[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55404-55406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28223]


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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. Sec. 18a, as added by 
Title II of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement 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.

    Transactions Granted Early Termination Between: 091597 and 093097   
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  Name of acquiring person, name of acquired                     Date   
       person, name of  acquired entity           PMN No.     terminated
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MMI Companies, Inc., Unionamerica Holdings plc                          
 (a British company), Unionamerica Holdings                             
 plc (a British company)......................      97-3208      9/15/97
CSG Systems International, Inc., Tele-                                  
 Communications, Inc., TCI SUMMITrak of Texas,                          
 Inc..........................................      97-3247      9/15/97
Indianapolis Life Insurance Company,                                    
 SunAmerica, Inc., John Alden Life Insurance                            
 Company of New York..........................      97-3285      9/15/97
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (a German company),                          
 Elektrowatt Aktiengesellschaft (a Swiss                                
 company), Elektrowatt Aktiengesellschaft (a                            
 Swiss company)...............................      97-3349      9/15/97
Allen K. Breed and Johnnie Cordell Breed,                               
 AlliedSignal, Inc., AlliedSignal, Inc........      97-3352      9/15/97
VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P., Multi-                           
 Local Media Information Group, Inc., (MLM):                            
 Multi-Local Media Corp, Yellow Book Co., Inc.      97-3354      9/15/97
C.D. Smith Drug Company, Gimbel Investor                                
 Group, L.P., G.D. Holdings of Delaware, Inc..      97-3361      9/15/97
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., Gerald J.                             
 Sullivan, G.J. Sullivan Co., Inc.............      97-3381      9/15/97
Maritrans, Inc., Sun Company, Inc.,                                     
 Philadelphia Sun Shipping Co., Inc.; New York                          
 Sun..........................................      97-3388      9/15/97
Marathon Fund Limited Partnership III, Reilly                           
 Investors, L.P., The Reilly Corp.............      97-3389      9/15/97
Norton McNaughton, Inc., Miss Erika, Inc.,                              
 Miss Erika, Inc..............................      97-3415      9/15/97
Intellicell Corporation, Thomas Bommarito,                              
 Pacific Unplugged Communications, Inc........      97-3416      9/15/97

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MBNA Corporation, FMR Corporation, Fidelity                             
 Trust Company................................      97-3437      9/15/97
Henry Schein, Inc., Sullivan Dental Products,                           
 Inc., Sullivan Dental Products, Inc..........      97-3246      9/16/97
Johnson & Johnson, Gynecare, Inc., Gynecare,                            
 Inc..........................................      97-3284      9/16/97
Affiliated Mangers Group, Inc., Irwin Lieber,                           
 GeoCapital Corporation.......................      97-3394      9/16/97
Key Energy Group, Inc., George E. Coleman,                              
 Coleman Oil & Gas Co.; Big A Well Service                              
 Co.; Sunco...................................      97-3402      9/16/97
Household International, Inc., AAC Consumer                             
 Finance Corporation, AAC Consumer Finance                              
 Corporation..................................      97-3410      9/16/97
Bacou SA, Biosystems, Inc., Biosystems, Inc...      97-3412      9/16/97
Coltec Industries, Inc., Dana Corporation,                              
 Boston Flat Rubber Products Business.........      97-3288      9/17/97
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, XTRA                              
 Corporation, XTRA Corporation................      97-3340      9/17/97
HealthSouth Corporation, ASC Network                                    
 Corporation, ASC Network Corporation.........      97-3413      9/17/97
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, PPG Industries, Inc.,                          
 PPG Industries, Inc..........................      97-3372      9/18/97
CUC International Inc., John H. and Louise T.                           
 Blouin MacBain (Husband and Wife), Hebdo Mag                           
 International Inc............................      97-3392      9/18/97
CUC International Inc., Torstar Corporation (a                          
 Canadian corporation), Hebdo Mag                                       
 International Inc............................      97-3396      9/18/97
US West, Inc., GTE Corporation, GTE Wireless                            
 of the Pacific Inc...........................      97-3286      9/19/97
Merrill Lynch Capital Appreciation Partnership                          
 [*] con't, JP Foodservice, Inc., JP                                    
 Foodservice, Inc.............................      97-3306      9/19/97
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., JP Foodservice,                              
 Inc., JP Foodservice, Inc....................      97-3307      9/19/97
Merrill Lynch Capital Appreciation Partnership                          
 [*] con't, JP Foodservice, Inc., JP                                    
 Foodservice, Inc.............................      97-3308      9/19/97
Sid R. Bass, Human Genome Sciences, Inc.,                               
 Human Genome Sciences, Inc...................      97-3319      9/19/97
Longhorn Partners Pipeline, L.P., Exxon                                 
 Corporation, Exxon Pipeline Company..........      97-3327      9/19/97
UPM-Kymmene Oy, Daubert Industries, Inc.,                               
 Daubert Industries, Inc......................      97-3358      9/19/97
Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company,                                  
 Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company,                               
 Minnesota Fire & Casualty Company............      97-3373      9/19/97
Robert and Alicia Kunisch, CUC International                            
 Inc., CUC International Inc..................      97-3400      9/19/97
Christel DeHaan, CUC International, Inc., CUC                           
 International, Inc...........................      97-3401     09/19/97
O. Bruton Smith, Ken Marks, Jr., Ken Marks                              
 Ford, Inc....................................      97-3405     09/19/97
O. Bruton Smith, Nelson E. Bowers, II,                                  
 European Motors of Nashville, LLC; Cleveland                           
 Village......................................      97-3414     09/19/97
VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P., T/SF                             
 Communications Corporation, T/SF                                       
 Communications Corporation...................      97-3418     09/19/97
O. Bruton Smith, John T. Lupton Trust,                                  
 European Motors of Nashville, LLC; Cleveland                           
 Village......................................      97-3419     09/19/97
Talton Holdings, Inc., Communications Central,                          
 Inc., InVision Telecommunications, Inc.......      97-3420     09/19/97
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., Leonard E.                              
 Williams, Way-Nan, Inc.......................      97-3421     09/19/97
Alternative Living Services, Inc., Sterling                             
 House Corporation, Sterling House Corporation      97-3446     09/19/97
ING Groep N.V., Furman Selz Gamma Corp.,                                
 Furman Selz Holdings LLC, Furman Selz                                  
 Proprietary, Inc.............................      97-3449     09/19/97
FS Equity Partners III, L.P., FIPAR S.A., Lil'                          
 Champ Food Stores, Inc.......................      97-3450     09/19/97
Genuine Parts Company, Mr. William D. Pardoe,                           
 Utah Bearing & Fabrication, Inc.; Colorado                             
 Bearings and.................................      97-3452     09/19/97
SAFECO Corporation, Washington Mutual, Inc.,                            
 WM Life Insurance Company....................      97-3459     09/19/97
Allstate Corporation (The), Ze'ev Drori,                                
 Clifford Electronics, Inc.; Avital                                     
 Technologies, Inc............................      97-3460     09/19/97
J. R. Simplot Company, Jacklin Seed Company,                            
 Jacklin Seed Company.........................      97-3461     09/19/97
American Mutual Holding Company, Delta Life                             
 Corporation, Delta Life Corporation..........      97-3463     09/19/97
ING Groep, N.V., Equitable of Iowa Companies,                           
 Equitable of Iowa Companies..................      97-3465     09/19/97
Budget Group, Inc., Budget Rent A Car of St.                            
 Louis, Inc., Budget Rent A Car of St. Louis,                           
 Inc..........................................      97-3466     09/19/97
USFreightways Corporation, Seko Worldwide,                              
 Inc., Seko Worldwide, Inc....................      97-3470     09/19/97
United Auto Group, Inc., R. Lynn Alexander,                             
 Lynn Alexander, Inc., Jo-Vena Automative,                              
 Inc., and....................................      97-3473     09/19/97
True North Communications Inc., Bozell,                                 
 Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc., Bozell,                               
 Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc...............      97-3479     09/19/97
Charles D. Peebler, Jr., True North                                     
 Communications Inc., True North                                        
 Communications Inc...........................      97-3480     09/19/97
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III,                              
 L.P., LIN Television Corporation, LIN                                  
 Television Corporation.......................      97-3482     09/19/97
A.H. Belo Corporation, The Edward W. Scripps                            
 Trust, The E.W. Scripps Company..............      97-3487     09/19/97
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Aerobics, Inc.,                            
 Aerobics, Inc................................      97-3491     09/19/97
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Arnold                                     
 Sheikowitz, Legacy International of New York,                          
 Inc..........................................      97-3493     09/19/97
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Jeffrey                                    
 Sheikowitz, Legacy International of New York,                          
 Inc..........................................      97-3494     09/19/97
MicroAge, Inc., Clark I. Buch, Cass Marketing                           
 Services, Inc................................      97-3495     09/19/97
Coltec Industries, Inc., Equilease Holding                              
 Corp., Marine & Petroleum Mfg. Co., Inc......      97-3502     09/19/97
Metals USA, Inc., Jeffreys Steel Company,                               
 Inc., Jeffreys Steel Company, Inc............      97-3518     09/19/97
Metals USA, Inc., William J. Targett, Meier                             
 Metal Servicecenters, Inc....................      97-3519     09/19/97
Metals USA, Inc., Barry Harvey, Harvey                                  
 Titanium, Ltd................................      97-3520     09/19/97
Barry Harvey, Metals USA, Inc., Metals USA,                             
 Inc..........................................      97-3521     09/19/97
Manufacturers' Services Limited, Lockheed                               
 Martin Corporation, Lockheed Commercial                                
 Electronics Company..........................      97-3356     09/22/97
Emco Limited, Yehuda Mendelson, Pro-Fit Piping                          
 Components, Inc..............................      97-3368     09/22/97
Gary W. Rust, TCW Special Placements Fund II,                           
 USMedia Group, Inc...........................      97-3375     09/22/97
Promodes S.A., Casino Guichard Perrachon,                               
 Casino Guichard Perrachon....................      97-3439     09/22/97
Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother Generalate,                             
 Inc., Rhinelander Medical Center, S.C.,                                
 Rhinelander Medical Center, S.C..............      97-3445     09/22/97
James R. Leininger, Thomas R. Reilly, Sea Rich                          
 Seafoods, Inc................................      97-3498     09/22/97
Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Marsh &                                
 McLennan Companies, Inc., William M. Mercer,                           
 Incorporated and William M. Mercer...........      97-3506     09/22/97
Mr. Thomas J. Holt, Sr., Bankers Trust New                              
 York Corporation, NPR Holding Corporation....      97-3508     09/22/97
Equity Corporation International, Service                               
 Corporation International, SCI Alabama                                 
 Funeral Services, Inc., SCI Louisiana........      97-3513     09/22/97
Beckman Instruments, Inc., Coulter Family                               
 Limited Partnership, Coulter Corporation.....      97-3464     09/23/97
George Soros, R&B Falcon Corporation, R&B                               
 Falcon Corporation...........................      97-3514     09/23/97
IBP, Inc., Winchester Food Processing, Inc.,                            
 Winchester Food Processing, Inc..............      97-3338     09/24/97
Maytag Corporation, Metropolitan Life                                   
 Insurance Company, Blodgett Holdings, Inc....      97-3483     09/24/97

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NovaCare, Inc., Liberty Mutual Insurance                                
 Company, Atlantic Health Group, Inc..........      97-3524     09/24/97
Capstone Pharmacy Services, Inc., Harry                                 
 Tractman, Med-Tec Pharmaceutical Services,                             
 Inc..........................................      97-3293     09/25/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Roger Dean, Dennis                           
 Fronrath Chev., Inc. & Fronrath Dean Fronrath      97-3377     09/25/97
Republic Industries, Inc., Bradley W. Kenyon,                           
 Kenyon Dodge, Inc............................      97-3378     09/25/97
K N Energy, Inc., Interenergy Corporation,                              
 Interenergy Corporation......................      97-3504     09/25/97
AmeriKing, Inc., James E. Green, B&J                                    
 Restaurants, Inc.............................      97-3316     09/26/97
The Finova Group Inc., R.J. Brandes, Belgravia                          
 Capital Corporation..........................      97-3428     09/26/97
R.J. Brandes, The Finova Group Inc., The                                
 Finova Group Inc.............................      97-3429     09/26/97
ISE Labs, Inc., Alphatec Electronics Public                             
 Co., Ltd., a Thai company, Alphatec USA, Inc.                          
 & Digital Testing Services, Inc..............      97-3438     09/26/97
Source Media, Inc., Brite Voice Systems, Inc.,                          
 Brite Voice Systems, Inc.....................      97-3441     09/26/97
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., NewNet, Inc.,                             
 NewNet, Inc..................................      97-3467     09/26/97
General Electric Company, Trans Leasing                                 
 International, Inc., Trans Leasing                                     
 International, Inc...........................      97-3478     09/26/97
Newcourt Credit Group Inc., James M. Oberman,                           
 Lease Finance Group..........................      97-3496     09/26/97
Newcourt Credit Group, Inc., James R. Brandt,                           
 Lease Finance Group..........................      97-3497     09/26/97
Calpine Corporation, Brooklyn Union Gas                                 
 Company (The), Gas Energy Inc. and Gas Energy                          
 Cogeneration Inc.............................      97-3499     09/26/97
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P., The                                
 Learning Company, Inc., The Learning Company,                          
 Inc..........................................      97-3500     09/26/97
Steven A. and Linda Webster (Husband and                                
 Wife), R&B Falcon Corporation, R&B Falcon                              
 Corporation..................................      97-3515     09/26/97
The News Corporation Limited, The Los Angeles                           
 Dodgers, Inc., The Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc..      97-3522     09/26/97
O. Bruton Smith, Richard Dyer, Dyer & Dyer,                             
 Inc..........................................      97-3525     09/26/97
Richard Colburn, Daniel R. Boling, Daley                                
 Corporation..................................      97-3528     09/26/97
The United Company, The Roof Center, Inc., The                          
 Roof Center, Inc.............................      97-3531     09/26/97
Lehman Brothers Capital Partners I, SunSource,                          
 Inc., SunSource, Inc.........................      97-3537     09/26/97
Heating Oil Partners, L.P., Petroleum Heat and                          
 Power Co., Inc., Ocennet Fuel Oil Corp.......      97-3538     09/26/97
Mellon Bank Corporation, Steven Wallace,                                
 Trustee/Steven Wallace Living Trust, Pacific                           
 Brokerage Services...........................      97-3540     09/26/97
J. Kirk Hvide, Kinsman Lines, Inc., Kinsman                             
 Lines, Inc...................................      97-3541     09/26/97
Performance Food Group Company, A.F.I. Food                             
 Service Distributors, Inc., A.F.I. Food                                
 Service Distributors, Inc....................      97-3542     09/26/97
Airgas, Inc., Industrial Gas Products and                               
 Supply, Inc., Industrial Gas Products and                              
 Supply, Inc..................................      97-3546     09/26/97
Robert J. Higgins, Strawberries Inc., a debtor                          
 in possession, Strawberries Inc., a debtor in                          
 possession...................................      97-3548     09/26/97
Center Street Capital Partners, LP, M.D.                                
 Mitchella, Carrier-Bock Company..............      97-3551     09/26/97
Michael J. Dressell, Quality Dining, Inc.,                              
 Bruegger's Corporation.......................      97-3556     09/26/97
Ripplewood Partners, L.P., Ripplewood Interim                           
 Partners, L.P., Edwards Holding Corp.........      97-3557     09/26/97
Ripplewood Interim Partners, L.P., Ripplewood                           
 Partners, L.P., Heidi's Holding Corp., GCI                             
 Holdings Corp................................      97-3558     09/26/97
Fenway partners Capital Fund, L.P., Aldik                               
 Artificial Flower Co., Inc., Aldik Artificial                          
 Flower Co., Inc..............................      97-3568     09/26/97
Group Maintenance America Corp., MacDonald-                             
 Miller Industries, Inc., MacDonald-Miller                              
 Industries, Inc..............................      97-3578     09/26/97
Group Maintenance America Corp., Ronald D.                              
 Bryant, Masters, Inc.........................      97-3579     09/26/97
Union Camp Corporation, Greater New York Box                            
 Co., Inc., Greater New York Box Co., Inc.....      97-3594     09/26/97
Cytec Industries Inc., Equilease Holding                                
 Corporation, Fiberite Holdings, Inc.;                                  
 Fiberite, Inc................................      97-3309     09/29/97
Questor Partners Fund, L.P., Avnet, Inc.,                               
 Channel Master Division......................      97-3553     09/29/97
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Thomas G.                           
 Cousins, Southern Crescent Newspapers, LP....      97-3567     09/29/97
CACI International Inc., Infonet Services                               
 Corporation, Government Systems, Inc.........      97-3569     09/29/97
Philip E. Kamins, Allied Products Corporation,                          
 Coz Plastics division........................      97-3580     09/29/97
Japan Energy Corporation, Japan Energy                                  
 Corporation, Encore Computer Corporation.....      97-3588     09/29/97
Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund,                              
 L.P., Merisel, Inc., Merisel, Inc............      97-3593     09/29/97
Catholic Health Initiatives, Southern Health                            
 Care of Tennessee, Inc., Southern Health Care                          
 of Tennessee, Inc............................      97-3395     09/30/97
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company,                            
 Titan Holdings, Inc., Titan Holdings, Inc....      97-3397     09/30/97
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Westinghouse Electric                           
 Company, Thermo King Corporation.............      97-3443     09/30/97
Robert F.X. Sillerman, Sinclair Broadcast                               
 Group, Inc., Sinclair Radio of Nashville, Inc      97-3529     09/30/97
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company, Walter C.                            
 Goldstein, Service Steel Aerospace                                     
 Corporation..................................      97-3545     09/30/97
Crown Pacific Partners, L.P., David R. and Kay                          
 E. Syre, Trillium Corporation................      97-3576     09/30/97
Insignia Financial Group, Inc., Realty One,                             
 Inc., Realty One, Inc........................      97-3581     09/30/97
Bayard Drilling Technologies, Inc., Charles E.                          
 Davidson, Bonray Drilling Company............      97-3604     09/30/97
Charles E. Davidson, Bayard Drilling                                    
 Technologies, Inc., Bayard Drilling                                    
 Technologies, Inc............................      97-3605     09/30/97
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P. Fielding, Contact Representative, 
Federal Trade Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of 
Competition, Room 303, Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28223 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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