Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61507-61509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30257]


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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

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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 10-13-97 and 10-24-97  
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    Name of acquiring person, name of                          Date     
acquired person, name of acquired entity      PMN No.       terminated  
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Edward P. Fitts, Jr., Temple-Inland,                                    
 Inc., Temple-Inland Food Service                                       
 Corporation............................         97-3532        10/14/97
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.,                                       
 Sassaby, Inc., Sassaby, Inc............         97-3678        10/14/97
Philip Services Corporation, Southern                                   
 Foundry Supply, Inc., Southern Foundry                                 
 Supply, Inc............................         97-3469        10/15/97
Philip Services Corporation, Noah Liff,                                 
 Steiner-Liff Iron & Metal Company;                                     
 McKinley Iron, Inc.....................         97-3475        10/15/97
Philip Services Corporation, Robert H.                                  
 Wilson, Shredders, Inc.................         97-3476        10/15/97
Philip Services Corporation (a Canadian                                 
 company), Albert A. Baisley, Southern                                  
 Alloys and Metals Corporation..........         97-3477        10/15/97
PhyCor, West Florida Medical Center                                     
 Clinic, P.A., West Florida Medical                                     
 Center Clinic, P.A.....................         97-3595        10/15/97
Laidlaw, Inc., Spectrum Healthcare                                      
 Services, Inc., Spectrum Emergency                                     
 Care, Inc..............................         97-3598        10/15/97
Mr. Sumner M. Redstone, Raymond B.                                      
 Bottom, Jr., Centennial Communications,                                
 Inc....................................         97-3613        10/15/97
ALZA Corporation, Hoechst AG (a German                                  
 company), Hoechst Marion Russel, Inc...         97-3621        10/15/97
Pioneer Companies, Inc., Imperial                                       
 Chemical Industries PLC, a British                                     
 company, ICI Americas, Inc., ICI                                       
 Canada, Inc............................         97-3657        10/15/97
AAR Corp., William R. Higgins, ATR                                      
 International, Inc.....................         97-3667        10/15/97
Samuel H. Howard, Baptist Hospital,                                     
 Inc., Health Net TNCARE HMO, Inc. &                                    
 Health Net Management..................         97-3671        10/15/97
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Jack E. and                                   
 Margaret C. Caveney, Panduit Corp......         97-3674        10/15/97
Paul G. Desmarais, Partners Limited,                                    
 London Insurance Group Inc.............         97-3677        10/15/97
Philips Electronics N.V., Mr. T. Russell                                
 Shields, Shields Enterprises, Inc......         97-3679        10/15/97
Mr. T. Russell Shields, Philips                                         
 Electronics N.V., Navigation                                           
 Technologies Corporation...............         97-3680        10/15/97
Bandag, Inc., James R. Pickel, Jr.,                                     
 Universal Tire, Inc....................         97-3683        10/15/97
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Great                                 
 Lakes Chemical Corporation, Octel                                      
 Associates (an English Partnership)....         97-3687        10/15/97
Viad Corp, Game Financial Corporation,                                  
 Game Financial Corporation.............         97-3703        10/15/97
General Electric Company, Dale Larson,                                  
 LTC, Inc...............................         98-0011        10/15/97
Jeffrey J. Prosser, Atlantic Tele-                                      
 Network, Inc., Emerging Communications,                                
 Inc....................................         98-0013        10/15/97
Booth Creek Partners Limited II, LLP,                                   
 Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation,                                  
 Loon Mountain Recreation Corporation...         98-0018        10/15/97
AMF Bowling, Inc., C. Dwight Mitchum,                                   
 Jr., Mitchum Interest & Holdings, Inc..         98-0023        10/15/97
Anderson News Corporation, ARAMARK                                      
 Corporation, ARAMARK Magazine & Book                                   
 Services, Inc..........................         98-0028        10/15/97
General Electric Company, The Greenbrier                                
 Companies, Greenbrier Capital                                          
 Corporation............................         98-0033        10/15/97
BASF AG, Olin Corporation, Olin                                         
 Corporation............................         98-0037        10/15/97
Triarc Companies, Inc., Cable Car                                       
 Beverage Corporation, Cable Car                                        
 Beverage Corporation...................         98-0044        10/15/97
Western Resources Inc., Centennial                                      
 Security Holdings, Inc., Centennial                                    
 Security Holdings, Inc.................         98-0054        10/15/97
Fremont Partners, LP, Kinetic Concepts,                                 
 Inc., Kinetic Concepts, Inc............         98-0056        10/15/97
The Carpenters Pension Trust for                                        
 Southern California, Kinetic Concepts,                                 
 Inc., Kinetic Concepts, Inc............         98-0057        10/15/97
Siebe plc, Eaton Corporation, Eaton                                     
 Corporation............................         97-3659        10/16/97
TA Advent VII, LP, Eight In One Pet                                     
 Products, Inc., Eight In One Pet                                       
 Products, Inc..........................         98-0053        10/16/97
Discovery Communications, Inc., Lowell                                  
 W. Paxson, Paxson Communications                                       
 Corporation............................         97-3686        10/17/97
The Seagram Company Ltd (a Canadian                                     
 company), Sumner M. Redstone, USA                                      
 Networks; Sci-Fi Channel Europe, LLC...         97-3699        10/17/97
Standard Management Corporation, Savers                                 
 Life Insurance Company, Savers Life                                    
 Insurance Company......................         97-3536        10/18/97
Rochling Industrie Verwaltung GmbH,                                     
 Kolbenschmidt AG, Kolbenschmidt AG.....         97-3516        10/20/97
Travelers Group, Inc., Morgan Stanley,                                  
 Dean Witter, Discover & Co., Van Kampen                                
 American Capital, Inc..................         97-3554        10/20/97
Credit Suisse Group, Winterthur Swiss                                   
 Insurance Group, Winterthur Swiss                                      
 Insurance Group........................         97-3658        10/20/97
United Payors & United Providers, Inc.,                                 
 Principal Mutual Life Insurance                                        
 Company, UP & UP, Inc. (f/k/a America's                                
 Health Plan)...........................         97-3673        10/20/97
General Electric Company, Cameron                                       
 Truesdell, LTC, Inc....................         98-0016        10/20/97
Promus Hotel Corporation, Doubletree                                    
 Corporation, Doubletree Corporation....         98-0039        10/20/97
Doubletree Corporation, Promus Hotel                                    
 Corporation, Promus Hotel Corporation..         98-0040        10/20/97
Suiza Foods Corporation, The Spencer                                    
 Companies Incorporated, The Midsouth                                   
 Ince Company...........................         98-0045        10/20/97
William M. Lewis, Staffing Resources,                                   
 Inc., Staffing Resources, Inc..........         98-0046        10/20/97
Staffing Resources, Inc., William M.                                    
 Lewis, Career Personnel Services, Inc.;                                
 Career Blazers Learnin.................         98-0047        10/20/97
Halter Marine Group, Inc., Wallace K.                                   
 Fisk, Jr., AmClyde Engineered Products,                                
 Inc....................................         98-0067        10/20/97
Jupiter Partners LP, George W. Perry,                                   
 West Ark Garment Manufacturing Inc.,                                   
 West Ark Garment.......................         98-0070        10/20/97
I.G. Gesign, Inc., William E. Ott,                                      
 Brookhurst, Inc........................         98-0077        10/20/97
Saratoga Partners III, L.P., Koppers                                    
 Industries, Inc., Koppers Industries,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0080        10/20/97
I.G. Design, Inc., I.G. Design, Inc.,                                   
 I.C. Isaacs & Company, L.P.............         98-0082        10/20/97
Carlisle Companies Incorporated, Tilden                                 
 Corporation, Tilden Corporation........         98-0091        10/20/97
Robert M. McClory, Trustee for R.M.                                     
 McClory Jr. Trust, U.S. Office Products                                
 Company, U.S. Office Products Company..         98-0092        10/20/97
U.S. Office Products Company, Robert M.                                 
 McClory, Trustee for R.M. McClory, Jr.                                 
 Trust, Compel Corp.....................         98-0093        10/20/97
U.S. Office Products Company, Daniel Lee                                
 Davis Trustee for the Daniel Lee Davis                                 
 Trus, Compel Corp......................         98-0094        10/20/97
Triumph Group, Inc., Stolper-Fabralloy                                  
 Company, LLC, Stolper-Fabralloy                                        
 Company, LLC...........................         98-0096        10/20/97
Building Materials Holding Corporation,                                 
 Lone Star Plywood & Door Corp., Lone                                   
 Star Plywood & Door Corp...............         98-0097        10/20/97
Thiokol Corporation, Carlyle-Blade                                      
 Acquisition Partners, LP, Howmet                                       
 International Inc......................         98-0105        10/20/97
The B.F. Goodrich Company, Rohr, Inc.,                                  
 Rohr, Inc..............................         98-0106        10/20/97
Superfos a/s (a Danish company), J.B.                                   
 Coxwell Contracting, Inc., J.B. Coxwell                                
 Contracting, Inc.......................         98-0108        10/20/97
MicroAge, Inc., Microretailing, Inc.,                                   
 Microretailing, Inc....................         98-0114        10/20/97
Insignia Financial Group, Inc., Apollo                                  
 Real Estate Investment Fund II, L.P.,                                  
 First Winthrop Corporation.............         98-0117        10/20/97

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U.S. Products Company, Jack and Frances                                 
 Meehan, Aztec International Inc........         98-0130        10/20/97
Jack and Frances Meehan, U.S. Office                                    
 Products Company, U.S. Office Products                                 
 Company................................         98-0131        10/20/97
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Edmund                                  
 J. Muniz, Phase II Broadcasting, Inc...         97-3228        10/21/97
LCI International, Inc., USLD                                           
 Communications Corp., USLD                                             
 Communications Corp....................         98-0066        10/21/97
UPM-Kymmene Oy, Fletcher Challenge                                      
 Limited, Blandin Paper Company.........         98-0068        10/21/97
Evergreen Media Corporation, Katz Media                                 
 Group, Inc., Katz Media Group, Inc.....         97-2910        10/22/97
Tyler Capital Fund, L.P., American Pad &                                
 Paper Company, American Pad & Paper                                    
 Company................................         98-0024        10/22/97
REMEC, Inc., Q-bit Corporation, Q-bit                                   
 Corporation............................         98-0076        10/22/97
Cincinnati Bell Inc., Maritz Inc.,                                      
 Maritz Inc.............................         98-0111        10/22/97
American Oncology Resources, Inc.,                                      
 Florida Community Cancer Centers,                                      
 Florida Community Cancer Centers.......         98-0126        10/22/97
Jonathan O. Lee, Fesil ASA, Fesil ASA...         98-0127        10/22/97
United States Filter Corporation, Memtec                                
 Limited, Memtec Limited................         97-3589        10/23/97
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc.,                                        
 Columbine BIAS, Ltd., Columbine JDS                                    
 Systems, Inc...........................         97-3640        10/24/97
Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Dennis R.                                 
 Washington, Montana Resources, Inc.....         97-3689        10/24/97
Mark Torrance, Getty Investments L.L.C.,                                
 Getty Images...........................         97-3691        10/24/97
Getty Investments L.L.C., Mark Torrance,                                
 PhotoDisc, Inc.........................         97-3692        10/24/97
SmithKline Beecham PLC, Aradigm                                         
 Corporation, Aradigm Corporation.......         98-0010        10/24/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Wm. Fletcher                                 
 Belcher, Jim Quinlan Chevrolet, Inc....         98-0020        10/24/97
Republic Industries, Inc., James G.                                     
 Quinlan, Quinlan Motors, Inc...........         98-0021        10/24/97
Glenayre Technologies, Inc., Wireless                                   
 Access, Inc., Wireless Access, Inc.....         98-0048        10/24/97
American Financial Group, Inc., General                                 
 Accident p.l.c. (a Scottish                                            
 corporation), General Accident Life                                    
 Assurance of Puerto Rico...............         98-0052        10/24/97
International Paper Company, Taussig's                                  
 Graphic Supply, Inc., Taussig's Graphic                                
 Supply, Inc............................         98-0059        10/24/97
PP&L Resources, Inc., Marilyn Ware                                      
 Lewis, Penn Fuel Gas, Inc..............         98-0071        10/24/97
TA/Advent VIII, LP, Frank Deverse,                                      
 International Microcircuits, Inc.......         98-0088        10/24/97
Jewish Hospital Healthcare, Inc., Humana                                
 Inc., Lexington Hospital and Eagle                                     
 Creek Medical Plaza....................         98-0089        10/24/97
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P., Apollo                                
 LCA Acquisition Corporation, Apollo LCA                                
 Acquisition Corporation................         98-0103        10/24/97
CMT Associates, L.P., Patricia E.                                       
 Rodeheaver, Custom Design Telephone                                    
 Systems, Inc...........................         98-0112        10/24/97
FS Equity Partners III, L.P., New York                                  
 Times Company (The), New York Times                                    
 Company (The)..........................         98-0113        10/24/97
Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., United Homes                                 
 Life Ins. Co., United Homes Life Ins.                                  
 Co.....................................         98-0116        10/24/97
BW Provisions, Inc., Vowles, Inc.,                                      
 Vowles, Inc............................         98-0118        10/24/97
General Motors Corporation, General                                     
 Electric Company, GE Capital Asset                                     
 Management Corporation and/or Newco....         98-0121        10/24/97
Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hilton Hotels                                
 Corporation, Bally's Olympia Limited                                   
 Partnership............................         98-0138        10/24/97
AMF Bowling, Inc., Family Gold Centers,                                 
 Inc., Lake Grove Family Grove Centers,                                 
 Inc....................................         98-0144        10/24/97
M. Francois Pinault, Taylor Electric                                    
 Supply, Inc., Taylor Electric Supply,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0146        10/24/97
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, LP, The                                  
 South African Breweries Limited (a S.                                  
 Africa Co.), Vistar, Inc...............         98-0153        10/24/97
The South African Breweries Limited (a                                  
 S. Africa Co.), Thomas H. Lee Equity                                   
 Fund, III, LP, Safelite Glass Corp.....         98-0154        10/24/97
Bandag, Incorporated, Kim Lorenz, Sound                                 
 Tire, Inc..............................         98-0155        10/24/97
Reed International P.L.C., Anasazi,                                     
 Inc., Anasazi, Inc.....................         98-0156        10/24/97
Elsevier, NV, Anasazi, Inc., Anasazi,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0157        10/24/97
The Chase Manhattan Corporation, Apollo                                 
 LCA Acquisition Corporation, Apollo LCA                                
 Acquisition Corporation................         98-0159        10/24/97
Bandag, Incorporated, John Winkes, Sound                                
 Tire, Inc..............................         98-0163        10/24/97
Eastern Environmental Services, Inc.,                                   
 Ambrose Hamm, Hamms's Sanitation, Inc.;                                
 H.S.S..................................         98-0175        10/24/97
Eos Partners, L.P., Allen E. Steiner,                                   
 Interstate Consolidation, Inc./                                        
 Interstate Consolidation...............         98-0180        10/24/97
Eos Partners, L.P., Gary I. Goldfein,                                   
 Interstate Consolidation, Inc./                                        
 Interstate Consolidation...............         98-0181        10/24/97
Warburg, Pincus Capital, L.P.,                                          
 Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.,                                         
 Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc...........         98-0185        10/24/97
Richard B. Cohen, Merrill Lynch Capital                                 
 Appreciation Partnership No. IX,                                       
 Pathmark Stores, Inc. and Plainbridge,                                 
 Inc....................................         98-0188        10/24/97
DRAKA Holding, Mr. William H. Combs,                                    
 III, Tamaqua Cable Products Corp.......         98-0189        10/24/97
CGW Southeast Partners III, L.P., J.                                    
 Russell Flowers, Central States                                        
 Diversified, Inc.......................         98-0195        10/24/97
Saratoga Partners III, L.P., KSCO                                       
 Management, L.P., KSCO Acquisition                                     
 Corporation............................         98-0198        10/24/97
Hancock Fabrics, Inc., Silas Creek                                      
 Retail, Inc., (Debtor-in-Possession),                                  
 Silas Creek Retail, Inc................         98-0206        10/24/97
Jordan Industries, Inc., E.D. and C.                                    
 Company, Inc., E.D. and C. Company, Inc         98-0213        10/24/97
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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. 97-30257 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M