[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 230 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61556-61558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29278]
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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 of 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
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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 propose
acquisitions during the applicable waiting period.
Transactions Granted Early Termination Between: 092595 and 100695
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Name of acquiring person, name of acquired Date
person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated
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Acadia Partners, L.P., MRI Business Properties
Fund, Ltd. II, MRI Business Properties Fund,
Ltd. II...................................... 95-2611 09/25/95
Farmland Industries, Inc., Sunset Limited
Partnership, FDL Foods, Inc.................. 95-2616 09/25/95
Greenfield Industries, Inc., Rule Industries,
Inc., Rule Industries, Inc................... 95-2617 09/25/95
The Multicare Companies, Inc., Andrew
Panteleakis, Great American Nursing Centers,
Inc., Great American Ma...................... 95-2620 09/25/95
Ripplewood Interim Partners, L.P., Landmark
Equity Partners III L.P., Edwards Baking
Company...................................... 95-2623 09/25/95
Mallinckrodt Group Inc., Molecular Biosystems,
Inc., Molecular Biosystems, Inc.............. 95-2625 09/25/95
Trust U/W Helen M. Rivoire F/B/O William
Ziegler, III, Montedison S.p.A. (an Italian
Corporation), Swisher International, Inc..... 95-2631 09/25/95
Carmike Cinemas, Inc., N.L. Bentson,
MidContinent Theatre Co. of Minnesota,
MidContinent................................. 95-2635 09/25/95
The Duriron Company, Inc., Durametallic
Corporation, Durametallic Corporation........ 95-2638 09/25/95
James S. Ware, The Duriron Company, Inc., The
Duriron Company, Inc......................... 95-2639 09/25/95
IPL Energy Inc., Burlington Resources Inc.,
Portal Pipe Line Company..................... 95-2644 09/25/95
IMCO Recycling Inc., Alumar Associates, Inc.,
Alumar Associates, Inc....................... 95-2647 09/25/95
IPL Energy Inc., Loyal Trust No. 1, Portal
Pipe Line Company............................ 95-2653 09/25/95
Alco Standard Corporation, Steven P. Cress,
Service Packaging Corporation................ 95-2659 09/25/95
Richard G. Haworth, U.S. Industries, Inc.,
Office Group America, Inc.................... 95-2666 09/25/95
Odyssey Partners, L.P., Peak Jersey Trust (of
Jersey), Elder Leasing Company............... 95-2670 09/25/95
International Shipholding Corporation, Chas.
Kurz & Co., Inc., Intercoastal Bulk Carriers,
Inc., Asset.................................. 95-2506 09/26/95
Atlantic Richfield Company, Robert S. Howard,
Howard Publications, Inc..................... 95-2632 09/26/95
Allen A. Meyer, Mid-America Dairymen, Inc.,
Flav-O-Rich.................................. 95-1478 09/27/95
BancTec, Inc., Recognition International Inc.,
Recognition International Inc................ 95-1890 09/27/95
First Data Corporation, First Financial
Management Corporation, First Financial
Management Corporation....................... 95-1925 09/27/95
Merck & Co., Inc., Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Rhone-
Poulenc S.A.................................. 95-2474 09/27/95
Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Merck & Co., Inc., Merck &
Co., Inc..................................... 95-2475 09/27/95
Merck & Co., Inc., Merck & Co., Inc., Merck &
Co., Inc..................................... 95-2485 09/27/95
Merix Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company,
Printed Circuit Board Operation.............. 95-2508 09/27/95
Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Rhone-
Poulenc S.A.................................. 95-2531 09/27/95
Panhandle Eastern Corporation, Rex Kary,
Continental Energy Marketing Ltd............. 95-2536 09/27/95
James River Corporation of Virginia, Michael
T. Kennedy, Winkler cutlery div. of Benchmark
Corp. of Delaware............................ 95-2537 09/27/95
Keramik Holding AG Laufen, Phyllis G. Quasha,
CeramicUS.................................... 95-2552 09/27/95
K N Energy, Inc., Parker & Parsley Petroleum
Company, Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company.. 95-2578 09/27/95
Cardinal Health, Inc., Medicine Shoppe
International, Inc., Medicine Shoppe
International, Inc........................... 95-2618 09/27/95
The Sherwin-Williams Company, White Lightning
Products Corp., White Lightning Products Corp 95-2628 09/27/95
British Steel plc, Avesta Sheffield AB, Avesta
Sheffield AB................................. 95-2636 09/27/95
EXEL Limited, Risk Capital Holdings, Inc.,
Risk Capital Holdings, Inc................... 95-2652 09/27/95
The Dial Corp., Unigate PLC (a British
Company), Giltspur North America, Giltspur
Exhibits of Canada........................... 95-2658 09/27/95
Standard Management Corporation, Dixie
National Corporation, Dixie National Life
Insurance Company............................ 95-2566 09/28/95
Time-Warner Inc., Toshiba Corporation, TAE
Holding, Inc................................. 95-2597 09/28/95
Glenn R. Jones, Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd.,
Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd Assets............... 95-2607 09/28/95
Glenn R. Jones, Time Warner, Inc., Time Warner
Entertainment Advance/Newhouse Partnership... 95-2608 09/28/95
Glenn R. Jones, Jones Cable Income Fund 1-B,
Ltd., Jones Cable Income Fund 1-B, Ltd....... 95-2610 09/28/95
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc., Jardine
Matheson Holdings Limited, JIB Holdings Inc.. 95-2612 09/28/95
Century Communications Corp., AT&T Corp.,
McCaw Communications of Lafayette, Inc....... 95-2626 09/28/95
AT&T Corp., Century Communications Corp.,
Centennial Clay Cellular Corp................ 95-2627 09/28/95
Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative,
Inc., US West, Inc., US West Communications,
Inc.......................................... 95-2629 09/28/95
Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative,
Inc., US West, Inc., US West Communications,
Inc.......................................... 95-2630 09/28/95
United Meridian Corporation, Enron Corp.,
Northern Natural Gas Company................. 95-2661 09/28/95
Ford Motor Company, Caisse Nationale de Credit
Agricole, LCA Holding Corporation............ 95-2662 09/28/95
DeVlieg-Bullard, Inc., Acme-Cleveland
Corporation, The National Acme Company....... 95-2667 09/28/95
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.... 95-2669 09/28/95
Central and South West Corporation, NORWEB
plc, NORWEB plc.............................. 95-2710 09/28/95
Houston Industries Incorporated, NORWEB plc,
NORWEB plc................................... 95-2713 09/28/95
United HealthCare Corporation, The MetraHealth
Companies, Inc., The MetraHealth Companies,
Inc.......................................... 95-2194 09/29/95
Francois Carrette, James D. Levine, Levine-
Fricke, Inc.................................. 95-2622 09/29/95
Imperial Credit Industries, Inc., Coast
Savings Financial, Inc., CoastFed Business
Credit Corporation........................... 95-2642 09/29/95
EZ Communications, Inc., Scott R. McQueen,
KFKF Broadcasting, Inc....................... 95-2643 09/29/95
EZ Communications, Inc., Randall T. Odeneal,
KFKF Broadcasting, Inc....................... 95-2646 09/29/95
Henri Bacou, Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Titmus
Optical, Inc................................. 95-2648 09/29/95
Francois Carrette, Carl A.P. Fricke, Levine-
Fricke, Inc.................................. 95-2656 09/29/95
Genesis Health Ventures, Inc., McKerley Health
Care Centers, Inc., McKerley Health Care
Centers, Inc................................. 95-2660 09/29/95
First Financial Management Corporation, New
Valley Corporation, Western Union Data
Services Company, Inc........................ 95-2674 09/29/95
Hicking Pentecost PLC (a British Corporation),
U.S. Industries, Blue Mountain Industries
Assets....................................... 95-2683 09/29/95
Carlisle Companies Incorporated, Walker
Stainless Equipment Company, Inc., Walker
Stainless Equipment Company, Inc............. 95-2690 09/29/95
The Atlantic Foundation, Marcam Corporation,
Marcam Corporation........................... 95-2691 09/29/95
Young Broadcasting Inc., The Prudential
Insurance Company of America, Broad Street
Television, L.P.............................. 95-2694 09/29/95
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Henry Schein, Inc., Marvin H. Schein, Schein
Dental Equipment Corp........................ 95-2701 09/29/95
Fund American Enterprises Holdings, Inc.,
Carbadon Corporation, Empire of America
Realty Credit Corp........................... 95-2712 09/29/95
Lomak Petroleum, Inc., Mitsubishi Corporation
(a Japanese company), Transfuel, Inc......... 95-2716 09/29/95
Forest Laboratories, Inc., Biovail Corporation
International, a Canadian Company, Biovail
Laboratories Inc., a Barbados Company........ 95-2727 09/29/95
Donald H. Gales, Paul L. Snyder, II, Olympic
Management Systems, Inc...................... 95-2730 09/29/95
William H. Gates, III, The Kraus Organization
Limited, The Bettmann Archive L.L.C.......... 95-2734 09/29/95
Coda Energy, Inc., Snyder Oil Corporation,
Snyder Oil Corporation....................... 95-2735 09/29/95
Sutter Health, California Healthcare System,
California Healthcare System................. 95-2640 10/02/95
CSR Limited, Poly Pipe Industries, Inc., Poly
Pipe Industries, Inc......................... 95-2673 10/03/95
HIG Investment Group, L.P., ALU Menziken
Holding AG, Precise Imports Corporation, PIC
Imports Corporation.......................... 95-2706 10/03/95
Apple South, Inc., DF&R Restaurants, Inc.,
DF&R Restaurants, Inc........................ 95-2733 10/03/95
Marc D. Redus, Apple South, Inc., Apple South,
Inc.......................................... 95-2738 10/03/95
David P. Frazier, Apple South, Inc., Apple
South, Inc................................... 95-2739 10/03/95
Amphenol Corporation, United International
Holdings, Inc., United International
Holdings, Inc................................ 95-2645 10/04/95
B. Wayne Hughes, Storage Equities, Inc.,
Storage Equities, Inc........................ 95-2678 10/04/95
Electronique d2, Quantam Corporation, La Cie,
Ltd.......................................... 95-2692 10/04/95
Onset Corporation, Bell Atlantic Corporation,
Bell Atlantic Business Systems Services, Inc. 95-2742 10/04/95
AirTouch Communications, Inc., Cellular
Communications, Inc., Cellular
Communications, Inc.......................... 95-2725 10/04/95
Alco Standard Corporation, Thomas I. Altholz,
Inlander-Steindler Paper Company............. 95-2726 10/04/95
Philip F. Anschutz, Jeffrey P. Sudikoff, LAK
Acquisition Corp., debtor-in-possession...... 95-2764 10/04/95
Philip F. Anschutz, Joseph M. Cohen, LAK
Acquisition Corp., debtor-in-possession...... 95-2765 10/04/95
Sisters of Mercy Health Systems, St. Louis,
Inc., Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation,
St. Mary's Hospital of Enid, Oklahoma, Inc... 95-2570 10/05/95
Knight-Ridder, Inc., Margaret L. Lesher QTIP
Trust, Lesher Communications, Inc............ 95-2675 10/05/95
TCW Special Credits Fund V--The Principal
Fund, KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc.,
KinderCare Learning Centers, Inc............. 95-2687 10/05/95
Time Warner Inc., Henry Posner, Jr., Star
Cable Associates............................. 95-2693 10/05/95
TCA Cable TV, Inc., Time Warner Inc., Time
Warner Entertainment Advance/Newhouse
Partnership.................................. 95-2702 10/05/95
Central and South West Corporation, NORWEB plc
(a British company), NORWEB plc (a British
company)..................................... 96-0004 10/05/95
Houston Industries Incorporated, NORWEB plc (a
British company), NORWEB plc (a British
company)..................................... 96-0005 10/05/95
Francois Pinault, United Auto Group, Inc.,
United Auto Group, Inc....................... 95-2565 10/06/95
North West Water Group PLC, NORWEB plc, NORWEB
plc.......................................... 95-2715 10/06/95
McKechnie plc, Desmond J. Toal, DLO
Investments, Inc............................. 95-2731 10/06/95
Sea Containers Ltd., Marshall S. Cogan, ``21''
Club, Inc.................................... 95-2747 10/06/95
ITOCHU Corporation, Stephen L. Hull, Hull
Chevrolet, Inc. and First Auto Credit
Corporation.................................. 95-2753 10/06/95
Roger S. Penske, Kmart Corporation, Automotive
Service Center Assets........................ 95-2759 10/06/95
IES Industries Inc., Mitsubishi Corporation (a
Japanese corporation), Transfuel, Inc........ 95-2760 10/06/95
Osborn Jay Call, CENEX, Inc., CENEX, Inc...... 95-2761 10/06/95
Fibreboard Corporation, Andrew M. Spriet,
Vytec International Corp. (a Canadian Corp.). 95-2768 10/06/95
Maybelline, Inc., Wasserstein Perella
Partners, L.P., Intellectual Property
Holdings Co.................................. 95-2776 10/06/95
W.R. Grace & Co., Mobil Corporation, Mobil
Corporation.................................. 95-2800 10/06/95
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Horton,
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. 95-29278 Filed 11-29-95; 8:45 am]
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