[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7171-7173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3505]
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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: 012098 and 013098
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Name of acquiring person, name of acquired Date
person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated
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J. Garner Scott, Joseph E. Parker, Jr., S&M
Equipment Corporation........................ 98-1012 01/20/98
Coventry Corporation, Principal Mutual Life
Insurance Co., Principal Mutual Life
Insurance Co................................. 98-1111 01/20/98
Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co., Coventry
Corporation, Coventry Health Care, Inc....... 98-1112 01/20/98
Baptist Hospital, Inc., Daughters of Charity
National Health System, St.Thomas Hospital &
Middle Tennessee Health Corp................. 98-1199 01/20/98
IAT Reinsurance Syndicate Ltd., National
Discount Brokers Group, Inc., National
Discount Brokers Group, Inc.................. 98-1235 01/20/98
Fresenius Aktiengesellschaft, Phillip G
Calderone, M.D., Nephro-Care, Inc............ 98-1278 01/20/98
U.S.A. Floral Products, Inc., Continental
Farms Limited, Continental Farms Limited..... 98-1279 01/20/98
H.I.G. Investment Group, L.P., Fred McCoy,
Cincinnati Test Systems, Inc................. 98-1280 01/20/98
N.V. Verenigd Bezit VNU, Starwood Lodging
Corporation, ITT World Directories, Inc...... 98-1281 01/20/98
Intrawest Corporation, The Praedium Recovery
Fund, LP, Angel Projects LLC................. 98-1283 01/20/98
American HomePatient, Inc., National Medical
Systems, Inc., National Medical Systems, Inc. 98-1285 01/20/98
Permiere Technologies, Inc., Xpedite Systems,
Inc., Xpedite Systems, Inc................... 98-1288 01/20/98
McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., Cowles Media
Company, Cowles Media Company................ 98-1291 01/20/98
Cowles Media Company, McClatchy Newspapers,
Inc., McClatchy Newspaper, Inc............... 98-1292 01/20/98
Grey Wolf, Inc., Murco Drilling Corporation,
Murco Drilling Corporation................... 98-1295 01/20/98
U.S. Office Products Company, Avi Shaked &
Babs Waldman (spouses), PCM, Inc............. 98-1299 01/20/98
Avi Shaked and Babs Waldman (spouses), U.S.
Office Products Company, U.S. Office Products
Company...................................... 98-1300 01/20/98
Wyndham International, Inc., Interstate Hotel
Corporation, Interstate Hotel Corporation.... 98-1307 01/20/98
Ocean Energy, Inc., United Meridian
Corporation, United Meridian Corporation..... 98-1315 01/20/98
United Dominion Industries Limited,
Radiodetection Holdings, Limited,
Radiodetection Holdings, Limited............. 98-1325 01/20/98
Osmonics, Inc., Micron Separations, Inc.,
Micron Separtations, Inc..................... 98-1333 01/20/98
GKN plc, Armstrong Rim & Wheel Mfg. Co.,
Armstrong Rim & Wheel Mfg. Co................ 98-0402 01/21/98
Phillip G. Ruffin, Margaret Elardi,
Unibelievable, Inc........................... 98-1068 01/21/98
JELD-WEN, Inc., Morgan Products Ltd., Morgan
Products Ltd................................. 98-1108 01/21/98
Newcor, Inc., Raymond B. Dorris, Turn-Matic,
Inc.......................................... 98-1114 01/21/98
Sara Lee Corporation, Kesterson Companies,
Inc., Kesterson Companies, Inc............... 98-1120 01/21/98
Republic Industries, Inc., D/L Motor Company,
D/L Motor Company............................ 98-1121 01/21/98
MedPartners, Inc., Mid-America Medical Group,
S.C., Mid-America Medical Group, S.C......... 98-1257 01/21/98
U.S.A. Floral Products, Inc., Peter F.
Ullrich, XL Group Inc........................ 98-1269 01/21/98
Quad-C Partners IV, LP, D&F Holdings, Inc.,
D&F Holdings, Inc............................ 98-1275 01/21/98
Textron Inc., The Washington Water Power
Company, Systran Financial Services Holding
Company...................................... 98-1294 01/21/98
HWH Capital Partners, L.P., Olympus Growth
Fund II, L.P., NBC Acquisition Corp.......... 98-1305 01/21/98
Culligan Water Technologies, Inc., Water
Services Corporation, Water Services
Corporation.................................. 98-1323 01/21/98
H.F. Johnson Distributing Trust f/b/o Samuel
C. Johnson, The Dow Chemical Company,
DowBrands L.P., DowBrands, Inc., DowBrands
Canada Inc................................... 98-0692 01/22/98
Tokyo Electron Limited, Sony Corporation,
Materials Research Corporation............... 98-1211 01/22/98
Catholic Health Initiatives, Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corporation, HCA Health Services
of Midwest, Inc.............................. 98-1238 01/22/98
Universal Outdoor, Inc., James V. Riley,
Transportation Media, Inc.................... 98-1284 01/22/98
Four Media Company, Visualize d/b/a POP,
Visualize d/b/a POP.......................... 98-1298 01/22/98
Reckitt & Colman plc (a British company), H.F.
Johnson Distributing Trust of the Benefit of
Samue, SNW Co., Inc.......................... 98-1231 01/23/98
Health Management Associates, Inc., Riley
Development Systems, Inc., The Riley Hospital
& Benevolent Association..................... 98-1378 01/23/98
Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III, LP,
SK Parent Corp. (JV), SK Parent Corp. (JV)... 98-0728 01/26/98
Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant
Banking Fund, SK Parent Corp. (JV), SK Parent
Corp. (JV)................................... 98-0729 01/26/98
Philip Services Corp., SK Parent Corp. (JV),
SK Parent Corp. (JV)......................... 98-0730 01/26/98
Philip Services Corp., Safety-Kleen Corp.,
Safety-Kleen Corp............................ 98-0817 01/26/98
Galoob Toys, Inc., George W. Lucas, Jr., Lucas
Licensing Ltd................................ 98-1282 01/26/98
Diebold, Incorporated, Diebold, Incorporated,
Inter Bold................................... 98-1317 01/26/98
PalEx, Inc., a Delaware corporation, A. Joseph
Cruz, Consolidated Drum Reconditioning Co.
dba Container................................ 98-1321 01/26/98
PalEx, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Philip M.
Freeman, Consolidated Drum Reconditioning Co.
dba Container Servi.......................... 98-1322 01/26/98
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Cornerstone Equity Investors IV, LP, Micron
Technology, Inc., Micron Custom Manufacturing
Services, Inc................................ 98-1327 01/26/98
ITEQ, Inc., Matrix Service Company, Matrix
Service Company.............................. 98-1331 01/26/98
Kingsway Financial Services Inc., American
Service Investment Corporation, American
Service Investment Corporation............... 98-1334 01/26/98
PalEx, Inc., Elliot Pearlman, Acme Barrel
Company, Inc., Western Container Limited Li.. 98-1335 01/26/98
RCN Corporation, Erol M. Onaran, Erols
Internet, Inc................................ 98-1337 01/26/98
Charter Oak Partners, Fred Thomas, Sr., ITM
Corporation.................................. 98-1340 01/26/98
AlliedSignal Inc., George F. Roberts, Tensor,
Inc.......................................... 98-1348 01/26/98
George F. Roberts, AlliedSignal, Inc.,
AlliedSignal, Inc............................ 98-1349 01/26/98
Albertson's, Inc., Crimson Associates, L.P.,
Crimson Associates, L.P., Seessel Holdings,
Inc.......................................... 98-1351 01/26/98
Quanex Corporation, Decatur Aluminum Holding
Corp., Decatur Aluminum Corp................. 98-1354 01/26/98
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Jack J. Cook,
Jr., Durrett-Sheppard Steel Co., L.L.C.;
Durrett-Sheppard............................. 98-1361 01/26/98
Inernational Technology Corporation, OHM
Corporation, OHM Corporation................. 98-1367 01/26/98
First Reserve Fund VII, Limited Partnership,
Jacqueline Trust No. 2, Cardinal Holding Corp 98-1373 01/26/98
Cablevision Systems Corporation, Cablevision
Systems Corporation, Rainbow Program
Enterprise................................... 98-1387 01/26/98
PVS Chemicals, Inc., Stronach Trust, The
Chantland Company............................ 98-1402 01/26/98
AutoZone, Inc., Delaware Falcon, Inc., ADAP,
Inc.......................................... 98-1405 01/26/98
Laidlaw Inc. (a Canadian company), Safety-
Kleen Corp., Safety-Kleen Corp............... 98-0769 01/27/98
Robert F.X. Sillerman, Steve F. Schankman, The
Contemporary Group Inc....................... 98-1157 01/27/98
Robert F.X. Sillerman, Irving P. Zuckerman,
The Contemporary Group....................... 98-1158 01/27/98
Coltec Industries Inc., Groupe Carbone
Lorraine, Helicoflex Company................. 98-1276 01/27/98
Koch Industries, Inc., ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK
Products Company and ONG Transmission Company 98-1332 01/27/98
H.I.G. Investment Group, L.P., Frederick L.
Tompkins, Vaupell Industrial Plastics, Inc... 98-1368 01/27/98
Mellon Bank Corporation, Bjorn K. Borgen,
Founders Asset Management, Inc............... 98-1372 01/27/98
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III,
L.P., Robert R. Dyson, Patterson
Broadcasting, Inc............................ 98-1932 01/28/98
Tele-Communications, Inc., Rifkin Acquisition
Partners, LLLP, Rifkin Acquisition Partners,
LLLP......................................... 98-1186 01/28/98
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., California
Microwave, Inc., California Microwave, Inc... 98-1293 01/28/98
Applied Power Inc., Del City Wire, Inc., Del
City Wire, Inc............................... 98-1308 01/28/98
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., CGW Southeast
Partners I, LP, Medaes Holdings, Inc......... 98-1363 01/28/98
Reed International P.L.C., Geyer-McAllister
Publications, Inc., Geyer-McAllister
Publications, Inc............................ 98-1380 01/28/98
Elsevier N.V., Geyer-McAllister Publications,
Inc., Geyer-McAllister Publications, Inc..... 98-1381 01/28/98
ARLP Acquisition Co., LLC, A. Ahlstrom
Corporation (a Finland corporation), SJF
Aviation Holdings, Inc....................... 98-1383 01/28/98
Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.,
Deposition Sciences, Inc., Deposition
Sciences, Inc................................ 98-1224 01/29/98
Harrisons & Crosfield plc, The Harold C.
Simmons Family Trust No. 2, Rheox, Intn'l
Inc., RIMC., Inc. and Enenco, Inc............ 98-1229 01/29/98
Republic Industries, Inc., Charles L. Clancy,
Jr., Chuck Clancy Ford of Marietta, Inc...... 98-1314 01/29/98
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Syndicate
Systems, Inc., Syndicate Systems, Inc........ 98-1324 01/29/98
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, Bird Corporation
Bird Corporation............................. 98-1358 01/29/98
Orion Capital Corporation, Strickland
Insurance Group, Inc., Strickland Insurance
Group, Inc................................... 98-1377 01/29/98
Richard J. Nash, Arthur J. Goodsel, Huron
Plastics Group, Inc; Tadim, Inc.............. 98-1400 01/29/98
Joe Balous, Arthur J. Goodsel, Huron Plastics
Group, Inc.; Tadim, Inc...................... 98-1401 01/29/98
American Financial Group, Inc., James Harry
Leggett, Jr., Arkansas National Life
Insurance Company............................ 98-1403 01/29/98
MRV Communications, Inc., Whittaker
Corporation, Whittaker Xyplex, Inc........... 98-1444 01/29/98
Motorola, Inc., American Mobile Satellite
Corporation, American Mobile Satellite
Corporation.................................. 98-1289 01/30/98
American Mobile Satellite Corporation,
Motorola, Inc., Motorola ARDLS, Inc.,
Motorola ARDIS Acquisition, Inc.............. 98-1290 01/30/98
Midwest Energy, Inc., KN Energy, Inc., KN
Energy, Inc.................................. 98-1297 01/30/98
Federal Express Corporation, UAL Corporation,
UAL Corporation.............................. 98-1301 01/30/98
Brunswick Corporation, Gerald L. Dettinger,
ParaBody, Inc................................ 98-1355 01/30/98
Brunswick Corporation, Stephen M. Duncan,
ParaBody, Inc................................ 98-1356 01/30/98
Rent-Way, Inc., Bill C. Ogle Sr., Champion
Rentals, Inc................................. 98-1360 01/30/98
Bay Networks, Inc., NetSpeak Corporation,
NetSpeak Corporation......................... 98-1362 01/30/98
John J. Rigas, H.F. Lenfest, Hyperion
Telecommunications of Harrisburg............. 98-1369 01/30/98
John J. Rigas, Tele-Communications, Inc.,
Hyperion Telecommunications of Harrisburg.... 98-1370 01/30/98
John J. Rigas, John J. Rigas, Hyperion
Telecommunications of Harrisburg............. 98-1371 01/30/98
Colony Investors II, L.P., Public Storage,
Inc., Public Storage, Inc.................... 98-1382 01/30/98
EG&G, Inc., TI Group, plc (a British company),
John Crane Inc. (Belfab Division)............ 98-1384 01/30/98
Frontier Corporation, GlobalCenter, Inc.,
GlobalCenter, Inc............................ 98-1388 01/30/98
Pfingsten Executive Fund, L.P., M.E. Abrams,
Clercom, Inc. d/b/a Diesel Eagle............. 98-1389 01/30/98
PhyCor, Inc., CareWise, Inc., CareWise, Inc... 98-1390 01/30/98
Sylvan Learning System, Inc., Marlene Canter,
Canter and Associates, Inc.; Canter
Educational.................................. 98-1395 01/30/98
W. Galen Weston, RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.,
Plush Pippin Corporation..................... 98-1404 01/30/98
J.W. Childs Equity Partners, L.P., H.I.G.
Investment Group, L.P., Heath Holding Corp... 98-1407 01/30/98
American International Group, Inc., American
Bankers Insurance Group, Inc., American
Bankers Insurance Group, Inc................. 98-1410 01/30/98
O. Bruton Smith, H. Skip Berg, Brenda Raceway
Corporation.................................. 98-1415 01/30/98
Castle Harlan Partners III, L.P., BankAmerica
Corporation, Land `N' Sea Distributing, Inc.. 98-1426 01/30/98
USN Communications, Inc., Mark Hatten, Hatten
Communications Holing Company, Inc........... 98-1437 01/30/98
Hughes Supply, Inc., Chad Supply, Inc., Chad
Supply, Inc.................................. 98-1442 01/30/98
Matthews Studio Equipment Group, Stonebridge
Partners Equity Funds, L.P., Four Star
Holding, Inc................................. 98-1443 01/30/98
Waste Management, Inc., International
Technology Corporation, International
Technology Corporation....................... 98-1453 01/30/98
Plainwell Holding Company, Pope & Talbot,
Inc., Pope & Talbot, Wis., Inc............... 98-1455 01/30/98
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NCO Group, Inc., TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc.,
TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc................... 98-1456 01/30/98
Golder, Thomas, Cressey, Rauner Fund V, L.P.,
The Modern Group, Inc., The Modern Group,
Inc. (Dragon Rental Division)................ 98-1457 01/30/98
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund V Limited
Partnership, Norfolk Southern Corporation,
North American Van Lines, Inc................ 98-1460 01/30/98
Enron Corp., Compagnie Generale des Eaux (a
French corporation), Anjou Construction and
Services Company; Limbach Holdin............. 98-1462 01/30/98
Federal-Mogul Corporation, Fel-Pro Realty
Corporation, Fel-Pro Realty Corporation...... 98-1467 01/30/98
The Robert Rosenkranz Trust, Dennis N.
Horowitz, Smith St. John Company, Smith St.
John of Georgia, Inc.,....................... 98-1470 01/30/98
H&R Block, Inc., Estate of David B. Clayton,
Estate of David B. Clayton................... 98-1471 01/30/98
Dominion Resources, Inc., Unicom Corporation,
Commonwealth Edison Company.................. 98-1484 01/30/98
Cablevision Systems Corporation, The Wiz, Inc.
(Debtor-in-Possession), The Wiz, Inc. (Debtor-
in-Possession)............................... 98-1513 01/30/98
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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. 98-3505 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M