycling Ser.......................... 98-1247 01/12/98
Patterson Dental Company, Hill Dental
Company, Inc., Hill Dental Company, Inc 98-1248 01/12/98
Cintas Corporation, Johnson Group
Cleaners, PLC, ApparelMaster USA
Services, Inc./ApparelMaster USA, Inc.. 98-1249 01/12/98
NCS HealthCare, Inc., J.C. Penney
Company, Inc., Thrift Drug, Inc., Fay's
Incorporated........................... 98-1250 01/12/98
Phoenix International Life Sciences
Inc., Kuraya Corporation, IBRD-Rostrum
Global, Inc............................ 98-1256 01/12/98
Rexall Sundown, Inc., Christian Family
Foundation, Richardson Labs Inc........ 98-1258 01/12/98
Health Management Associates, Inc.,
River Oaks Hospital, Inc., River Oaks
Hospital, Inc.......................... 98-1016 01/13/98
Rodamco NV (a Dutch company), RREEF
America LLC, RREEF America LLC......... 98-1086 01/13/98
Motorola, Inc., Eclipsys Corporation,
Eclipsys Corporation................... 98-1099 01/13/98
Eclipsys Corporation, Motorola Inc.,
Motorola Inc........................... 98-1100 01/13/98
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Financial Pacific Company,
Financial Pacific Company.............. 98-1122 01/13/98
Robert F.X. Sillerman, BG Presents,
Inc., BG Presents, Inc................. 98-1181 01/13/98
First Chicago NBD Corporation, Victoreen
Acquisition Corp., Victoreen, Inc...... 98-1195 01/13/98
Arthur Liu, Heftel Broadcasting
Corporation, Heftel Broadcasting
Corporation............................ 98-1204 01/13/98
Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, Arthur
Liu, Multicultural Radio Broadcasting,
Inc.................................... 98-1205 01/13/98
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund
III, L.P., TowerCom, Limited, TowerCom,
Limited................................ 98-1222 01/13/98
Outsourcing Solutions, Inc., The Union
Corporation, The Union Corporation..... 98-1233 01/13/98
Tyco International Ltd., Holmes
Protection Group, Inc., Holmes
Protection Group, Inc.................. 98-1261 01/13/98
Naomi C. Dempsey, Sonoco Products
Company, KMI Continental Fibre Drum,
Inc.; Sonoco Plastic Drum.............. 98-1038 01/14/98
David J. Shimmon, United States Filter
Corporation, United States Filter
Corporation............................ 98-1050 01/14/98
John J. Rigas, Doris Holdings, LP,
National Cable Acquisition Associates,
LP..................................... 98-1079 01/14/98
Index Corporation, Gast Manufacturing
Corporation, Gast Manufacturing
Corporation............................ 98-1115 01/14/98
K-N Energy, Inc., Occidential Petroleum
Corporation, MidCon Corp............... 98-1142 01/14/98
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Henry
Cournoyer, Directional Wireline
Services, Inc.; DAMCO Services......... 98-1169 01/14/98
United Rentals, Inc., Reinhart Leasing,
LLC, Reinhart Leasing, LLC............. 98-1198 01/14/98
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, PerSeptive
Biosystems Inc., PerSeptive Biosystems,
Inc.................................... 97-3651 01/15/98
Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, ChemFirst Inc.,
Power Sources, Inc..................... 98-1246 01/15/98
Metal Management, Inc., FPX, Inc. FPX,
Inc.................................... 98-1225 01/16/98
C.F. Gomma S.p.A., Dana Corporation,
Dana Corporation....................... 98-1228 01/16/98
Rental Services Corporation, Danny L.
Evans, JDW Enterprises, Inc............ 98-1243 01/16/98
Culp, Inc., Artee Industries,
Incorporated, Artee Industries,
Incorporated........................... 98-1251 01/16/98
Westwood One, Alan Markowitz,
Philadelphia Express Traffic Limited
Partnership............................ 98-1253 01/16/98
DQE, Inc., Malcolm D. Bailey, TEC
Industries Inc......................... 98-1255 01/16/98
Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund V,
LP, Cormier Equipment Corporation,
Cormier Equipment Corporation.......... 98-1260 01/16/98
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Ashland Inc., Masters-Jackson Paving
Co., Masters-Jackson Paving Co......... 98-1262 01/16/98
Churchill ESOP Capital Partners, LP, R.
Briggs Wood, Timec Company, Time
Southern California, Inc.; James-Ti.... 98-1263 01/16/98
J. Erik Hvide, Kirby Corporation, Sabine
Transportation Company................. 98-1265 01/16/98
Jordan Industries, Inc., Jerry A. Klett,
K&S Sheet Metal Inc.................... 98-1267 01/16/98
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., Daimler-
Benz AG (a German corporation), TEMIC
Semiconductor GmbH; Siliconix
Incorporated........................... 98-1272 01/16/98
Quad-C Partners IV, LP, Princeton
Enterprises, Inc., United Piece Dye
Works, Limited Partnership............. 98-1274 01/16/98
OM Group, Inc., Auric Corporation, Auric
Corporation............................ 98-1296 01/16/98
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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. 98-2575 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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