Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,
[Federal Register: February 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 22)]
[Notices]
[Page 5542-5545]
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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: 1-2-98and 1-16-98
Name of acquiring person, name of
Date acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Terminated
Pandurangan Thukkaram, Draka Holding
N.V. (a Netherlands company), BIW
Connector Systems, Inc.................
98-0850
01/02/98 Borland International, Inc., Visigenic
Software, Inc., Visigenci Software, Inc
98-0958
01/02/98 MST Offshore Partners, C.V., PureTec
Corporation, PureTec Corporation.......
98-1060
01/02/98 J.W. Childs Equity Partners, LP, Levmark
Capital Fund, LP, Mike Rose Foods
Holding Corp...........................
98-1062
01/02/98 MascoTech, Inc., TriMas Corporation,
TriMas Corporation.....................
98-1066
01/02/98 Cathedral Healthcare System, Inc.,
Orange Mountain Healthcare, Inc.,
Orange Mountain Healthcare, Inc........
98-1067
01/02/98 General Motors Corporation, Republic
Industries, Inc., Courtesy Auto Group,
Inc....................................
98-1069
01/02/98 The Pittston Company, Distribution
Services Limited, Distribution Services
Limited................................
98-1070
01/02/98 EMI Group plc, Bryan Turner, Priority
Records, LLC...........................
98-1072
01/02/98 Familiengesellschaft J.M. Voith Gbr,
Impact Systems, Inc., Impact Systems,
Inc....................................
98-1073
01/02/98 W. Galen Weston, The Quaker Oats
Company, Arnie's Bagelicious Bagels,
Inc....................................
98-1074
01/02/98 John M. Belk, Belk's Department Store of
Jacksonville, N.C., Inc., Belk's
Department Store of Jacksonville, N.C.,
Inc....................................
98-1082
01/02/98 John M. Belk, Belk-Simpson Company,
Greenville, South Carolina, Belk-
Simpson Company, Greenville, South
Carolina...............................
98-1083
01/02/98 John M. Belk, Belk of Spartanburg, S.C.,
Inc., Belk of Spartanburg, S.C. Inc....
98-1084
01/02/98 John M. Belk, Belk Department Store of
Hickory, N.C., Inc., Belk Department
Store of Hickory, N.C., Inc............
98-1085
01/02/98 U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., Richard
H. Schaefer, Victory Express, Inc......
98-1087
01/02/98 Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V.,
Dennis Mehiel, Box USA Group, Inc......
98-1091
01/02/98 Invacare Corporation, Suburban Ostomy
Supply Co., Inc., Suburban Ostomy
Supply Co., Inc........................
98-1147
01/02/98 Total Renal Care Holdings, Inc., Renal
Treatment Centers, Inc., Renal
Treatment Centers, Inc.................
98-0927
01/05/98 OmniSource Corporation, Myer N.
Franklin, Jackson Iron & Metal Company,
Inc....................................
98-0932
01/05/98 TPG Partners, LP, Virgin Entertainment
Group Limited, Virgin Entertainment
Group Limited..........................
98-0957
01/05/98 General Electric Company, TransNet
Corporation, TransNet Corporation......
98-1029
01/05/98 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Archer-
Daniels-Midland Company, Heartland Rail
Corporation............................
98-1042
01/05/98 U.S. Office Products Company, Eric
Rosenbaum, Astrid Offset Corporation...
98-1044
01/05/98 Eric Rosenbaum, U.S. Office Products
Company, U.S. Office Products Company..
98-1045
01/05/98 United States Filter Corporation,
William A Bianco, Jr., The Kinetics
Group, Inc.............................
98-1049
01/05/98 Summit Ventures IV, L.P., Gary C. Reif,
GERS, Inc..............................
98-1055
01/05/98 Legg Mason, Inc., Brandywine Asset
Management, Inc., Brandywine
Management, Inc........................
98-1057
01/05/98
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Group Maintenance America Corp.,
Mechanical Interiors, Inc., Mechanical
Interior Inc...........................
98-1058
01/05/98 WHX Corporation, Handy & Harman, Handy &
Harman.................................
98-1059
01/05/98 Illinois Tool Works Inc., Bee
Industries, Inc., Bee Assets...........
98-1094
01/05/98 Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG,
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund
II, LP., Ghirardelli Holdings
Corporation............................
98-1097
01/05/98 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners II,
LP., National Wholesale Liquidators
Buying Inc., National Wholesale
Liquidators Buying, Inc................
98-1098
01/05/98 EVI, Inc., Van der Horst Limited (a
Singapore company), Van der Horst USA,
Inc....................................
98-1101
01/05/98 Samuel J. Heyman, Polaroid Corporation,
Polaroid Assets........................
98-1102
01/05/98 Tel-Save Holdings, Inc., Symetrics
Industries, Inc., Symetrics Industries,
Inc....................................
98-1103
01/05/98 Sulzer AG, Spine-Tech, Inc., Spine-Tech,
Inc....................................
98-1105
01/05/98 RBPI Holding Corporation, CFA Holding
Company, CFA Holding Company...........
98-1107
01/05/98 Doncasters plc (a British company),
Triplex Lloyd plc (a British company),
Triplex Lloyd plc......................
98-1116
01/05/98 Dover Corporation, Wiseco Piston
Company, Inc., Wiseco Piston Company,
Inc....................................
98-1117
01/05/98 Heilig-Myers Company, Levitz Furniture
Incorporated, debtor-in-possession,
John M. Smyth Company..................
98-1138
01/05/98 WinStar Communications, Inc., Midcom
Communications Inc., Midcom
Communications Inc.....................
98-1152
01/05/98 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., Hi-Lo
Automotive, Inc., Hi-Lo Automotive, Inc
98-1177
01/05/98 Schering-Plough Corporation, Sepracor
Inc., Sepracor Inc.....................
98-0984
01/06/98 Teleport Communications Group, Inc.,
Time Warner Inc., Kansas City Fiber
Network, L.P...........................
98-1046
01/06/98 Teleport Communications Group, Inc.,
Tele-Communications, Inc., Kansas City
Fiber Network, L.P.....................
98-1047
01/06/98 Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC, Elan
Corporation plc (an English company),
Athena Neurosciences, Inc..............
98-1081
01/06/98 Flint Ink Corporation, Manders, plc,
Manders, plc...........................
98-1123
01/06/98 Aliant Communications Inc., 360
Communications Company, Omaha Cellular
General Partnership....................
98-1125
01/06/98 Columbia DBS Investors, LP, Clay County
Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.,
Satellite Television Services, Inc.....
98-0772
01/0/98 Merck & Co., Inc., Biogen, Inc., Biogen,
Inc....................................
98-0918
01/0/98 Otto Fuchs Metallwerke KG, Joseph
Marinello, Homecraft Industries, Inc...
98-0966
01/0/98 Clear Channel Communications, Hicks Muse
Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, LP, Hicks
Muse Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, LP..
98-0993
01/0/98 Brian L. Roberts, Marcus Cable Company,
L.P., Marcus Cable of Delaware and
Maryland, L.P..........................
98-1030
01/0/98 Echlin Inc., Ronald B. Hermann, General
Automotive Specialty, Co., Inc.........
98-1032
01/0/98 Morgan Stanley Capital Partners III, LP,
Time Warner Inc., Picayune Cablevision,
Inc.; TWI Cable Inc.; Cablevision......
98-1054
01/0/98 EMI Group plc, Mark Cerami, Priority
Records, LLC...........................
98-1075
01/0/98 EVEREN Capital Corporation, Principal
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Principal Securities Holding
Corporation............................
98-1080
01/07/98 Hughes Supply, Inc., Kevin E. Smith &
Dana L. Smith, CMJ Management, Inc.....
98-1104
01/07/98 Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Michael
S. Egan, Nantucket Allserve, Inc.......
98-0975
01/08/98 Peugeot S.A., Bertrand Faure S.A., a
French company, Bertrand Faure S.A.....
98-1259
01/09/98 Intergraph Corporation, Eduardo P.
Zorrilla, Zydex, Inc...................
98-0635
01/12/98 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Advanta
Corp., Advanta Corp....................
98-1078
01/12/98 Miami Computer Supply Corporation,
Minnesota Western/Creative Office
Products, Inc., Minnesota Western/
Creative Office Products, Inc..........
98-1088
01/12/98 The Washington Post Company, Time Warner
Inc., Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/
Newhouse Partnership...................
98-1109
01/12/98 Time Warner, Inc., Cable TV Fund 14-B,
Ltd., Cable TV Fund 14-B, Ltd..........
98-1110
01/12/98 PP&L Resources, Inc., H.T. Lyons, Jr.,
H.T. Lyons, Inc........................
98-1118
01/12/98 The SK Equity Fund, LP, Port,
Incorporated, Port, Incorporated.......
98-1119
01/12/98 JP Foodservice, Inc., Michel Besnier,
Sorrento Food Service, Inc.............
98-1124
01/12/98 Hughes Supply, Inc., LSZ Partnership,
International Supply Company...........
98-1127
01/12/98 Solvay S.A., Schering-Plough
Corporation, Schering Corporation......
98-1128
01/12/98 Republic Industries, Inc., Estate of
L.R. Megel, HUB Motor Co...............
98-1129
01/12/98 American General Corporation, Provident
Companies, Inc., Provident Life and
Accident Insurance Co..................
98-1130
01/12/98 Robert F.X. Sillerman, Becker Interests
Limited Partnership, Pace Entertainment
Corporation............................
98-1131
01/12/98 Robert F.X. Sillerman, S. Stephen Selig
III, Southern Promotions, Inc.; High
Cotton, Inc.; Buckhead.................
98-1133
01/12/98 Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Charles
E. Davidson, DLB Oil and Gas, Inc......
98-1134
01/12/98 Fresh America Corporation, Jack
Cancellieri, Francisco Distributing
Company................................
98-1135
01/12/98 NovaCare, Inc., Ronald N. Shostack,
Americare Employers Group, Inc.........
98-1136
01/12/98 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Tenet
Healthcare Corporation, Century City
Hospital and Midway Hospital...........
98-1137
01/12/98 Metallgesellschaft AG, Mr. R. Gadomski,
HEPP Corporation.......................
98-1140
01/12/98 The SKM Equity Fund II, LP, J. Todd
Figi, Figi Graphics, Inc...............
98-1143
01/12/98 American Stores Company, SUPERVALU
Holdings, Inc., SUPERVALU Holdings, Inc
98-1146
01/12/98 Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, Canal
Industries, Inc., Power Sources, Inc...
98-1150
01/12/98 The Seagram Company, Barry Diller, HSN,
Inc....................................
98-1151
01/12/98 Greenwich Street Capital Partners, LP,
American Industrial Partners Capital
Fund, LP, Day International Group, Inc.
98-1153
01/12/98 Berwind Group Partners, Tech Services
International, Inc., Tech Services
International, Inc.....................
98-1155
01/12/98 Atlantic Bank and Trust Co., Thomas W.
Fawell, Forrest Holdings, Inc..........
98-1156
01/12/98 Oracle Strategic Partners, L.P., Samuel
Toscano, Jr., Neuman Health Services,
Inc....................................
98-1159
01/12/98 CFM Majestic, Inc., Harris Systems,
Inc., Harris Systems, Inc..............
98-1161
01/12/98 Steven B. Dodge, American Radio Systems
Corporation, American Tower Systems
Corporation............................
98-1163
01/12/98 Dean Foods Company, The Penn Traffic
Company, The Penn Traffic Company......
98-1164
01/12/98
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Richfood Holdings, Inc., FF Holdings
Corporation, Farm Fresh, Inc...........
98-1167
01/12/98 Roy A. Butler, Butler Broadcasting
Company, Ltd...........................
98-1170
01/12/98 Waukesha Hospital System, Inc., Memorial
Hospital at Oconomowoc, Inc., Memorial
Hospital at Oconomowoc, Inc............
98-1171
01/12/98 Eaton Corporation, Amherst H. Turner,
G.T. Products, Inc.....................
98-1172
01/12/98 Eaton Corporation, Robert D. Gustine,
G.T. Products, Inc.....................
98-1173
01/12/98 LT Participations, S.A., IDC Service,
Inc., ASI Market Research, Inc.........
98-1174
01/12/98 Gardner Denver Machinery Inc., D.H.
Caroll, Champion Pneumatic Machinery
Company................................
98-1176
01/12/98 Castle Harlan Partners III, LP,
Tidewater Inc., Tidewater Compression
Service, Inc...........................
98-1182
01/12/98 Applied Power Inc., John L. Trussell II,
Performance Manufactured Products, GJD
Corporation............................
98-1183
01/12/98 John Hess, Amerada Hess Corporation,
Amerada Hess Corporation...............
98-1184
01/12/98 American Stores Company, Bob A. and
Eileen Griffith, Ultimate Home Care Co.
Inc....................................
98-1185
01/12/98 PhyMatrix Corp., James V. Zelch, M.D.,
Regional Health Services, Inc.;
Regional MRI of Chicago................
98-1187
01/12/98 Intermedia Communications Inc., Long
Distance Savers, Inc., Long Distance
Savers, Inc............................
98-1188
01/12/98 Alan B. Miller, Hospital San Pablo,
Inc., Hospital San Pablo, Inc..........
98-1189
01/12/98 Joseph DiMarco, Waste Management, Inc.,
Waste Management, Inc..................
98-1194
01/12/98 CORESTAFF, Inc., Alexis Tatarsky, Taos
Mountain, Inc..........................
98-1196
01/12/98 United Rentals, Inc., Jerry L. Reinhart,
Access Rentals, Inc....................
98-1197
01/12/98 AEC Holdings, Inc., Bunzl plc (a U.K.
corporation), Webster Plactics, Inc....
98-1200
01/12/98 The Toro Company, David Miller, GR
Driplines, Inc.........................
98-1201
01/12/98 Group Maintenance America Corp., Arthur
M. Hungerford III, Hungerford
Mechanical Corporation.................
98-1203
01/12/98 Gerald M. David, Reynolds Metals
Company, Reynolds Metals Company.......
98-1206
01/12/98 Clarity Telecom Holdings, Inc., Paul H.
Pfleger, TIE/communications, Inc.......
98-1210
01/12/98 Moog Inc., Ernest Schaeffer, Schaeffer
Magnetics, Inc; Deering Properties.....
98-1214
01/12/98 United Auto Group, Inc., Dan Young
Chevrolet, Inc., Dan Young Chevrolet,
Inc....................................
98-1223
01/12/98 John DiMarco, Waste Management, Inc.,
Waste Management, Inc..................
98-1226
01/12/98 Waste Management, Inc., Joseph DiMarco,
DiMarco Disposal Service, Inc., J&J
Recycling Co., Inc.....................
98-1227
01/12/98 BankBoston Corporation, The Sheridan
Group, Inc., The Sheridan Group, Inc...
98-1230
01/12/98 Beverly Enterprises, Inc., BankAmerica
Corporation, Acquisition Corp..........
98-1232
01/12/98 Quilvest, Timothy K. Campbell,
Klickitat, Inc.; Automotive Caliper
Exchange, Inc..........................
98-1236
01/12/98 United Auto Group, Inc., Alan V. Young,
Young Management Group and Kissimmee
Motors, Inc............................
98-1237
01/12/98 Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners III
L.P., BMP/Graham Holdings Corp., BMP/
Graham Holdings Corp...................
98-1239
01/12/98 J.W. Childs Equity Partners, L.P.,
Playtex Products, Inc., Playtex
Products, Inc..........................
98-1240
01/12/98 Playtex Products, Inc., J.W. Childs
Equity Partners, L.P., Personal Care
Holdings, Inc..........................
98-1241
01/12/98 BankBoston Corporation, Richard E.
Hearn, Capital City Press, Inc.........
98-1244
01/12/98 Blackstone Capital Partners III Merchant
Banking Fund, BMP/Graham Holdings Corp,
BMP/Graham Holdings Corp...............
98-1245
01/12/98 Waste Management, Inc., John DiMarco,
DiMarco Disposal Services, Inc., J&J
Recycling Ser..........................
98-1247
01/12/98 Patterson Dental Company, Hill Dental
Company, Inc., Hill Dental Company, Inc
98-1248
01/12/98 Cintas Corporation, Johnson Group
Cleaners, PLC, ApparelMaster USA
Services, Inc./ApparelMaster USA, Inc..
98-1249
01/12/98 NCS HealthCare, Inc., J.C. Penney
Company, Inc., Thrift Drug, Inc., Fay's
Incorporated...........................
98-1250
01/12/98 Phoenix International Life Sciences
Inc., Kuraya Corporation, IBRD-Rostrum
Global, Inc............................
98-1256
01/12/98 Rexall Sundown, Inc., Christian Family
Foundation, Richardson Labs Inc........
98-1258
01/12/98 Health Management Associates, Inc.,
River Oaks Hospital, Inc., River Oaks
Hospital, Inc..........................
98-1016
01/13/98 Rodamco NV (a Dutch company), RREEF
America LLC, RREEF America LLC.........
98-1086
01/13/98 Motorola, Inc., Eclipsys Corporation,
Eclipsys Corporation...................
98-1099
01/13/98 Eclipsys Corporation, Motorola Inc.,
Motorola Inc...........................
98-1100
01/13/98 The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Financial Pacific Company,
Financial Pacific Company..............
98-1122
01/13/98 Robert F.X. Sillerman, BG Presents,
Inc., BG Presents, Inc.................
98-1181
01/13/98 First Chicago NBD Corporation, Victoreen
Acquisition Corp., Victoreen, Inc......
98-1195
01/13/98 Arthur Liu, Heftel Broadcasting
Corporation, Heftel Broadcasting
Corporation............................
98-1204
01/13/98 Heftel Broadcasting Corporation, Arthur
Liu, Multicultural Radio Broadcasting,
Inc....................................
98-1205
01/13/98 Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund
III, L.P., TowerCom, Limited, TowerCom,
Limited................................
98-1222
01/13/98 Outsourcing Solutions, Inc., The Union
Corporation, The Union Corporation.....
98-1233
01/13/98 Tyco International Ltd., Holmes
Protection Group, Inc., Holmes
Protection Group, Inc..................
98-1261
01/13/98 Naomi C. Dempsey, Sonoco Products
Company, KMI Continental Fibre Drum,
Inc.; Sonoco Plastic Drum..............
98-1038
01/14/98 David J. Shimmon, United States Filter
Corporation, United States Filter
Corporation............................
98-1050
01/14/98 John J. Rigas, Doris Holdings, LP,
National Cable Acquisition Associates,
LP.....................................
98-1079
01/14/98 Index Corporation, Gast Manufacturing
Corporation, Gast Manufacturing
Corporation............................
98-1115
01/14/98 K-N Energy, Inc., Occidential Petroleum
Corporation, MidCon Corp...............
98-1142
01/14/98 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Henry
Cournoyer, Directional Wireline
Services, Inc.; DAMCO Services.........
98-1169
01/14/98 United Rentals, Inc., Reinhart Leasing,
LLC, Reinhart Leasing, LLC.............
98-1198
01/14/98 The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, PerSeptive
Biosystems Inc., PerSeptive Biosystems,
Inc....................................
97-3651
01/15/98 Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux, ChemFirst Inc.,
Power Sources, Inc.....................
98-1246
01/15/98 Metal Management, Inc., FPX, Inc. FPX,
Inc....................................
98-1225
01/16/98 C.F. Gomma S.p.A., Dana Corporation,
Dana Corporation.......................
98-1228
01/16/98 Rental Services Corporation, Danny L.
Evans, JDW Enterprises, Inc............
98-1243
01/16/98 Culp, Inc., Artee Industries,
Incorporated, Artee Industries,
Incorporated...........................
98-1251
01/16/98 Westwood One, Alan Markowitz,
Philadelphia Express Traffic Limited
Partnership............................
98-1253
01/16/98 DQE, Inc., Malcolm D. Bailey, TEC
Industries Inc.........................
98-1255
01/16/98 Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Fund V,
LP, Cormier Equipment Corporation,
Cormier Equipment Corporation..........
98-1260
01/16/98
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Ashland Inc., Masters-Jackson Paving
Co., Masters-Jackson Paving Co.........
98-1262
01/16/98 Churchill ESOP Capital Partners, LP, R.
Briggs Wood, Timec Company, Time
Southern California, Inc.; James-Ti....
98-1263
01/16/98 J. Erik Hvide, Kirby Corporation, Sabine
Transportation Company.................
98-1265
01/16/98 Jordan Industries, Inc., Jerry A. Klett,
K&S Sheet Metal Inc....................
98-1267
01/16/98 Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., Daimler-
Benz AG (a German corporation), TEMIC
Semiconductor GmbH; Siliconix
Incorporated...........................
98-1272
01/16/98 Quad-C Partners IV, LP, Princeton
Enterprises, Inc., United Piece Dye
Works, Limited Partnership.............
98-1274
01/16/98 OM Group, Inc., Auric Corporation, Auric
Corporation............................
98-1296
01/16/98
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. 98-2575Filed2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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