[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