[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46029-46036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23152]
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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 period 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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06-Jul-98............... 19983441 G Harris Specialty
Chemicals, Inc.
G William A. Curtright.
G Oregon Research &
Development
Corporation.
19983519 G ESSEF Corporation.
G The Price Family Trust
UAD 11/6/97.
G Price-Presby
Companies, Inc.
07-Jul-98............... 19983453 G Lennox International
Inc.
G TCW Special Placements
Fund II.
G Superior Fireplace
Company.
19983482 G AFC Cable Systems,
Inc.
G Richard A. Barna.
G RAB Electric
Manufacturing
Company.
19983491 G Golder, Thoma,
Cressey, Rauner Fund
IV, L.P.
G Murray Guard, Inc.
G Murray Guard, Inc.
19983509 G Thomas H. Lee Equity
Fund IV, L.P.
G Cott Corporation.
G Cott Corporation.
19983513 G SFX Entertainment,
Inc.
G Jon B. Platt.
G American Artists, Inc.
G American Artists
Limited, Inc.
19983579 G MBNA Corporation.
G M&T Bank Corporation.
G M&T Bank Corporation.
19983580 Y United Rentals, Inc.
Y Martin Starck.
Y Lift Systems, Inc.
08-Jul-98............... 19983176 G The Liberty
Corporation.
G Gray Communication
Systems, Inc.
G WALB-TV, Inc./WALB
Licensee Corp.
19983397 G Robert G. Roskamp.
G American Retirement
Corporation.
G American Retirement
Corporation.
19983421 G The Boeing Company.
G David Castiel.
G Ellipso, Inc.
[[Page 46030]]
19983434 G Mattel, Inc.
G Pleasant Rowland & W.
Jerome Frautschi.
G Pleasant Company
Publications,
Pleasant Company
Productions.
G American Girl Place
Incorporated,
American Girl Mus
Inc.
19983514 G MBIA Inc.
G 1838 Investment
Advisors, Inc.
G 1838 Investment
Advisors, Inc.
19983515 G Mr. W. Thacher Brown.
G MBIA Inc.
G MBIA Inc.
19983544 G El Paso Natural Gas
Company.
G Kansas City Power &
Light Company.
G KLT Power Inc.
09-Jul-98............... 19982128 G Coloniale S.r.1.
G Kinnett Dairies, Inc.
G Kinnett Dairies, Inc.
19983400 G Cabletron Systems,
Inc.
G Ariel Corporation.
G Ariel Corporation.
19983419 G Compagnie de Saint-
Gobain.
G The Donald F. and Mary
Helen Smith.
G Newgen Holding, Inc.
19983420 G Associated Press
(The).
G Walt Disney Company
(The).
G Worldwide Television
News Corporation.
19983424 G Patrick P. Lee.
G Lawrence F. and Sandra
C. Yuda.
G Compact Air Products
of South Carolina,
Inc.
19983442 G H. Michael Mears.
G Genesco Inc.
G Genesco Inc.
19983466 G Asworth Corporation.
G Medarex, Inc.
G Medarex, Inc.
19983470 G Frank A. and Katherine
Argenbright.
G Edwin C. and Barbara
Gage.
G Adistra, L.L.C.
19983471 G Edwin C. and Barbara
Gage.
G Frank A. and Katherine
Argenbright.
G AHL Services, Inc.
19983494 G Smithfield Foods, Inc.
G Mr. Harold R. Nichol.
G Iowa Quality Meats,
Ltd.
19983496 G Stinson Capital
Partners, L.P.
G Scott Technologies,
Inc.
G Scott Technologies,
Inc.
19983500 G USA Waste Services,
Inc.
G Philip I. DiBella.
G DiBella Sanitation
Service, Inc.
G D.E.M. Leasing Inc.
G DiBella Sanitation
Service, Inc.
G D.E.M. Leasing Inc.
G Economy Container,
Inc.
G DiBella Realty, L.L.C.
19983501 G USA Waste Services,
Inc.
G Stephen DiBella.
G DiBella Sanitation
Service, Inc.
G Economy Container,
Inc.
G DiBella Realty, L.L.C.
G D.E.M. Leasing Inc.
19983502 G Sierra Health
Services, Inc.
G Kaiser Foundations
Health Plan, Inc.
G Kaiser Foundation
Health Plan of Texas.
19983504 G WorldCom, Inc.
G General
Communications, Inc.
G General
Communications, Inc.
19983507 G Golder, Thoma,
Cressey, Rauner Fund
V, L.P.
G Johnson Controls, Inc.
G Johnson Controls
Network Intergrations
Services, Inc.
19983508 G William G. Beattie.
[[Page 46031]]
G Strategic Minerals
Corporation.
G Strategic Minerals
Corporation.
19983510 G OCM Principal
Opportunities Fund,
L.P.
G Trace Engineering
Corp.
G Trace Engineering
Corp.
19983511 G The George B. Horne
Voting Trust.
G The Testamentary Trust
of Walter H. Jones.
G Hoke, Inc.
19983516 G Booth Creek Partners
Limited III, LLLP.
G Jordon's Meats.
G Jordon's Meats.
19983518 G WPS Resources
Corporation.
G Upper Pennisula Energy
Corporation.
G Upper Pennisula Energy
Corporation.
19983522 G Arbed S.A.
G Joseph Bates Pringle
Discretionary Trust.
G Belmont Steel
Corporation.
19983523 G TransCanada Pipelines
Limited.
G PG&E Corporation.
G Narragansett Energy
Resources Company.
19983524 G ConAgra, Inc.
G GoodMark Foods, Inc.
G GoodMark Foods, Inc.
19983526 G Datatec Limited.
G MIRADO Corp.
G Westcon Group, Inc.
G Pegasus Technology
Partners, Inc.
19983527 G Tele-Communications,
Inc.
G General Instrument
Corporation.
G General Instrument
Corporation.
19983528 G General Instrument
Corporation.
G Tele-Communications,
Inc.
G TCIVG-GIC, Inc.
19983531 G Gray Communications
Systems, Inc.
G South Street Corporate
Recovery Fund I, L.P.
G Busse Broadcasting
Corp.
19983534 G Bessemer Securities
LLC.
G Robert A. and Esther
G. Fox.
G Purdy Corporation.
19983537 G Kaynar Technologies,
Inc.
G Robert E. McGuire.
G M&M Machine and Tool
Co.
19983539 G TransCanada PipeLines
Limited.
G Occidental Petroleum
Corporation.
G Occidental
Netherlands, Inc.
19983542 G AMRESCO, Inc.
G James S. Regan.
G Telecapital, L.P.
19983545 G AMRESCO, Inc.
G Harbourton Holdings,
L.P.
G Independence Funding
Company, LLC.
19983546 G PeopleSoft, Inc.
G Intrepid Systems, Inc.
G Intrepid Systems, Inc.
19983553 G Greenwich Street
Capital Partners II,
L.P.
G Travelers Group Inc.
G CP Acquisition LLC
19983554 G The Maxim Group, Inc.
G Shaw Industries, Inc.
G Shaw Carpet Showplace,
Inc.
19983555 G Shaw Industries, Inc.
G The Maxim Group, Inc.
G The Maxim Group, Inc.
19983560 G Berkshire Fund IV,
Limited Partnership.
G Crown Castle
International Corp.
G Crown Castle
International Corp.
19983563 G Triumph Group, Inc.
G Nu-Tech Industries
Holding Company.
G Nu-Tech Industries,
Inc.
19983565 G Payroll Transfers,
Inc.
[[Page 46032]]
G Steve A. Rosenthal.
G Employee Management,
Incorporated.
19983574 G United Rentals, Inc.
G Richard D. Colburn.
G U.S. Rentals, Inc.
19983575 G Richard D. Colburn.
G United Rentals, Inc.
G United Rentals, Inc.
10-Jul-98............... 19983356 G Networks Associates,
Inc.
G Dr. Solomon's Group
PLC.
G Dr. Solomon's Group
PLC.
19983532 G Adventist Health
System Sunbelt
Healthcare
Corporation.
G Housecall Medical
Resources, Inc.
G Housecall Medical
Resources, Inc.
19983543 G Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.
G United Asset
Management
Corporation.
G Heitman Properties
Ltd.
19983561 G DQE, Inc.
G Richard D. Housh.
G Newhouse, Inc.
19983581 G Republic Industries,
Inc.
G Auto Rental, Inc.
G Auto Rental, Inc.
19983584 G Blackstone Capital
Partner II Merchant
Banking Fun LP.
G John and Susan Dee.
G Service America
Corporation.
19983588 G LG&E Energy Corp.
G Big Rivers Electric
Corporation, Debtor-
in-possession.
G Big Rivers Electric
Corporation.
19983606 G The Seagram Company
Ltd.
G Leisure Marine
Corporation.
G Wet' n Wild, Inc.
19983611 G Affiliated Newspapers
Investments, Inc.
G Kenneth R. Thomson, a
Canadian citizen.
G Charleston Newspapers.
19983612 G Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherill & Co., L.P.
G Mr. William F.
Callahan III.
G Maple Grove Farms of
Vermont, Inc.
19983618 G Zurich Insurance
Company.
G U.S.I. Holdings
Corporation.
G U.S.I. Holdings
Corporation.
19983619 G Berndorf AG.
G James H. Godwin.
G Godwin Machine Works.
19983621 G Pinnacle Health
System.
G Community General
Osteopathic Hospital
Foundation Inc.
G Community General
Osteopathic Hospital,
Inc.
G Londonderry
Properties, Inc.
19983627 G The Bear Stearns
Companies
Incorporated.
G Federated Department
Stores, Inc.
G MSS-Delaware, Inc.
19983628 G OCM Opportunities
Fund, L.P.
G AFR Holdco, Inc.
G AFR Holdco, Inc.
19983637 G Apollo Investment
Fund, IV.
G Renters Choice, Inc.
G Renters Choice, Inc.
19983640 G Berwind Group
Partners.
G Summit Manufacturing,
Inc.
G Summit Manufacturing,
Inc.
13-Jul-98............... 19973544 Y Sinclair Broadcast
Group, Inc.
Y The News Corporation
Limited.
Y Heritage Braodcasting
Group, Inc.
19983449 G Wireless One Network,
L.P.
G Vanguard Cellular
Systems, Inc.
G Western Florida
Cellular Telephone
Corp.
19983484 G Family Golf Centers,
Inc.
G Jack W. Nicklaus.
G Golden Bear Golf
Centers, Inc.
19983503 G WorldCom, Inc.
[[Page 46033]]
G The News Corporation
Limited.
G News T Investments,
Inc.
G News Triangle Finance,
Inc.
19983536 G W. Galen Weston.
G Andrew Maier II.
G Maier's Bakery.
19983562 G PT Finland Ltd.
G Telephone and Data
Systems, Inc. Voting
Trust.
G APT Operating Company,
Inc.
19983564 G Alfred I. duPont
Testamentary Trust.
G Richard W. Cope.
G CMT Holding, Ltd.
19983569 G OMV
Aktiengesellschaft.
G Neste Oy.
G Borealis A/S.
19983571 G International
Petroleum Investment
Company.
G Neste Oy.
G Borealis A/S.
19983572 G Communication
Dynamics, Inc.
G Vikimatic Sales, Inc.
G Vikimatic Sales, Inc.
19983576 G OMV
Aktiengesellschaft.
G Den norske stats
oljeselskap a.s.
G Borealis A/S.
19983577 G International
Petroleum Investment
Company.
G Den norske stats
oljeselskap a.s.
G Borealis A/S.
19983585 G General Electric
Company.
G Blackstone Capital
Partners II Merchant
Banking Fun LP.
G VSI Acquisition II
Corporation.
19983589 G Coca-Cola Enterprises
Inc
G Great Plains Bottlers
& Canners, Inc.
G Great Plains Bottlers
& Canners, Inc.
19983595 G Questor Partners Fund,
L.P.
G GT Bicycles, Inc.
G GT Bicycles, Inc.
19983598 G Carlton L. Highsmith.
G Alusuisse Lonza Group
Ltd.
G Lawson Mardon
Packaging USA Inc.
19983622 G National Express Group
PLC.
G Crabtree-Harmon
Corporation.
G Crabtree-Harmon
Corporation.
19983638 G Travelers Group Inc.
G The Nikko Securities
Co., Ltd.
G The Nikko Securities
Co., Ltd.
19983656 G United Dominion
Industries Limited.
G AB Volvo.
G Champion Road
Machinery Inc.
19983658 G Infoseek Corporation.
G Walt Disney Company
(The).
G Starwave Corporation.
19983659 G Walt Disney Company
(The).
G Infoseek Corporation.
G Infoseek Corporation.
19983676 G Pentacon, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
G James W. Cassels and
Frances Cassels.
G Texas International
Aviation, Inc.
19983678 G William A. Casner.
G Teleglobe Inc.
G Teleglobe Inc.
19983679 G Kenny A. Troutt.
G Teleglobe Inc.
G Teleglobe Inc.
19983700 G CHS Electronics, Inc.
G Anthony Shalom and
Esther Shalom
(husband & wife).
G Software Brokers of
America, Inc.
19983705 G UniCapital
Corporation.
G James K. Neff.
G United States Turbine
Engine Corporation.
19983706 G James K. Neff.
[[Page 46034]]
G UniCapital
Corporation.
G UniCapital
Corporation.
19983707 G Unicapital
Corporation.
G Randall P. Fiorenza.
G United States Turbine
Engine Corporation.
19983708 G Randall P. Fiorenza.
G UniCapital
Corporation.
G UniCapital
Corporation.
14-Jul-98............... 19981178 N General Electric
Company.
N Innoserv Technologies,
Inc.
N Innoserv Technologies,
Inc.
19983185 G General Motors
Corporation.
G Meredith Corporation.
G Meredith Corporation.
19983556 G Depository Trust
Company, (The).
G Participants Trust
Company.
G Participants Trust
Company.
19983604 G Jeffry M. Picower.
G Shirley L. Semler.
G Instromedix, Inc.
19983620 G AFR Holdco, Inc.
G Great Lakes Pulp
Holding Company LLC.
G Great Lakes Pulp
Company, Inc.
19983631 G Geoffrey A. Jollay.
G CorrChoice
Corporation.
G CorrChoice
Corporation.
19983632 G R. Dean Jollay, Jr.
G CorrChoice
Corporation.
G CorrChoice
Corporation.
19983633 G Naomi C. Dempsey.
G CorrChoice
Corporation.
G CorrChoice
Corporation.
19983639 Y British Vita PLC.
Y Sparatech Corporation.
Y Sparatech Corporation.
19983643 G PP&L Resources, Inc.
G William E. McClure,
Jr.
G McClure Company.
19983648 G Metatec Corporation.
G Imation Corp.
G Imation Corp.
19983651 G NIPSCO Industries,
Inc.
G Bay State Gas Company.
G Bay State Gas Company.
19983677 G Teleglobe Inc.
19983677 G EXCEL Communications,
Inc.
G EXCEL Communications,
Inc.
19983680 G Stephen R. Smith.
G Teleglobe Inc.
G Teleglobe Inc.
19983682 G Franz Haniel & Cie,
GmbH (a German
company).
G Ireland Alloys
(Holdings) Ltd. (a
Scottish company).
G Ireland Alloys, Inc.
19983699 G Dames & Moore Group.
G The Dow Chemical
Company.
G Radian International
LLC.
15-Jul-98............... 19983600 G Tellabs, Inc.
G CIENA Corporation.
G CIENA Corporation.
19983615 G General Electric
Company.
G Metropolitan Life
Insurance.
G MetLife Capital
Holdings, Inc.
19983625 G HEICO Corporation.
G Randolph S. McClain.
G McClain International,
Inc.
19983662 G Code, Hennessy &
Simmons III, L.P.
G Globe Manufacturing
Company.
G Globe Manufacturing
Company.
19983669 G Convergent
Communications, Inc.
G Tie Communications,
Inc.
[[Page 46035]]
G Tie Communications,
Inc.
16-Jul-98............... 19983665 G Campbell Soup Company.
G Kevin G. Fortun.
G Fortun Foods, Inc., d/
b/a Stockpot Soups.
17-Jul-98............... 19983599 G Curtiss-Wright
Corporation.
G Frank U. Erlach.
G Enertech, LLC,
Enertech Servus, LLC.
19983607 G Eastern Environmental
Services, Inc.
G Joseph Savino.
G Allegro Carting and
Recycling, Inc.
G Allegro Enterprises,
Inc.
G Allegro Transportation
and Recycling, Inc.
G Joseph Savino and
Sons, Inc.
G Lee Bin Containers,
Inc.
G Regional Recycling,
Inc.
G Madison Enterprises,
Inc.
G Joseph and Frank
Savino Partnership.
19983608 G Eastern Environmental
Services, Inc.
G Frank Savino.
G Allegro Carting and
Recycling, Inc.
G Allegro Enterprises,
Inc.
G Allegro Transportation
and Recycling, Inc.
G Joseph Savino and
Sons, Inc.
G Lee Bin Containers,
Inc.
G Regional Recycling,
Inc.
G Madison Enterprises,
Inc.
G Joseph and Frank
Savino Partnership.
19983616 G Georgia-Pacific
Corporation.
G Southeast Wood
Treating, Inc.
G Southeast Wood
Treating, Inc.
19983654 G First Hawaiian, Inc.
G The Tokai Bank, Ltd.,
a Japanese bank.
G Tokai Credit
Corporation.
19983663 G Navigant
International, Inc.
G Michael B. Arrington.
G Arrington Travel
Center, Inc.
19983694 G Performance Food Group
Company.
G Taylor & Sledd, Inc.
G Taylor & Sledd, Inc.
19983703 G ITC Holding Company,
Inc.
G KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc.
G KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc.
19983704 G Steve A. Rosenthal.
G Steve A. Rosenthal.
19983704 G Employee Management
International II,
Inc.
19983710 G Suiza Foods
Corporation.
G Rostan Corporation.
G Rostan Corporation.
19983711 G The SKM Equity Fund
II, L.P.
G Abraham Chehebar.
G Accessory Network
Group, Inc.
19983714 G Enso Oyj.
G Stora Kopparbergs
Bergslags AB.
G Stora Kopparbergs
Bergaslags AB.
19983718 G Aurora Equity Partners
L.P.
G Richard W. Riley.
G Label-Aire, Inc.
19983719 G First Brands
Corporation.
G Colgate-Palmolive
Company.
G Colgate-Palmolive
Company.
19983721 G Chancellor Media
Corporation.
G Martin & MacFarlane,
Inc.
G Martin & MacFarlane,
Inc.
19983722 G Chancellor Media
Corporation.
G Martin Media, L.P.
G Martin Media, L.P.
19983727 G Capital One Financial
Corporation.
G Summit Acceptance
Corporation.
G Summit Acceptance
Corporation.
19983728 G Superior National
Insurance Group, Inc.
[[Page 46036]]
G Foundation Health
Systems, Inc.
G Business Insurance
Group, Inc.
19983729 G Sempra Energy.
G Consolidated Natural
Gas Company.
G CNG Energy Services
Corporation.
19983730 G Computer Associates
International, Inc.
G C. David Snyder.
G REALOGIC, Inc.
G Fortsmann Little & Co.
Equity Partnership V,
L.P.
G Watsonville Community
Hospital.
G Watsonville Community
Hospital.
19983732 G USX Corporation.
G Tarragon Oil and Gas
Limited.
G Tarragon Oil and Gas
Limited.
19983734 G Apollo Investment Fund
III, L.P.
G Chemical Leaman
Corporation.
G Chemical Leaman
Corporation.
19983736 G United Rentals, Inc.
G Roger and Nora Moore.
G Independent Scissor
Lifts, Inc.
19983739 G PepsiCo, Inc.
G Audrey Eisenstat.
G Pepsi-Cola Bottling
Company of Scranton,
Inc.
19983743 G McCrown De Leeuw &
Co., III, L.P.
G Merle Wasserman and
Brigitte Wasserman
(husband wife).
G Rocky Mountain
Academy, Inc.
19983752 G Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce.
G Lancer Industries,
Inc.
G Lancer Industries Inc.
19983754 G Lennox International
Inc.
G O.J. Whitfield.
G Pyro Industries, Inc.
19983755 G Belding Sports, Inc.
G Arena Brands
Investors.
G Imperial Headwear,
Inc.
G Korber Hats, Inc.
G Miller Bros.
Industries, Inc.
19983759 G Coach USA, Inc.
G Barnett Rukin.
G American New York
Tours Corp, The Bus
Exchange Inc.
19983760 G Equilease Holding
Corp.
G Calpine Corporation.
G Calpine Greenleaf
Corporation.
19983761 G Trans Technology
Corporation.
G NORCO, Inc.
G NORCO, Inc.
19983762 G Liberty Mutual
Insurance Company.
19983762 G Summit Holding
Southeast, Inc.
G Summit Holding
Southeast, Inc.
19983766 G Bruckmann, Rosser,
Sherrill & Co., Inc.
G Penhall International,
Inc.
G Penhall International,
Inc.
19983774 G Thomas F. Pyle, Jr.
G Uniek, Inc.
G Uniek, Inc.
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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. 98-23152 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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