[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16541-16545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8766]


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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.

                  Transaction Granted Early Termination                 
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                                          ET req                        
         ET date            Trans No.     status         Party name     
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02-Mar-98................     19981610  G           Philip F. Anschutz. 
                                        G           Phoenix Network,    
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Phoenix Network,    
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981729  G           Lafite.             
                                        G           The Chalone Wine    
                                                     Group, Ltd.        
                                        G           The Chalone Wine    
                                                     Group, Ltd.        
                              19981738  G           Pool Energy Services
                                                     Co.                
                                        G           Al A. Gonsoulin.    
                                        G           Sea Mar, Inc.       
                              19981745  G           CGW Southeast       
                                                     Partners III, L.P. 
                                        G           Charter Oak         
                                                     Partners, L.P.     
                                        G           SIMCALA, Inc.       
                              19981749  G           American Capital    
                                                     Strategies, Ltd.   
                                        G           Richard G. Chance.  
                                        G           Chance Coach, Inc.  
                              19981753  G           The Beacon Group    
                                                     III--Focus Value   
                                                     Fund, L.P.         
                                        G           OnCare, Inc.        
                                        G           OnCare, Inc.        
                              19981761  G           Rexall Sundown, Inc.
                                        G           IVAX Corporation.   
                                        G           Goldcaps, Inc. and  
                                                     Zenith Goldline    
                                                     Golden Glades, Inc.
                              19981763  G           Applied Graphics    
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                                        G           Devon Group, Inc.   
                                        G           Devon Group, Inc.   
                              19981764  G           Marne Obernauer, Jr.
                                        G           Applied Graphics    
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                                        G           Applied Graphics    
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                              19981765  G           Clayton, Dubilier & 
                                                     Rice Fund V Limited
                                                     Partnership.       
                                        G           The Gillette        
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           Jafra Cosmetics     
                                                     International, Inc.
                              19981766  G           DLJ Merchant Banking
                                                     Partners II, LP.   
                                        G           Thermadyne Holdings 
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Thermadyne Holdings 
                                                     Corporation.       
                              19981770  G           The York Group, Inc.
                                        G           Colonial Guild, Ltd.
                                        G           Colonial Guild, Ltd.
                              19981771  G           MDC Communications  
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Artistic Greetings  
                                                     Incorporated.      

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                                        G           Artistic Greetings  
                                                     Incorporated.      
                              19981773  G           FirstService        
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           TeleSpectrum        
                                                     Worldwide Inc.     
                                        G           TeleSpectrum        
                                                     Worldwide Inc.     
                              19981775  G           Charterhouse Equity 
                                                     Partners III, L.P. 
                                        G           Dennis Mehiel.      
                                        G           The Fonda Group,    
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981779  G           Dain Rauscher       
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Wessels, Arnold &   
                                                     Henderson Group,   
                                                     L.L.C.             
                                        G           Wessels, Arnold &   
                                                     Henderson Group,   
                                                     L.L.C.             
                              19981781  G           Kommanditgesellschft
                                                     Delta Betsiligungs-
                                                     gessellschaf Co.   
                                        G           Gordon I. Segal.    
                                        G           Euromarket Designs, 
                                                     Inc. & Euromarket  
                                                     Designs, Inc.      
                              19981787  G           Centocor,Inc.       
                                        G           Dr. h.c. Paul Sacher
                                                     (a Swiss national).
                                        G           Roche Healthcare    
                                                     Limited (a         
                                                     Bermudian company).
                              19981788  G           Tele-Communications,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           TLMD Station Group, 
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           TLMD Station Group, 
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981793  G           Contour Holdings,   
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           TA Acquisition      
                                                     Holdings, Inc.     
                                        G           TA Acquisition      
                                                     Holdings, Inc.     
                              19981794  G           Bunge International 
                                                     Limited (a Bermuda 
                                                     corporation).      
                                        G           Au Bon Pain Co.,    
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           ABP Midwest.        
                              19981796  G           Apollo Investment   
                                                     Fund III, LP.      
                                        G           Telemundo Group,    
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Telemundo Group,    
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981798  G           Sony Corporation.   
                                        G           Apollo Investment   
                                                     Fund III, LP.      
                                        G           Telemundo Group,    
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981799  G           Texas Utilities     
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           The Energy Group    
                                                     PLC.               
                                        G           The Energy Group    
                                                     PLC.               
                              19981813  G           Specialty           
                                                     Teleconstructors,  
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Picks, Muse, Tate,  
                                                     Furst Equity Fund  
                                                     III, L.P.          
                                        G           OmniAmerica Holdings
                                                     Corporation.       
03-Mar-98................     19981742  G           Commonwealth Energy 
                                                     System.            
                                        G           President and       
                                                     Fellows of Harvard 
                                                     College.           
                                        G           Medicaid Area Total 
                                                     Energy Plant, Inc. 
                                                     & Cogeneration.    
                              19981767  G           Wallace S. Wilson   
                                        G           Smith International,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Smith International,
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981772  G           Polymer Group, Inc. 
                                        G           Exxon Corporation.  
                                        G           Exxon Corporation.  
                              19981776  G           Aviation Sales      
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           Benito Quevedo.     
                                        G           Caribe Aviation,    
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981792  G           Perseus Capital,    
                                                     L.L.C.             
                                        G           The News Corporation
                                                     Limited, an        
                                                     Australian company.
                                        G           Westview Books      
                              19981812  G           Hicks, Muse, Tate & 
                                                     Furst Equity Fund  
                                                     III, L.P.          
                                        G           Specialty           
                                                     Teleconstructions, 
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           ....................
                                        G           Specialty           
                                                     Teleconstructions, 
                                                     Inc.               
04-Mar-98................     19981722  G           Pioneer-Standard    
                                                     Electronics, Inc.  
                                        G           Gordon L. and       
                                                     Melissa W. Dickens 
                                                     III (Husband and   
                                                     Wife).             
                                        G           Dickens Data        
                                                     Systems, Inc.      
                              19981724  G           Marathon Fund       
                                                     Llimited           
                                                     Partnership, III.  
                                        G           John R. and Carolyn 
                                                     J. Maness.         
                                        G           Dixie Bedding       
                                                     Company.           
                              19981783  G           Gordon I. Segal.    
                                        G           Kommanditgesellischa
                                                     ft Delta           
                                                     Beteiligungsgesells
                                                     cha Co.            
                                        G           Cllipper Holdings,  
                                                     Inc.               
05-Mar-98................     19981672  G           Prudential          
                                                     Corporation plc (A 
                                                     British Company).  
                                        G           NuWorld Marketing   
                                                     Limited.           
                                        G           NuWorld Marketing   
                                                     Limited.           
                              19981681  G           Republic Industries,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Donald C. Mealey.   
                                        G           First Team          
                                                     Automotive Corp.   

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                              19981706  G           Res-Care, Inc.      
                                        G           Normal Life, Inc.   
                                        G           Normal Life, Inc.   
06-Mar-98................     19981663  G           United Health Care  
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Eugene W. Lorenz.   
                                        G           NexUS Healthcare    
                                                     Information        
                                                     Corporation.       
                              19982025  G           Reinhold Wurth.     
                                        G           Service Supply Co., 
                                                     Inc. of Indiana.   
                                        G           Service Supply Co., 
                                                     Inc. of Indiana.   
09-Mar-98................     19981638  G           Essilor             
                                                     International, S.A.
                                                     (Compagnie         
                                                     Generale).         
                                        G           Bell Optical        
                                                     Laboratory, Inc.   
                                        G           Bell Optical        
                                                     Laboratory, Inc.   
                              19981698  Y           Smith International,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        Y           Wilson Industries,  
                                                     Inc.               
                                        Y           Wilson Industries,  
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981708  G           Statesman Financial 
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Michigan Livestock  
                                                     Exchange.          
                                        G           Michigan Livestock  
                                                     Credit Corporation.
                              19981744  G           American Radio      
                                                     Systems            
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           N.L. Bentson.       
                                        G           WIT Communications, 
                                                     Inc., Washington   
                                                     International.     
                              19981784  G           The 1964 Simmons    
                                                     Trust.             
                                        G           Tremont Corporation.
                                        G           Tremont Corporation.
                              19981856  G           Tommy Hilfiger      
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Sportswear Holdings 
                                                     Limited.           
                                        G           Sportswear Holdings 
                                                     Limited.           
                                        G           Pepe Jeans USA, Inc.
                              19981886  G           Spartan             
                                                     Communications,    
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           WKRG-TV, Inc.       
                                        G           WKRG-TV, Inc.       
10-Mar-98................     19981703  G           Letitia Corporation.
                                        G           Stewart Warner      
                                                     Instrument         
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Stewart Warner      
                                                     Instrument         
                                                     Corporation.       
                              19981824  G           Siebe plc.          
                                        G           Ronald O. Perelman. 
                                        G           Coleman Safety and  
                                                     Security Products, 
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981854  G           RLLW, Inc.          
                                        G           Tricon Global       
                                                     Restaurants, Inc.  
                                        G           Pizza Hut, Inc.     
                              19981855  G           Sportswear Holdings 
                                                     Limited.           
                                        G           Tommy Hilfiger      
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Tommy Hilfiger      
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Pepe Jeans USA, Inc.
                              19981857  G           HIG Investment      
                                                     Group, L.P.        
                                        G           Richard J. Sosebee. 
                                        G           Cellular Warehouse, 
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981858  G           HIG Investment      
                                                     Group, LP.         
                                        G           Frederick L. Hill,  
                                                     III.               
                                        G           Cellular Warehouse, 
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981860  G           The Dow Chemical    
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           The Dow Chemical    
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           Chemtech Royalty    
                                                     Associates, L.P.   
                              19981867  G           Hicks, Muse, Tate & 
                                                     Furst, Equity Fund 
                                                     III, L.P.          
                                        G           The Hearst Trust.   
                                        G           Hearst-Argyle       
                                                     stations, Inc.     
                              19981868  G           The Hearst Trust.   
                                        G           Hick, Muse, Tate &  
                                                     Furst Equity Fund  
                                                     III, L.P.          
                                        G           STC Broadcasting,   
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981869  G           JP Foodservice, Inc.
                                        G           Westlund Provisions,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Westlund Provisions,
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981872  G           Chattem, Inc.       
                                        G           Bristol-Myers Squibb
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           Bristol-Myers Squibb
                                                     Company.           
                              19981873  G           International Paper 
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           The Company.        
                                        G           The Company.        
                              19981881  G           American            
                                                     International      
                                                     Group, Inc.        
                                        G           The Company.        
                                        G           The Company.        

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11-Mar-98................     19981664  G           International       
                                                     Business Machines  
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           CommQuest           
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                                        G           CommQuest           
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                              19981669  Y           Total Renal Care    
                                                     Holdings, Inc.     
                                        Y           William P. Nixon,   
                                                     Jr., M.D.          
                                        Y           Southeastern        
                                                     Dialysis Center,   
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981747  G           Toolex International
                                                     N.V.               
                                        G           Mr. Bruce Del Mar.  
                                        G           Del Mar Avionics,   
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981831  G           Premier Parks Inc.  
                                        G           Time Warner Inc.    
                                        G           Six Flags           
                                                     Entertainment      
                                                     Corporation.       
                              19981859  G           National Data       
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Data Broadcasting   
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Check Rite          
                                                     International, Inc.
                              19981875  G           General Electric    
                                                     Company.           
                                        G           Neff Corporation.   
                                        G           Neff Corporation.   
                              19981877  G           TPG Investors II,   
                                                     LP.                
                                        G           Oxford Health Plans,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Oxford Health Plans,
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981878  G           TPG Parallel II, LP.
                                        G           Oxford Health Plans,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Oxford Health Plans,
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981879  G           TPG Partners II, LP.
                                        G           Oxford Health Plans,
                                                     Inc.               
                                        G           Oxford Health Plans,
                                                     Inc.               
                              19981885  G           Dassault Systems    
                                                     S.A.               
                                        G           International       
                                                     Business Machines  
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           International       
                                                     Business Machines  
                                                     Corporation.       
                              19982022  G           Sunrise Medical Inc.
                                        G           Sentient Systems    
                                                     Technology, Inc.   
                                        G           Sentient Systems    
                                                     Technology, Inc.   
                              19982087  G           Ronald Stamato.     
                                        G           Eastern             
                                                     Environmental      
                                                     Services, Inc.     
                                        G           Hudson Jersey       
                                                     Sanitation Co.     
12-Mar-98................     19981728  G           Ronald I. Dozoretz, 
                                                     M.D.               
                                        G           Columbia/HCA        
                                                     Healthcare         
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Value Behavioral    
                                                     Health, Inc., Value
                                                     Health Reinsurance.
                              19981791  G           Princes Gate        
                                                     Investors II, LP.  
                                        G           Corporacion Impsa   
                                                     S.A.               
                                        G           Impact Corporation. 
                              19981816  G           Zurich Allied AG.   
                                        G           Newco.              
                                        G           Newco.              
                              19981819  G           Allied Zurich p.l.c.
                                        G           Newco.              
                                        G           Newco.              
13-Mar-98................     19981760  G           Catholic Healthcare 
                                                     West.              
                                        G           Community Health    
                                                     Systems of San     
                                                     Bernardino, Inc.   
                                        G           Community Hospital  
                                                     of San Bernardino. 
                              19981803  G           Johnson & Johnson.  
                                        G           Ergo Science        
                                                     Corporation.       
                                        G           Ergo Science        
                                                     Corporation.       
                              19981899  G           Pomeroy Computer    
                                                     Resources, Inc.    
                                        G           Global Combined     
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                                        G           Global Combined     
                                                     Technologies, Inc. 
                              19981903  G           Code, Hennessey &   
                                                     Simmons III, L.P.  
                                        G           Randall G. Mourot.  
                                        G           Mail Contractors of 
                                                     Arkansas, Inc.,    
                                                     Mail Contractors   
                                                     Amer.              
                              19981990  G           Marriott            
                                                     International, Inc.
                                        G           William B. Johnson. 
                                        G           The Ritz-Carlton    
                                                     Hotel Company, LLC.
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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. 98-8766 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M