[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66103-66105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32957]


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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 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: 11/24/97 and 12/05/97 
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    Name of acquiring person, Name of                          Date     
acquired person, Name of acquired entity      PMN No.       terminated  
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Spectra-Physics AB, FLIR Systems, Inc.,                                 
 FLIR Systems, Inc......................         98-0086        11/26/97
Allied Capital Lending Corporation,                                     
 Allied Capital Corporation, Allied                                     
 Capital Corporation....................         98-0494        11/26/97
Allied Capital Lending Corporation,                                     
 Allied Capital Corporation II, Allied                                  
 Capital Corporation II.................         98-0495        11/26/97
Allied Capital Lending Corporation,                                     
 Allied Capital Commercial Corporation,                                 
 Allied Capital Commercial Corporation..         98-0496        11/26/97
The Toa Fire and Marine Reinsurance Co.,                                
 Ltd., Swiss Reinsurance Company (a                                     
 Swiss corporation), The Mercantile and                                 
 General Reinsurance Company of America.         98-0548        11/26/97
George S. Hofmeister, Mario J. Gabelli,                                 
 Binnings Building Products, Inc........         98-0555        11/26/97
Recycling Industries, Inc., Jack Levin,                                 
 United Metal Recyclers.................         98-0560        11/26/97
Recycling Industries, Inc., Brenner                                     
 Companies, Inc., Brenner Companies,                                    
 Inc. and United Metal Recyclers........         98-0561        11/26/97
Recycling Industries, Inc., Seymour                                     
 Levin, United Metal Recyclers..........         98-0570        11/26/97
Pacific Mutual Holding Company,                                         
 Oppenheimer Capital, L.P., Oppenheimer                                 
 Capital, L.P...........................         98-0575        11/26/97
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.,                                            
 Construction Loan Insurance                                            
 Corporation, Construction Loan                                         
 Insurance Corporation..................         98-0583        11/26/97
The Dow Chemical Company, Sentrachem                                    
 Limited, Sentrachem Limited............         97-3189        11/28/97
Fiserv, Inc., Hanifen, Imhoff Holdings,                                 
 Inc., Hanifen, Imhoff Holdings, Inc....         98-0314        11/28/97
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover &                                 
 Co., CSG Systems International, Inc.,                                  
 CSG Systems International, Inc.........         98-0411        11/30/97
Northland Cable Properties Six Limited                                  
 Partnership, Tele-Communications, Inc.,                                
 Robin Cable Systems, L.P. InterMedia                                   
 Partners, L.P..........................         98-0393        12/01/97
Northland Communciations Corporation,                                   
 Tele-Communications, Inc., Robin Cable                                 
 Systems, L.P. InterMedia Partners, L.P.         98-0394        12/01/97
United States Filter Corporation,                                       
 Stranco, Inc., Stranco, Inc............         98-0433        12/01/97
Preussag AG, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hapag-Lloyd                                
 AG.....................................         98-0445        12/01/97
Cedar Fair, L.P., Knott's Berry Farm (a                                 
 partnership), Knott's Berry Farm (a                                    
 partnership)...........................         98-0565        12/01/97
Patriot American Hospitality Operating                                  
 Company, WHG Resorts & Casinos, Inc.,                                  
 WHG Resorts & Casinos, Inc.............         98-0567        12/01/97
Pharma Vision 2000 AG, Tularik Inc.,                                    
 Tularik Inc............................         98-0568        12/01/97
Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., Vanguard                                  
 Automation, Inc., Vanguard Automation,                                 
 Inc....................................         98-0578        12/01/97
Global Private Equity III Limited                                       
 Partnership, Kay Juel, III, Contact                                    
 East, Inc..............................         98-0586        12/01/97
The Guarantee Life Companies, Inc., PFG,                                
 Inc., PFG, Inc.........................         98-0589        12/01/97
Legal and General Group Plc, Georgia                                    
 Duck & Cordage Mill, Georgia Duck &                                    
 Cordage Mill...........................         98-0652        12/01/97
John W. Pope, Rose's Holdings, Inc.,                                    
 Rose's Stores, Inc.....................         98-0432        12/02/97
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.,                                     
 Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund                                  
 II, L.P., Benchmark Jackson, L.L.C.....         98-0466        12/02/97

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Arbed S.A., Minorco (a Luxembourg                                       
 company), Hochschild Partners..........         98-0471        12/02/97
Wisconsin Energy Corporation, ESELCO,                                   
 Inc., ESELCO, Inc......................         98-0509        12/02/97
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., Vickers                                   
 PLC, Air-Shields Vickers, Inc. & TECA                                  
 Corporation............................         98-0522        12/02/97
American Industrial Partners Capital                                    
 Fund II, L.P., John W. Kluge, Stanadyne                                
 Automotive Holding Corp................         98-0546        12/02/97
U.S. Office Products Company, Mr. Thomas                                
 S. Bagley, AASI Holding Corporation....         98-0549        12/02/97
Woodgrain Millwork, Inc., Fenway                                        
 Partners Capital Fund, L.P., Brown                                     
 Moulding Company, Inc..................         98-0563        12/02/97
Advanced Communications Group, Inc.,                                    
 Liberty Cellular, Inc., KIN Network,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0576        12/02/97
Ryder Systems, Inc., Russ Jones,                                        
 International Truck Rental and Leasing,                                
 Inc....................................         98-0579        12/02/97
Cablevision System Corporation,                                         
 Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (a Japanese                                
 corporation), Radio City Productions                                   
 LLC....................................         98-0580        12/02/97
Ricoh Company, Ltd. (a Japanese                                         
 company), Jeffry M. Picower, Monroe                                    
 Systems For Business, Inc..............         98-0594        12/02/97
Home Products International, Inc., The                                  
 Chase Manhattan Corporation, Seymour                                   
 Sales Corporation......................         98-0598        12/02/97
BASF Akiengesellschaft, Hoechst                                         
 Aktiengesellschaft, BHC Company........         98-0599        12/02/97
Citicorp, Amerisource Health                                            
 Corporation, Amerisource Health                                        
 Corporation............................         98-0609        12/02/97
Marshall T. Reynolds, Portec, Inc.,                                     
 Portec Assets..........................         98-0613        12/02/97
Clarian Health Partners, Inc., Lakeland                                 
 Health Corporation, Lakeland Health                                    
 Corporation............................         98-0614        12/02/97
Legal & General Group Plc, BTR Plc,                                     
 Schlegal Corporation; Schlegel Oklahoma                                
 Inc....................................         98-0615        12/02/97
Questor Partners Fund, LP, Lord Moyne-                                  
 Jonathan Guinness, AP Parts                                            
 International, Inc.....................         98-0617        12/02/97
Phoenix Packaging Corporation, Sequa                                    
 Corporation, Northern Can Systems,                                     
 Inc., Sequa Corporation................         98-0623        12/02/97
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, II, L.P.,                                
 Victor J. Barnett, Arcade Holding                                      
 Corporation............................         98-0625        12/02/97
Whole Foods Market, Inc., Edward and                                    
 Juliette Jonna, Merchant Management                                    
 Affiliates, Inc.; Merchant of Vino.....         98-0626        12/02/97
Central Parking Corporation, Lewis Katz,                                
 Kinney System Holding Corporation......         98-0628        12/02/97
Lewis Katz, Central Parking Corporation,                                
 Central Parking Corporation............         98-0629        12/02/97
Starwood Lodging Corporation, ITT                                       
 Corporation, ITT Corporation...........         98-0631        12/02/97
The Clayton & Dubilier Private Equity                                   
 Fund IV LP, Rubin Brown, Brown                                         
 Wholesale Electric Company, Inc........         98-0634        12/02/97
Mannesmann AG, R. William Milton, Crane                                 
 America Services, Inc.; Crane America                                  
 Leasing, In............................         98-0636        12/02/97
J. Frank Harrison, Jr., Walter Matthews,                                
 Jr., Coca-Cola Bottling Company,                                       
 Southeast, Incorporated................         98-0643        12/02/97
Jordan Industries, Inc., Motion Control                                 
 Engineering, Inc., Motion Control                                      
 Engineering, Inc.......................         98-0646        12/02/97
Tribune Company, James M. Landoll,                                      
 Landoll, Inc...........................         98-0648        12/02/97
Tribune Company, The McConnell Family                                   
 Trust, Landoll, Inc....................         98-0649        12/02/97
Tyler Corporation, William D. Oates,                                    
 Business Resources Corporation.........         98-0650        12/02/97
General Electric Company, James Bastian,                                
 SimuFlite Training International, Inc..         98-0704        12/02/97
VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P.,                                  
 The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, The                                  
 Reuben H. Donnelly Corporation                                         
 (Proprietary East Di...................         98-0534        12/03/97
First Data Corporation, NationsBank                                     
 Corporation, Boatmen's Merchant                                        
 Processing Company, LLC................         98-0584        12/03/97
Olympus Growth Fund II, LP, Steven C.                                   
 Francis and Gayle A. Francis, AMN                                      
 Healthcare, Inc........................         98-0607        12/03/97
Health Care Service Corporation a Mutual                                
 Legal Reserve, Medical Mutual of Ohio,                                 
 Medical Life Insurance Company.........         98-0616        12/03/97
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting                                 
 Trust, Bennet R. and Maxine H. Miller                                  
 (Husband and Wife), Tri-County                                         
 Telephone Company, Inc.................         98-0679        12/03/97
General Dynamics Corporation, Ceridian                                  
 Corporation, Computing Devices                                         
 International and Subs.................         98-0452        12/04/97
Newcor, Inc., Machine Tool & Gear, Inc.,                                
 Machine Tool & Gear Inc................         98-0591        12/04/97
Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Laidlaw                                  
 Inc., ECDC Environmental, L.C..........         98-0624        12/04/97
Robbins & Myers, Inc., J.M. Huber                                       
 Corporation, Flow Control Equipment,                                   
 Inc....................................         98-0665        12/04/97
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Hanson,                                
 P.L.C., Milestone Materials, Inc.......         98-0718        12/04/97
American Radio Systems Corporation,                                     
 Latin Communications Group, Inc., Radio                                
 Exito, Inc.; Portland Radio, Inc.......         97-2054        12/05/97
Apple Computer, Inc., Power Computing                                   
 Corporation, Power Computing                                           
 Corporation............................         97-3427        12/05/97
Jeffrey J. Prosser, B. John Klindworth,                                 
 St. Croix Cable T.V., Inc., Virgin                                     
 Islands Cable T.V......................         97-3457        12/05/97
Interstate Bakeries Corporation, Estate                                 
 of Elizabeth B. Noyce, JSC Corporation.         98-0264        12/05/97
Wang Laboratories, Inc., David A.                                       
 Banning & Mary Lynn Banning, Bannex                                    
 Corporation............................         98-0439        12/05/97
Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc., Boston                                 
 Ventures Limited Partnership IV,                                       
 National Law Publishing Company, Inc...         98-0453        12/05/97
Rally's Hamburgers, Inc., Checkers Drive-                               
 in Restaurants, Inc., Checkers Drive-in                                
 Restaurants, Inc.......................         98-0475        12/05/97
G. James Roush, FDX Corporation, FDX                                    
 Corporation............................         98-0536        12/05/97
Newcor, Inc., Stephen Grand, Grand                                      
 Machining Company d/b/a Deco-Grand;                                    
 Deco Technolo..........................         98-0590        12/05/97
MasTec, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership                                  
 Plan of Weeks Construction Co., Weeks                                  
 Construction Company...................         98-0592        12/05/97
Material Sciences Corporation, Marshal                                  
 I. Wais, Colorstrip's, Inc.............         98-0597        12/05/97
RJR-Nabisco Holding, Inc., Cornnuts,                                    
 Inc., Cornnuts, Inc....................         98-0606        12/05/97
The SKM Equity Fund II, LP, Dan Neuhar,                                 
 Wee Good Corporation...................         98-0621        12/05/97
The SKM Equity Fund II, LP, Michel                                      
 Bernstein, Wee Good Corporation........         98-0622        12/05/97
Lear Corporation, Stronach Trust, Magna                                 
 Interior Systems (USA), Inc............         98-0627        12/05/97
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., Whitehall                                   
 Associates, L.P., Starflake Foods                                      
 Company, Inc. & Borden Fun Cheese Busi.         98-0630        12/05/97
The Clayton & Dubilier Private Equity                                   
 Fund IV LP, Kenneth Moskowitz, Avon                                    
 Electrical Supplies, Inc.; Avon                                        
 Electrical.............................         98-0632        12/05/97
The Clayton & Dubilier Private Equity                                   
 Fund IV, Leonard Moskowitz, Avon                                       
 Electrical Supplies, Inc.; Avon                                        
 Electrical Product.....................         98-0633        12/05/97
MedPartners, Inc., American Medical                                     
 Management, Ltd., American Medical                                     
 Management, Ltd........................         98-0642        12/05/97
JELD-WEN, Inc., Grossman's, Inc. (debtor                                
 in possession), Grossman's, Inc.                                       
 (debtor in possession).................         98-0645        12/05/97
TPG Partners, L.P., Nestle S.A. (A Swiss                                
 company), Nestle Assets................         98-0647        12/05/97

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Omnicom Group Inc., John H. Kragie &                                    
 Elizabeth J. Newell, Kragie/Newell                                     
 Advertising, Inc.......................         98-0653        12/05/97
Newcourt Credit Group Inc., Dover                                       
 Corporation, Chief Automotive Systems,                                 
 Inc....................................         98-0657        12/05/97
George R. and Ruth J. Wackenhut, Celeste                                
 D. Dockery, Professional Employee                                      
 Management, Inc., et al................         98-0659        12/05/97
Ronald O. Perelman, Millard E. Morris,                                  
 Eniram Funding, LLC; & Eniram                                          
 Securitization, LLC....................         98-0661        12/05/97
Deere & Company, Cameco Industries,                                     
 Inc., Cameco Industries, Inc...........         98-0667        12/05/97
Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Unilever N.V.,                                       
 Conopco, Inc. doing business as Lipton.         98-0671        12/05/97
Galey & Lord, Inc., Polymer Group, Inc.,                                
 Dominion Textile, Inc. plus five                                       
 foreign subs...........................         98-0683        12/05/97
Bain Capital Fund V-B, L.P., Sandman                                    
 Merger Corporation, Sandman Merger                                     
 Corporation............................         98-0688        12/05/97
The President and Fellows of Harvard                                    
 College, Sandman Merger Corporation,                                   
 Sandman Merger Corporation.............         98-0689        12/05/97
The Dow Chemical Company, The Dow                                       
 Chemical Company, Radian International,                                
 LLC....................................         98-0691        12/05/97
Joseph Bick, Keystone Automotive                                        
 Industries, Inc., Keystone Automotive                                  
 Industries, Inc........................         98-0695        12/05/97
Ametek, Inc., EG&G Inc., Rotron                                         
 Incorporated...........................         98-0706        12/05/97
Suiza Foods Corporation, M. Jay                                         
 Skirboll, Liquitane Corp., Liquitane                                   
 Associates, S&Z Development............         98-0713        12/05/97
Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. Genesis                                   
 ElderCare Corp., Institutional Health                                  
 Care Services, Inc., Care 4, L.P.......         98-0717        12/05/97
Eastern Maine Healthcare, Osteeopathic                                  
 Healthcare Services, Inland Hospital...         98-0732        12/05/97
O'Neal Steel, Inc., Prudential                                          
 Corporation plc, Carolina Steel                                        
 Corporation............................         98-0745        12/05/97
Mitsui & Co. Ltd, MidAmerican Energy                                    
 Holdings Company, UNITRAIN, Inc........         98-0747        12/05/97
Lynch Corporation, Sappi Limited (a                                     
 South African company), S.D. Warren                                    
 Company................................         98-0748        12/05/97
Pluma, Inc., John R. Beale and Linda                                    
 Beale, Stardust Corporation............         98-0749        12/05/97
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.,                                      
 Weyerhaeuser Company, North Pacific                                    
 Paper Company..........................         98-0750        12/05/97
General Electric Company, Preferred                                     
 Machine and Tool Products Corporation,                                 
 Preferred Machine and Tool Products                                    
 Corporation............................         98-0755        12/05/97
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Lakeland                                
 Group Television, Inc., Lakeland Group                                 
 Television, Inc........................         98-0756        12/05/97
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII,                                    
 L.P., Tenet Healthcare Corporation,                                    
 Tenet Healthcare Corporation...........         98-0767        12/05/97
The 1818 Fund II, LP, National                                          
 HealthCare, L.P., National HealthCare                                  
 Corporation............................         98-0770        12/05/97
ACX Technologies, Inc., Britton Group,                                  
 plc, Britton Group, plc................         98-0777        12/05/97
ConAgra, Inc., Lawrence Zoll, Zoll Foods                                
 Corporation............................         98-0784        12/05/97
Lawrence Zoll, ConAgra, Inc., ConAgra,                                  
 Inc....................................         98-0785        12/05/97
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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, D.C. 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32957 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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