[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10623-10625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5536]


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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: 02/02/98 and 02/13/98 
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  Name of acquiring person, name of acquired                     Date   
        person, name of acquired entity           PMN No.     terminated
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ValueVision International, Inc., National                               
 Media Corporation, National Media Corporation      98-1364     02/02/98
National Media Corporation, ValueVision                                 
 International, Inc., ValueVision                                       
 International, Inc...........................      98-1365     02/02/98
Triumph Group, Inc., Greg Frisby, Frisby                                
 Industries, Inc..............................      98-1418     02/02/98
Triumph Group, Inc., Jeffry Frisby, Frisby                              
 Industries, Inc..............................      98-1419     02/02/98

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Physician Sales & Service, Inc., Gulf South                             
 Medical Supply, Inc., Gulf South Medical                               
 Supply, Inc..................................      98-1421     02/02/98
Thomas G. Hixon, Physician Sales & Service,                             
 Inc., Physician Sales & Service, Inc.........      98-1422     02/02/98
Comfort Systems USA, Inc., Herbert T.                                   
 Holcombe, Tafco Refrigeration, Inc...........      98-1433     02/02/98
Comfort Systems USA, Inc., D.W. Moore, Jr.,                             
 Tafco Refrigeration, Inc.....................      98-1434     02/02/98
Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, Boardwalk                                 
 Casino, Inc., Boardwalk Casino, Inc..........      98-1440     02/02/98
Patterson Energy, Inc., Robertson Onshore                               
 Drilling Company, Robertson Onshore Drilling                           
 Company......................................      98-1458     02/03/98
World Color Press, Inc., Taconic Holdings,                              
 Inc., Taconic Holdings, Inc..................      98-1459     02/03/98
PRIMEDIA, Inc., MNI Newco, Inc., Cowles                                 
 Enthusiast Media, Inc........................      98-1461     02/03/98
Metasaliitto Osuuskunta, Lucre Investments                              
 (BVI) Limited, a Singapore company, Weary                              
 Investment B.V...............................      98-1468     02/03/98
D.R. Horton Inc., Continental Homes Holding                             
 Corp., Continental Homes Holding Corp........      98-1357     02/04/98
Allianz AG Holding, Life USA Holding, Inc.,                             
 Life USA Holding, Inc........................      98-1420     02/04/98
FML Holdings, Inc., Paavo Ensio, Stan Blast                             
 Abrasives Co., Inc.; Grangrit, Inc...........      98-1435     02/04/98
FML Holdings, Inc., Mark Ensio, Stan Blast                              
 Abrasives Co., Inc.; Grangrit, Inc...........      98-1436     02/04/98
Thunor Trust, First National Life Insurance of                          
 America, First National Life Insurance of                              
 America......................................      98-1438     02/04/98
Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Michael R. Levy, Mediatex                           
 Communications Corporation...................      98-1477     02/04/98
Sybron International Corporation, LRS                                   
 Acquisition Company, LRS Acquisition Company.      98-1487     02/04/98
Jordan Industries, Inc., Anthony Pascoe, K&S                            
 Sheet Metal Inc..............................      98-1266     02/05/98
Elan Corporation, plc, Sano Corporation, Sano                           
 Corporation..................................      98-1310     02/05/98
Reginald L. Hardy, Elan Corporation, plc, Elan                          
 Corporation, plc.............................      98-1311     02/05/98
Charles J. Betlach, Elan Corporation, plc,                              
 Elan Corporation, plc........................      98-1336     02/05/98
Novartis AG, Elan Corporation, plc, (an Irish                           
 company), Elan Corporation, plc..............      98-1413     02/05/98
Frontier Vision Partners, L.P., New England                             
 Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc., New                                
 England Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc....      98-1423     02/05/98
Gordon S. Lang, Sonoco Products Company,                                
 Sonoco Flexible Packaging, Inc...............      98-1430     02/05/98
Suiza Foods Corporation, David E. Trauth,                               
 Louis Trauth Dairy, Inc.; Osgood Dairy, Inc.;                          
 Cardinal.....................................      98-1017     02/06/98
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Granite                              
 Financial, Inc., Granite Financial, Inc......      98-1326     02/06/98
Union Bank of Switzerland, J.W. Childs Equity                           
 Partners, L.P., DESA Holdings Corporation....      98-1406     02/06/98
KFI Holding Corporation, AGI Incorporated, AGI                          
 Incorporated.................................      98-1412     02/06/98
World Access, Inc., GST Telecommunications,                             
 Inc., NACT Telecommunications, Inc...........      98-1478     02/06/98
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, Markel                              
 Corporation, Carlisle Insurance Company......      98-1479     02/06/98
General Electric Company, Earl N. Phillips,                             
 Jr., First Factors Corporation...............      98-1485     02/06/98
Jeffrey J. Prosser, The Bank of Nova Scotia (a                          
 Canadian corporation), Caribbean                                       
 Communications Corp..........................      98-1488     02/06/98
Owais A. Dagra, Frank B. Bradley, III, Fas                              
 Mart Convenience Stores, Inc.................      98-1489     02/06/98
Everett R. Dobson Irrevocable Family Trust,                             
 Cellular 2000 Telephone Co., Cellular 2000                             
 Telephone Co.................................      98-1492     02/06/98
Applied Power Inc., The Collier Family Trust,                           
 AA Manufacturing, Inc........................      98-1495     02/06/98
Concentra Managed Care, Inc., Preferred                                 
 Payment Systems, Inc., Preferred Payment                               
 Systems, Inc.................................      98-1501     02/06/98
Bunge International Limited (a Bermudian                                
 corporation), Blaine Cook, Dansk Specialty                             
 Foods, Inc...................................      98-1507     02/06/98
Bunge International Limited (a Bermudian                                
 corporation), David Thompson, Dansk                                    
 Speciality Foods, Inc........................      99-1508     02/06/98
Windward Capital Associates, L.P., Windward                             
 Capital Associates, L.P., French Holdings,                             
 Inc..........................................      98-1509     02/06/98
Dag Sundby, Christopher Cohan, Sonic                                    
 Enterprises..................................      98-1511     02/06/98
Centex Corporation, Jacob E. Hannon, AAA                                
 Homes, Inc...................................      98-1516     02/06/98
Centex Corporation, Madge T. Hannon, AAA                                
 Homes, Inc...................................      98-1517     02/06/98
Robert P. Ingle, Crimson, Associates, L.P.,                             
 Brunos Inc...................................      98-1316     02/09/98
BTG, Inc., Government Technology Services,                              
 Inc., Government Technology Service, Inc.....      98-1346     02/09/98
Government Technology Services, Inc., BTG,                              
 Inc., BTG, Inc.,.............................      98-1347     02/09/98
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dialogic                                
 Corporation, Spectron Microsystems,                                    
 Incorporated.................................      98-1490     02/09/98
Commonwealth Industries, Inc., Noranda Inc.,                            
 Norandal USA, Inc............................      98-1533     02/09/98
Ugland International Holdings plc, Jonathan                             
 Detwiler, Auto Port, Inc., Christina                                   
 Management Inc...............................      98-1536     02/09/98
Quorum Health Group, Inc., Sisters of St.                               
 Francis, Denver, Colorado, St. Joseph's                                
 Hospital Corporation, Kenmare Community......      98-1548     02/09/98
Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.--a                              
 Taiwanese Co., Monaco Finance, Inc., Monaco                            
 Finance, Inc.................................      98-1375     02/10/98
Champion Enterprises, Inc., Russell Fox,                                
 Accent Mobile Homes, Inc., Accent                                      
 Manufactured Homes Inc.......................      98-1452     02/10/98
Jordan Industries, Inc., Stephen T. Meyer,                              
 Deflecto Corporation.........................      98-1480     02/10/98
Cumulus Media LLC, Robert Lowder, Republic                              
 Corporation..................................      98-1500     02/10/98
Bostrom plc, National Seating Company,                                  
 National Seating Company.....................      98-1520     02/10/98
Platinum Technology, Inc., Learmonth &                                  
 Burchett Management System, PLC, Learmonth &                           
 Burchett Management System, PLC..............      98-1532     02/10/98
FS Equity Partners, III, Seattle Coffee                                 
 Company, Seattle Coffee Company..............      98-1537     02/10/98
Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali S.p.A.,                           
 Valentino Garavani, Bridge S.r.l., Valentino                           
 Couture S.A. et al...........................      98-1539     02/10/98
John V. Holten, Myron C. Warshauer, Standard                            
 Parking, LP, Standard Parking Corporation....      98-1543     02/10/98
Dean Foods Company, Harlan R. Wengert,                                  
 Wengert's Dairy, Inc.........................      98-1558     02/10/98
First Data Corporation, NationsBank                                     
 Corporation, Barnett-First Data Alliance.....      98-1175     02/11/98
National Service Industries, Inc., John L.                              
 Jordan, Allen Envelope Corporation...........      98-1523     02/11/98
Arthur Liu, TSG Associates, II, Inc., WNJR,                             
 Inc., WNJR License, Inc., KOBO Radio, Inc....      98-1519     02/12/98
Omnicom Group Inc., The GGT Group PLC, The GGT                          
 Group PLC....................................      98-1531     02/12/98
Federal Data Corporation, Ralph O. Williams,                            
 R.O.W. Sciences, Inc.........................      98-1651     02/12/98
Roper Industries, Inc., First Scientific                                
 Devices Equities Trust, Photometrices, Ltd.                            
 Assets.......................................      98-3530     02/13/98
Lane Industries Inc., Dr. U. Wolfensberger (a                           
 Swiss national), IBICO AG....................      98-0515     02/13/98
Phycor, Inc., First Physician Care, Inc.,                               
 First Physician Care, Inc....................      98-1439     02/13/98
The Viscount Rothermere, Risk Management                                
 Solutions, Inc., Risk Management Solutions,                            
 Inc..........................................      98-1476     02/13/98
CKE Restaurants, Inc., Advantica Restaurant                             
 Group, Inc., Flagstar Enterprises, Inc.......      98-1498     02/13/98

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Interpool, Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (a                                  
 Japanese corporation), Container Applications                          
 International Inc............................      98-1503     02/13/98
Mr. Hiromitsu Ogawa, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (a                              
 Japanese corporation), Container Applications                          
 International, Inc...........................      98-1504     02/13/98
Wacker Chemie GmbH, J. Marvin Anderson, Kelmar                          
 Industries, Inc., Microblen Corporation......      98-1540     02/13/98
W.R. Sauey, Storage Dimensions, Inc., Storage                           
 Dimensions, Inc..............................      98-1551     02/13/98
International Comfort Products Corporation,                             
 Stillwater Partners I, L.P., United Electric                           
 Company......................................      98-1552     02/13/98
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co.,                            
 Newco, a newly Delaware Corporation, Newco, a                          
 newly formed Delaware Corporation............      98-1553     02/13/98
FPA Medical Management, Inc., St. Joseph                                
 Medical Corporation, St. Joseph Medical                                
 Corporation, Orange Coast Managed............      98-1556     02/13/98
Rental Service Corporation, James S. Peterson,                          
 James S. Peterson Enterprises, Inc...........      98-1557     02/13/98
Dean Foods Company, American Stores Company,                            
 Lucky Stores, Inc............................      98-1559     02/13/98
Joseph M. Field, Sinclair Broadcast Group,                              
 Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc..........      98-1560     02/13/98
Quantum Fund N.V., CMS Energy Corporation,                              
 Petal Gas Storage Company....................      98-1562     02/13/98
Voting Trust dated December 4, 1968 of                                  
 Hallmark Cards, UST Inc., Cabin Fever                                  
 Entertainment Inc............................      98-1567     02/13/98
Global Metal Technologies, Inc., ITT                                    
 Industries, Inc., ITT Automotive, Inc........      98-1572     02/13/98
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., LP,                                  
 American Paper Holdings, Inc., American Paper                          
 Holdings, Inc................................      98-1575     02/13/98
Ronald O. Perelman, Warburg, Pincus Capital                             
 Company, L.P., Panavision Inc................      98-1577     02/13/98
A.L. Alford, Jr., Tele-Communications, Inc.,                            
 Tribune Publishing Company--Idaho; Tribune                             
 Publishing...................................      98-1579     02/13/98
Kathryn Hach-Darrow, Harry T. Stephenson,                               
 Environmental Test Systems, Inc..............      98-1580     02/13/98
Robert A. Amato, Kenneth R. Thomson, Frames                             
 Data, Inc....................................      98-1582     02/13/98
Consolidation Capital Corporation, Helmuth H.                           
 and Paula N. Eidel, Tri-City Electrical                                
 Contractors, Inc.............................      98-1591     02/13/98
Consolidation Capital Corporation, Wilson                               
 Electric Co., Inc. Employee Stock Ownership                            
 Plan, Wilson Electric Company, Inc...........      98-1592     02/13/98
Consolidation Capital Corporation, William P.                           
 Love Jr. and Diane L. Love, SKC Electric,                              
 Inc. and SKCE, Inc...........................      98-1593     02/13/98
Consolidation Capital Corporation, Roland G.                            
 Stephenson, Town & Country Electric Inc......      98-1594     02/13/98
Consolidation Capital Corporation, Donald G.                            
 White, Riviera Electric Construction Co......      98-1595     02/13/98
Applebee's International, Inc., Apple South,                            
 Inc., Apple South, Inc.......................      98-1601     02/13/98
American Express Company, Administaff, Inc.,                            
 Administaff, Inc.............................      98-1606     02/13/98
MJD Communications Inc., Taconic Telephone                              
 Corp., Taconic Telephone Corp................      98-1607     02/13/98
Trivest Fund II, Ltd., Noel Aquilera,                                   
 Paramount Aviation, Inc......................      98-1618     02/13/98
The Sage Group plc, State of the Art, Inc.,                             
 State of the Art, Inc........................      98-1623     02/13/98
Gerald W. Schwartz, ACME Metals, Incorporated,                          
 Universal Tool & Stamping....................      98-1624     02/13/98
John V. Holten, Gerald W. Schwartz, a Canadian                          
 individual, ProSource, Inc...................      98-1625     02/13/98
KKR 1996 Fund L.P., PRIMEDIA, Inc., PRIMEDIA,                           
 Inc..........................................      98-1637     02/13/98
MasTec, Inc., Steve Akerman, C&S Directional                            
 Boring, Inc..................................      98-1639     02/13/98
Mail-Well, Inc., Alusuisse-Lonza Holding, Ltd.                          
 (a Swiss corporation), Lawson Mardon                                   
 Packaging USA Inc............................      98-1641     02/13/98
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, John A.                              
 DePizzo, Jr., JAD Enterprises, Inc...........      98-1645     02/13/98
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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. 98-5536 Filed 3-3-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M