[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61509-61511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30258]
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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
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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: 10-01-97 and 10-10-97
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Name of acquiring person, name of Date
acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated
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The Times Mirror Company, Stanley Henry,
This Week Publications, Inc............ 97-3387 10/01/97
Ontario Teachers' Pension Board,
Beneficial Corporation, Beneficial
Corporation............................ 97-3492 10/01/97
Parity, plc, Jonathan Gross,
Telecommunications Technology
Corporation/Personnel.................. 97-3565 10/01/97
Zurich Insurance Company, Scudder,
Steven & Clark, Inc., Scudder, Steven &
Clark, Inc............................. 97-3582 10/01/97
Wausau Paper Mills Company, Mosinee
Paper Corporation, Mosinee Paper
Corporation............................ 97-3453 10/02/97
Fairview Hospital and Healthcare
Services, Board of Social Ministry,
Board of Social Ministry............... 97-3481 10/02/97
McLaren Health Care Corporation,
Michigan Affiliated Healthcare System,
Inc., Michigan Affiliated Healthcare
System, Inc............................ 97-3501 10/02/97
Mariner Health Group, Inc., Prism Health
Group, Inc., Prism Health Group, Inc... 97-3509 10/02/97
American International Group, Inc., Eli
Lilly and Company, PCS Holding
Corporation............................ 97-3566 10/02/97
Leslie B. Otten, Kamori Kanko Co., Ltd.,
Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation,
Steamboat.............................. 97-3505 10/03/97
Masaycshi Son, GlobalCenter, Inc.,
GlobalCenter, Inc...................... 97-3561 10/03/97
Lincolnshire Equity Fund, L.P., CGF
Industries, Inc., CGF Industries, Inc.. 97-3572 10/03/97
Timothy J. Buchanan, Alternative Living
Services, Inc., Alternative Living
Services, Inc.......................... 97-3584 10/03/97
D. Ray Cook, Alternative Living
Services, Inc., Alternative Living
Services, Inc.......................... 97-3585 10/03/97
Steven L. and Susan C. Vick, Alternative
Living Services, Inc., Alternative
Living Services, Inc................... 97-3586 10/03/97
Pacificorp, GTE Corporation, GTE North
Incorporated........................... 97-3587 10/03/97
The Walt Disney Company, Cinergi
Pictures Entertainment, Inc. Cinergi
Pictures Entertainment, Inc............ 97-3596 10/03/97
Texas Utilities Company, Lufkin-Conroe
Communications Co., Lufkin-Conroe
Communications Co...................... 97-3597 10/03/97
Walter Industries, Inc., Charles P.
Gallagher, Applied Industrial Materials
Corporation............................ 97-3600 10/03/97
Transamerica Corporation, Whirlpool
Corporation, Whirlpool Financial
Corporation............................ 97-3602 10/03/97
Champion International Corporation, Fort
James Corporation, Diamond Occidental
Forest Inc............................. 97-3609 10/03/97
Adventist Health System/West, South
Coast Medical Center, South Coast
Medical Center......................... 97-3612 10/03/97
Allied Waste Industries, Inc., N.R. Hamm
Quarry, Inc., N.R. Hamm Quarry, Inc.... 97-3616 10/03/97
Allied Waste Industries, Inc., N.R. Hamm
Contractor, Inc., N.R. Hamm Contractor,
Inc.................................... 97-3617 10/03/97
Mr. Jean-Charles Naouri, Casino Guichard-
Perrachon, Casino Guichard-Perrachon... 97-3618 10/03/97
Ameritech Corporation, Republic
Industries, Inc., Republic Security
Companies Holding Co................... 97-3620 10/03/97
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc.,
Reinhard Mohn, (Mr.), Gruner + Jahr
Printing & Publishing Co............... 97-3622 10/03/97
Serge Godin, Teleglobe Inc., ISI
Systems, Inc........................... 97-3623 10/03/97
MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., Mid-
America Bancorp, Mid-America Money
Order Company.......................... 97-3625 10/03/97
Ameritech Corporation, Rollins, Inc.,
Rollins, Inc. (Rollins Protective
Services Division)..................... 97-3626 10/03/97
Allergan, Inc. Ligand Pharmaceuticals
Incorporated, Ligand Pharmaceuticals
Incorporated........................... 97-3629 10/03/97
James Q. Crowe, Peter Kiewit Sons',
Inc., Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.......... 97-3631 10/03/97
Komatsu Ltd., Robert G. Thomson,
Furnival Machinery Company............. 97-3633 10/03/97
GCIH, Inc., Auburn Hoisery Mills, Inc.,
Auburn Hoisery Mills, Inc.............. 97-3634 10/03/97
Grey Wolf, Inc., Justiss Oil Company,
Inc., Justiss Oil Company, Inc......... 97-3635 10/03/97
Bandag, Inc., Joe W. Esco, Joe Esco Tire
Co..................................... 97-3636 10/03/97
Hadi B. Lashkajani, Richard E. Becker,
Indian River Foods, Inc................ 97-3638 10/03/97
A.M. Todd Group, Inc., Richard E.
Becker, Indian River Foods, Inc........ 97-3639 10/03/97
EIS, Inc., Com-Kyl, Inc., Com-Kyl, Inc.. 97-3645 10/03/97
Blackstone Capital Partners II Merchant
Banking Fund LP, Park Corporation,
American Axle & Manufacturing of
Michigan, Inc.......................... 97-3647 10/03/97
Metal Management, Inc., Betty Albert,
Superior Forge, Inc.................... 97-3648 10/03/97
Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners,
II, L.P., Park Corporation, American
Axle & Manufacturing of Michigan, Inc.. 97-3649 10/03/97
Adecco, S.A., Estate of David J.
McGrath, Jr., TAD Companies, TAD
Technical, L.P. & TAD Temporaries...... 97-3650 10/03/97
Bandag, Incorporated, J.W. Brewer Tire
Co., Inc., J.W. Brewer Tire Co., Inc... 97-3655 10/03/97
Becton Dickinson and Company, SoloPak
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., SoloPak
Pharmaceuticals, Inc................... 97-3656 10/03/97
New Rio, L.L.C. The Warnaco Group, Inc.,
The Warnaco Group, Inc................. 97-3662 10/03/97
The Warnaco Group, Inc., New Rio,
L.L.C., Designer Holdings.............. 97-3663 10/03/97
Einar Wilhelm Sissener, Cultor
Corporation, Cultor Food Science, Inc.. 97-3685 10/03/97
Paradigm Geophysical Ltd., Tech-Sym
Corporation, CogniSeis Development, Inc 97-3507 10/06/97
ALZA Corporation, IVAX Corporation,
Baker Norton Pharmaceuticals, Inc...... 97-3570 10/06/97
D.S.I. Distributing, Inc., C. Michael
Schroeder, Consumer Satellite Systems,
Inc.................................... 97-3653 10/06/97
Misys plc, Medic Computer Systems, Inc.,
Medic Computer Systems, Inc............ 97-3462 10/07/97
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Monsanto
Company, G.D. Searle & Co.............. 97-3503 10/07/97
Airgas, Inc., James P. Lyons, JWS
Technologies, Inc. & Ridgewood Avenue
Company, L.P........................... 97-3547 10/07/97
SmarTalk TeleServices, Inc., ConQuest
Telecommunications Services
Corporation, ConQuest
Telecommunications Services Corporation 97-3610 10/07/97
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
Partners Limited, Security First Group,
Inc.................................... 97-3646 10/07/97
Extendicare Inc., Arbor Health Care
Company, Arbor Health Care Company..... 97-3697 10/07/97
Weyerhaeuser Company, Union Camp
Corporation, Union Camp Corporation.... 97-3527 10/08/97
Union Bank of Switzerland, Xpedite
Systems, Inc. Xpedite Systems, Inc..... 97-3641 10/08/97
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Fenway Partners Capital Fund, L.P.,
Xpedite Systems, Inc., Xpedite Systems,
Inc.,.................................. 97-3642 10/08/97
The Virginia Insurance Reciprocal,
Compensation Hospital Association
Trust, Compensation Hospital
Association Trust...................... 97-3665 10/08/97
The Virginia Insurance Reciprocal,
Kentucky Hospital Association Trust,
Kentucky Hospital Association Trust.... 97-3668 10/08/97
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group
plc, Michael H. Polaski, Specialty
Underwriters, Inc...................... 97-3669 10/08/97
N.V. Verenigd Bezit VNU, Cordiant plc,
The National Research Group, Inc....... 97-3676 10/08/97
Craig Sloan, David Manufacturing Co.,
David Manufacturing Co................. 97-3681 10/08/97
Fedeal Express Corporation, AMR
Corporation, American Airlines, Inc.... 97-3682 10/08/97
Insight Communications Company, L.P.,
Cablevision Systems Corporation, A-R
Cable Services, Inc.................... 97-3643 10/09/97
Jonathan A. Nicholson, JP Foodservice,
Inc., JP Foodservice, Inc.............. 97-3456 10/10/97
Jacor Communications, Inc., John M.
Shanahan, MultiVerse Networks, LLC;
Syergy Broadcast Investment............ 97-3619 10/10/97
Siebe plc, Dow Chemical Company (The),
Dow Chemical Company (The)............. 97-3624 10/10/97
Catholic Health Initiatives, Quorum
Health Group, Inc., Midlands Medical
Associates, L.P........................ 97-3666 10/10/97
Craig O. McCaw, Caroline Hunt Trust
Estate, Start Technologies Corporation. 97-3670 10/10/97
Bandag, Incorporated, Ernest R. Duff,
Southern Tire Mart, Inc................ 97-3672 10/10/97
TCW Special Placements Fund III, Kert
Rabe, GHP Holdings, Inc................ 97-3684 10/10/97
Jefferson Health System, Magee
Rehabilitation Hospital, Magee
Rehabilitation Hospital................ 97-3690 10/10/97
Creative Computers, Inc., Elek-Tek, Inc.
(Debtor-in-Possession), Elek-Tek, Inc.
(Debtor-in-Possession)................. 97-3695 10/10/97
Ripplewood Partners, L.P., Don M.
Wheeler, ACM Equipment Sales & Rentals
and ICM Sales & Rentals................ 97-3701 10/10/97
Bridgestone Corporation, Rene
Charvillat, Thompson Aerospace Corp.
and Thompson Aerospace, Inc............ 97-3702 10/10/97
Premier Parks Inc., Kentucky Kingdom,
Inc., Kentucky Kingdom, Inc............ 98-0001 10/10/97
IMCO Recycling, Inc., William and Louise
Warshauer (Husband and Wife), Alchem
Aluminum, Inc.......................... 98-0004 10/10/97
William and Louise Warshauer (Husband
and Wife), IMCO Recycling Inc., IMCO
Recycling Inc.......................... 98-0005 10/10/97
Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Schwarz
Pharma AG (a German Entity), Schwarz
Pharma, Inc............................ 98-0006 10/10/97
Tabacalera, S.A. (a Spanish company),
Havatampa, Inc., Havatampa, Inc........ 98-0007 10/10/97
Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, Kamilche
Company, Simpson Paper Company......... 98-0009 10/10/97
Tyco International Ltd., Jason
International, Inc., Jason
International, Inc..................... 98-0017 10/10/97
Richard L. Duchossois, Richard
Greenthal, Sentex Systems, Inc......... 98-0025 10/10/97
Richard L. Duchossois, William Davis,
Sentex Systems, Inc.................... 98-0026 10/10/97
WinStar Communications, Inc., US One
Communications, Corp. (Debtor In
Possession), US One Communications
Services Corp. & US One Communica...... 98-0027 10/10/97
Air Products and Chemical, Inc.,
Industrial Gas & Supply Co., Industrial
Gas & Supply Co........................ 98-0032 10/10/97
Richard Roizen (a French national),
Code, Hennessy & Simmons II, L.P.,
Disguise Holding Corporation........... 98-0034 10/10/97
Aviation Sales Company, Thomas J. Bach,
Kratz-Wilde Machine Company............ 98-0041 10/10/97
Aviation Sales Company, Jerome G. Bach,
Kratz-Wilde Machine Company............ 98-0042 10/10/97
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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. 97-30258 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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