[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5289-5292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2488]


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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 date                   Transaction No.  requisition                Party name
                                                                status
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15-DEC-98.................................        19990510            G   First Data Corporation.
                                                                      G   First Data Corporation.
                                                                      G   Unified Merchant Services.
                                                  19990755            G   Larry A. Davis.
                                                                      G   Billing Concepts Corp.
                                                                      G   Billing Concepts Corp.
16-DEC-98.................................        19990532            G   United Road Services, Inc.
                                                                      G   Michael A. Wysocki.
                                                                      G   MPG Transco, Ltd.
                                                  19990561            G   Paul A. Gould.
                                                                      G   Tele-Communications Inc. (or AT&T).
                                                                      G   Tele-Communications Inc. (or AT&T).
                                                  19990599            G   Code, Hennessy & Simmons III, L.P.
                                                                      G   May Logistics Services, Inc.
                                                                      G   May Logistics Services, Inc.
                                                  19990629            G   Urban Brands, Inc.
                                                                      G   Petrie Retail, Inc.
                                                                      G   Petrie Retail, Inc.
                                                                      G   PSL, Inc., Bayamon-MPA Corp., Caguas
                                                                           Apparel Corporation.
                                                  19990673            G   Texas Utilities Company.
                                                                      G   Newco.
                                                                      G   Newco.
                                                  19990697            G   Blood Systems, Inc.
                                                                      G   Blood Centers of the Pacific.
                                                                      G   Blood Centers of the Pacific.
                                                  19990698            G   Thomson S.A.

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                                                                      G   General Electric Company.
                                                                      G   RCA Thomson Licensing Corporation.
                                                  19990708            G   Flo-Sun Incorporated.
                                                                      G   Gerald W. Schwartz.
                                                                      G   Refined Sugars, Inc.
                                                  19990709            G   Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of
                                                                           Florida.
                                                                      G   Gerald W. Schwartz.
                                                                      G   Refined Sugars, Inc.
                                                  19990716            G   ZF Friedrichshafen AG.
                                                                      G   ZF Lenksysteme GmbH.
                                                                      G   ZF Lenksysteme GmbH.
                                                  19990721            G   BankAmerica Corporation.
                                                                      G   Mitsui Leasing & Development, Ltd. (a
                                                                           Japanese Corporation).
                                                                      G   Mitsui Vendor Leasing (U.S.A.) Inc.
                                                  19990740            G   Parker Drilling Company.
                                                                      G   Superior Energy Services, Inc.
                                                  19990740            G   Superior Energy Services, Inc.
                                                  19990744            G   Charles W. Ergen.
                                                                      G   News Corporation Limited, The (an
                                                                           Austrailian corp.).
                                                                      G   American Sky Broadcasting LLC.
                                                  19990745            G   Charles W. Ergen.
                                                                      G   MCI WorldCom, Inc.
                                                                      G   MCI Telecommunication Corporation.
                                                  19990757            G   Thayer Equity Investors III, L.P.
                                                                      G   Jerome Sze.
                                                                      G   Western States Import Company, Inc.
                                                  19990765            G   Japan Coal Development Co., Ltd.
                                                                      G   Los Angeles Export Terminal, Inc.
                                                                      G   Los Angeles Export Terminal, Inc.
                                                  19990768            G   Northland Cranberries, Inc.
                                                                      G   Seneca Foods Corporation.
                                                                      G   Seneca Foods Corporation.
                                                  19990775            G   Moshe Barkat.
                                                                      G   Time Warner Inc.
                                                                      G   California Video Center.
                                                  19990776            G   Johnson & Johnson.
                                                                      G   Glaxo Wellcome plc.
                                                                      G   Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
                                                  19990777            G   Intermet Corporation.
                                                                      G   Robert W. Carlson, Jr.
                                                                      G   Quadion Corporation.
                                                  19990778            G   Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners
                                                                           III, L.P.
                                                                      G   Michael E. Bronner.
                                                                      G   Bronner Slosberg Humphrey Co.
                                                                      G   Strategic Interactive Group Co.
                                                  19990780            G   Greenwich Street Capital Partners II,
                                                                           L.P.
                                                                      G   John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
                                                                           Company.
                                                                      G   Unigard Security Insurance Company.
                                                  19990784            G   Archer-Daniels-Midland Company.
                                                                      G   Diageo PLC.
                                                                      G   The Pillsbury Company.
                                                  19990785            G   Giovanni Agnelli e C.S. a.p.az.
                                                                      G   EXOR Group S.A.
                                                  19990785            G   EXOR Group S.A.
                                                  19990788            G   The MONY Group, Inc.
                                                                      G   The State Teachers Retirement System
                                                                           of Ohio.
                                                                      G   Sagamore Financial Corporation.
                                                  19990792            G   Citigroup Inc.
                                                                      G   John R. Porter.
                                                                      G   Niemin Porter & Co.
                                                  19990793            G   Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc.
                                                                      G   Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
                                                                      G   Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
                                                  19990802            G   RSTW Partners III, L.P.
                                                                      G   Busy Body, Inc.
                                                                      G   Busy Body, Inc.
                                                  19990805            G   Forstmann Little & Co. Equity
                                                                           Partnership-V, L.P.
                                                                      G   Berwick Health Care Corporation.
                                                                      G   Berwick Health Care Corporation.
17-DEC-98.................................        19990261            G   Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc.

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                                                                      G   Golden Valley Produce, LLC.
                                                                      G   Golden Valley Produce, LLC.
                                                  19990700            G   Health Care Service Corporation.
                                                                      G   Advance Paradigm, Inc.
                                                                      G   Advance Paradigm, Inc.
                                                  19990754            G   Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P.
                                                                      G   Robert E. Meinershagen.
                                                                      G   Columbia Diagnostics, Inc.
                                                  19990762            G   Cooperatie Cosun U.A.
                                                                      G   BankAmerica Corporation.
                                                                      G   Custom Industries, L.P.
                                                  19990764            G   Thayer Equity Investors IV, L.P.
                                                                      G   Tele-Communications Inc. (or AT&T).
                                                                      G   CareerTrack, Inc. and TCI CTRACK Asset
                                                                           Corp.
                                                  19990786            G   The First American Financial
                                                                           Corporation.
                                                                      G   National Information Group.
                                                                      G   National Information Group.
18-DEC-98.................................        19990470            G   Edison International.
                                                                      G   Energy East Corporation.
                                                                      G   New York State Electric and Gas
                                                                           Corporation.
                                                                      G   NCE Generation, Inc
                                                  19990525            G   ALLTEL Corporation.
                                                                      G   BellSouth Corporation.
                                                                      G   RCTC Wholesale Corporation.
                                                                      G   Richmond Cellular Telehpone Company.
                                                  19990534            G   Chattem, Inc.
                                                                      G   S. Daniel Abraham.
                                                                      G   Thompson Medical Company, Inc.
                                                  19990616            G   General Electric Company.
                                                                      G   Monogram Credit Services, LLC.
                                                                      G   Monogram Credit Services, LLC.
                                                  19990617            G   Bank One Corporation.
                                                                      G   Monogram Credit Services, LLC.
                                                                      G   Monogram Credit Services, LLC.
                                                  19990645            G   Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
                                                                      G   Montgomery Coca-Cola Bottling Company,
                                                                           Inc.
                                                                      G   Montgomery Coca-Cola Bottling Company,
                                                                           Inc.
                                                  19990653            G   The Commerce Group, Inc.
                                                                      G   The American Automobile Association,
                                                                           Inc.
                                                                      G   Automobile Club Insurance Company.
                                                  19990701            G   Heywood Williams Group PLC.
                                                                      G   Estate of C.G. Mills.
                                                                      G   Pioneer International (Georgia), Inc.
                                                  19990723            G   Fleet Financial Group, Inc.
                                                                      G   The Sanwa Bank Limited.
                                                                      G   Sanwa Business Credit Corporation.
                                                  19990743            G   HBO & Company.
                                                                      G   Foundation Health Systems, Inc.
                                                                      G   Foundation Health Systems, Inc.
                                                  19990774            G   Textron Inc.
                                                                      G   BankAmerica Corporation.
                                                                      G   Nations Credit Commercial Corporation.
                                                  19990794            G   J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
                                                                      G   Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.
                                                                      G   Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.
                                                  19990795            G   Citadel Communications Corporation.
                                                                      G   Wicks Broadcast Group Limited
                                                                           Partnership.
                                                                      G   Wicks Broadcast Group Limited
                                                                           Partnership.
                                                  19990796            G   James R. Leininger, M.D.
                                                                      G   Don Tyson.
                                                                      G   Hudson Foods, Inc., Willow Brook
                                                                           Foods, Inc.
                                                  19990799            G   Phoenix International Life Sciences
                                                                           Inc.
                                                                      G   Chrysalis International Corporation.
                                                                      G   Chrysalis International Corporation.
                                                  19990806            G   Morgan Products Ltd.
                                                                      G   Adam Wholesales, Inc.
                                                                      G   Adam Wholesales, Inc.
                                                  19990809            G   Ametek, Inc.
                                                                      G   Cortec Group Fund, L.P.
                                                                      G   NCC Holdings, Inc.

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                                                  19990811            G   Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.
                                                                      G   Service Corporation International.
                                                                      G   Arkansas National Life Insurance
                                                                           Company.
                                                  19990821            G   Allied Capital Corporation.
                                                                      G   Bankers Trust Corporation.
                                                                      G   MJB Acquisition Corporation d/b/a
                                                                           Wyoming Technical Institute.
                                                  19990826            G   NEC Corporation.
                                                                      G   Steven C. Farrell.
                                                                      G   Enterprise Networking Systems, Inc.
                                                  19990827            G   NEC Corporation.
                                                                      G   Richard Norum.
                                                                      G   Enterprise Networking Systems, Inc.
                                                  19990838            G   WinsLoew Furniture, Inc.
                                                                      G   Leo Martin.
                                                                      G   Miami Metal Products, Inc.
                                                  19990848            G   Cerner Corporation.
                                                                      G   Synetic Health Communications
                                                                           Corporation.
                                                                      G   Synetic Health Communications
                                                                           Corporation.
                                                  19990849            G   Synetic, Inc.
                                                                      G   Synetic Health Communications
                                                                           Corporation.
                                                                      G   Synetic Health Communications
                                                                           Corporation.
                                                  19990850            G   Daniel K. Frierson.
                                                                      G   Multitex Corporation of America.
                                                                      G   Multitex Corporation of America.
                                                  19990853            G   TPS Holdings, Inc.
                                                                      G   Radnor Alloys, Inc.
                                                                      G   Radnor Alloys, Inc.
                                                  19990856            G   Barry A. Ackerley.
                                                                      G   Wicks Broadcast Group Limited
                                                                           Partnership.
                                                                      G   Wicks Broadcast Group Limited
                                                                           Partnership.
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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, DC 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-2488 Filed 2-2-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M