Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: April 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 70)]

[Notices]

[Page 18025-18032]

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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.

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Transaction Granted Early Termination

ET date

Trans No.

ET req status

Party name

15-MAR-99..............................

19991617 G

American Home Products Corporation. G

Aviron. G

Aviron. 19991621 G

John J. Rigas. G

John J. Rigas. G

AVR of Tennessee, L.P. 19991637 G

Coherent, Inc.. G

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. G

Star Medical Technologies, Inc. 19991692 G

Pioneer International Ltd. G

Morrison Knudsen Corporation. G

Blue Diamond Materials, Inc. 19991726 G

Microsemi Corporation. G

SymmetriCom, Inc. G

Linfinity Microelectronics Inc. 19991728 G

AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc. G

Parmjit Parmar. G

Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc. 19991729 G

Parmjit Parmar. G

AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc. G

AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc. 19991746 G

Associates First Capital Corporation. G

Exxon Corporation. G

Exxon Travel Club, Inc. 19991750 G

Caterpillar Inc. G

Emerson Electric Co. G

F.G. Wilson L.L.C. a Delaware Limited Liability Company. 19991752 G

Willis Stein & Partners II, L.P.. G

Torstar Corporation. G

Troll Communications L.L.C. 19991761 G

J.W. Childs Equity Partners II, L.P.. G

American Safety Razor Company. G

American Safety Razor Company. 19991763 G

University of Rochester. G

Visiting Nurse Foundation, Inc. G

Visiting Nurse Foundation, Inc. 19991764 G

Brown-Forman Corporation. G

Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, Inc. G

Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, Inc. 19991765 G

Ameritech Corporation. G

Anixter International, Inc. G

Anixter Inc. 19991766 G

American International Group, Inc. G

Mr. Joseph DeLago. G

The Peterson Group, Inc. 19991768 G

PepsiCo, Inc. G

Leader Beverage Corporation. G

Leader Beverage Corporation. 19991774 G

Amador S. Bustos. G

Ronald A. Unkefer. G

First Broadcasting Company, L.P. 19991777 G

Mannesmann A.G. G

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Inc. G

Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company, Inc. 19991778 G

Guidant Mutual Insurance Company. G

James E. Murphy. G

United Premier Corporation. G

J.E. Murphy Premium Finance Company. G

J.E. Murphy Company, Inc. of Arizona. 19991781 G

Kawasho Corporation. G

Nozaki & Co., Ltd. G

Nozaki & Co., Ltd. 19991782 G

ConAgra, Inc. G

Kruse Investment Company, Inc. G

Capitol Milling Company, Inc. 19991783 G

Walt Disney Company (The). G

Autry Qualified Interest Trust. G

Autry Qualified Interest Trust. 19991787 G

TI Group plc. G

General Electric Company. G

Tri-Industries, Inc. 19991789 G

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen Boerenleenbank B.

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G

The Tokai Bank, Limited. G

Tokai Financial Services, Inc. 19991792 G

Metamor Worldwide, Inc. G

SPR, Inc. G

SPR, Inc. 19991795 G

Vickers plc. G

Ulstein Holding ASA. G

Ulstein Holding ASA. 19991798 G

Eagle Pacific Industries, Inc. G

The Lamson & Sessions Co. G

The Lamson & Sessions Co. 19991801 G

Conrad Plimpton. G

Allied Signal, Inc. G

AlliedSignal Technologies, Inc.; AlliedSignal Deutschl. 19991804 G

McCown De Leeuw & Co. IV, L.P. G

The Loewen Group Inc. G

Monte Cristo, Inc. G

Camposanto PR, Inc. G

Jibe Services Corporation. G

Los Rosales Memorial Park, Inc. G

Los Jardines Memorial Park, Inc. G

Camposanto-Aguadilla, Inc. 19991805 G

Stichting Administratiekantoor. G

Mr. Arthur P. Poor, Jr. G

Sunburst Fruit Juices, Inc. G

Twin Mountain Real Estate Trust. G

Twin Mountain Spring Water Company, Inc. G

Sunburst Realty Trust. 19991806 G

CML Holdings, LLC. G

HMH Broadcasting, Inc. G

HMH Broadcasting, Inc. 19991811 G

MotivePower Industries, Inc. G

Gayle L. Ortyl. G

Metro East Industries, Inc. 19991825 G

Fox Paine Capital Fund, L.P. G

United American Energy Corp. G

United American Energy Corp. 16-MAR-99..............................

19991565 G

Rockwell International Corporation. G

K Systems, Inc. G

Kaiser Flight Dynamics, Inc. 19991625 G

The SKM Equity Fund II, L.P. G

Nationwide Precision Products Corp. G

Nationwide Precision Products Corp. 19991711 G

Republic Industries, Inc. G

J. Albert Burnett. G

Contemporary Cars, Inc. 19991740 G

Akron General Health System. G

The Health Group. G

The Health Group. G

Massillon Community Hospital. G

HomeTown HHP Services Corporation. 19991743 G

Bacou, S.A. G

Joseph P. Hoerner. G

Perfect Fit Glove Co., Inc.; SCHAS Circular Industries, Inc. 19991767 G

El Paso Energy Corporation. G

EnCap Investments L.C. G

EnCap Investments L.C. 19991769 G

Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG. G

ZEXEL Corporation. G

ZEXEL Corporation. 19991813 G

Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P. G

One-On-One Sports, Inc. G

One-On-One Sports of Illinois, L.L.C. G

One-On-One Sports Radio of Illinois, L.L.C. 19991814 G

Deutsche Lufthansa AG. G

Hudson General Corporation. G

Hudson General Corporation. 19991815 G

Swifty Serve, LLC. G

Country Cupboard Food Stores, Inc. G

Country Cupboard Food Stores, Inc. 19991816 G

Aurora Equity Partners II L.P. G

AlliedSignal Inc.

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G

AlliedSignal Inc. 19991818 G

Supreme International Corporation. 19991818 G

Salant Corporation. G

Frost Bros. Enterprise, Inc. G

Maquiladora Sur, S.A. de C.V. 19991820 G

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. G

Zenith National Insurance Corp. G

CalFarm Insurance Company. 19991822 G

Ranson W. Webster. G

Intuit Inc. G

Intuit Inc. 19991823 G

Intuit Inc. G

Ranson W. Webster. G

Computing Resources, Inc. 19991571 G

Legato Systems, Inc. G

George Wilson. G

Intelliguard Software, Inc. G

ORP USA, Inc. 19991578 G

TWFanch-two Co. G

LF Capital Partners, LLC. G

DF Cablevision Limited Partnership. 19991605 G

Bioglan Pharma plc. G

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. G

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. 19991708 G

Lafarge S.A. G

Larry W. Corn. G

Corn Construction Company. 19991716 G

Don E. Bond. G

Powertel, Inc. G

InterCel, Inc. G

InterCel Licenses, Inc. 19991770 G

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. G

Guardian Royal Exchange plc. G

Guardian Royal Exchange Holdings, Inc. 19991773 G

Providence Equity Partners Ill, LP. G

AT&T Corp. G

AT&T Corp. 19991791 G

Cobham plc. G

North American Fund II, L.P. G

ACR Electronics, Inc. 19991831 G

Sterling Software, Inc. G

Nathan C. Thompson. G

Spectra Logic Corporation. 19991832 G

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. G

David E. Shaw. G

D.E. Shaw Financial Technology, L.P. 19991834 G

Sidney B. DeBoer. G

W. Douglas Moreland. G

Cherry Creek Dodge, Inc., Colorado Springs. G

Jeep/Eagle, Inc. G

Foothills Automotive Plaza, Inc. 19991835 G

W. Douglas Moreland. 19991835 G

Sidney B. DeBoer. G

Lithia Motors, Inc. 19991836 G

ACE Limited. G

CIGNA Corporation. G

INA Corporation. 19991839 G

Cooper Industries, Inc. G

Leon Cohen. G

Neo-Ray Products Incorporated. 19991842 G

Wind Point Partners III, L.P. G

Thomas A. McCaslin, IV. G

J. Fegely & Son Hardware, Co., Inc. 19991847 G

GTCR Fund VI, L.P. G

The Beacon Group III--Focus Value Fund, L.P. G

Hollywood Theater Holdings, Inc. 19991851 G

BankAmerica Corporation. G

The Boeing Company. G

MD Technical Services, L.L.C. 19991854 G

GTCR Fund, VI, LR. G

Scott C. Wallace. G

Wallace Theater Corporation II.

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19991855 G

ABRY Broadcast Partners II, L.P. G

Hicks, Muse, Tate, Furst Equity Fund III, L.P. G

STC Broadcasting, Inc. G

STC Lincense Company. 19991868 G

Spartan Motors, Inc. G

Carpenter Industries, Inc. G

Carpenter Industries, Inc. 19991895 G

Science Applications International Corporation. G

Oacis Healthcare Holdings Corp. G

Oacis Healthcare Holdings Corp. 18-MAR-99..............................

19990429 G

CMS Energy Corporation. G

Duke Energy Corporation. G

Panhandle Storage Company. G

Trunkline LNG Company. G

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. 19-MAR-99..............................

19991871 G

Eclipsys Corporation. G

SunGuard Data System Inc. G

Med Data Systems Inc. G

Intelus Corporation. 19991888 G

Triumph Partners III, L.P. G

Brian R. Marlowe. G

Remco Maintenance Corporation. 22-MAR-99..............................

19991647 G

NIPSCO Industries, Inc. G

PacificCorp. G

TPC Corporation. 19991698 G

TriStar Aerospace Co. G

John W. Ratiff. G

Standard Parts and Equipment Corporation. 19991734 G

Jeffrey H. Smulyan. G

Mark A. Nickel. G

Country Sampler, Inc. 19991794 G

Morton Industrial Group, Inc. G

WorthIngton Industries, Inc. G

WorthIngton Industries, Inc. 19991802 G

William D. Morton. G

James M. Campbell. G

Midland Partners, Inc. 19991812 G

J.T. Walker Industries, Inc. G

Caradon, plc. G

Caradon Doors and WIndows, Inc. 19991837 G

Pentair, Inc. G

WEB Tool & ManufacturIng, Inc. G

WEB Tool & ManufacturIng, Inc. 19991862 G

CareFirst, Inc. G

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Inc. G

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Inc. 19991863 G

J.W. Childs Equity Partners, L.P. G

Applebee's International, Inc. G

Rio Bravo International, Inc. G

Innovative Restaurant Concepts, Inc., IRC Kansas, I. 19991878 G

Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P. G

Eos Partners, L.P. G

Pacer International, Inc. 19991879 G

Vestar Capital Partners III, L.P. G

St. John Knits International, Inc. G

St. John Knits International, Inc. 19991882 G

Scott M. Spangler. G

ERLY Industries, Inc. (Debtor-In-Possession). G

Chemonics International, Inc. 19991884 G

Guest Supply, Inc. G

Madhukar & NaIna Kapadia. G

Kapadia Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Nasco Supply Company. G

MacDonald Contract Sales, Inc. 19991887 G

Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Associaiton. G

American Security & Fidelity Corporation. G

American Security & Fidelity Corporation. 19991889 G

David Sherman, Jr. G

Diageo plc. G

Diageo, Inc. 19991890 G

Shop at Home, Inc. G

Lowell W. Paxson. G

Paxson Communications Corporation.

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19991891 G

Armor HoldIngs, Inc. G

Neale A. PerkIns. G

Safari Land Ltd., Inc. 19991893 G

Terry R. Taylor. G

Edward J. Morse. G

Morese Operations, Inc. 19991897 G

Churchill ESOP Capital Partners, L.P. G

Jones Stephens Corporation. G

Jones Stephens Corporation. 19991899 G

William GoldrIng. G

Diageo plc. G

Diageo, Inc. 19991900 G

Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. G

Diageo plc. G

UDV North America, Inc. 19991902 G

James E. Sowell. G

The Pet Life Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan. G

Pet Life Foods, Inc. 19991903 G

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. G

TRW Inc. G

E-Certify Corporation. 19991909 G

Paul M. Montrone. G

H. Thomas Beck. 19991909 G

Noma Industries Limited. 19991918 G

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. G

Agripac, Inc. (debtor in possession). G

Agripac, Inc. (debtor in possession). 19991924 G

Mason Wells Leveraged Buyout Fund I, Limited Partnership. G

A Strum & Sons, Inc. G

A Strum & Sons, Inc. 19991928 G

Spartan Stores, Inc. G

Glen A. Catt. G

Glen's Markets, Inc. G

Catt's Realty Co. G

Glen's Pharmacy, Inc. 19991939 G

Racing Champions Corporation. G

U.S. Industries, Inc. G

The Ertl Company, Inc. 19991940 G

Michael Pieper. G

Edward J. Kassab Trust. G

Stainless, Incorporated. 19991941 G

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. G

Frank Newcomer, III. G

D.W. Newcomer's Sons, Inc. and DWN Properties, I. 19991947 G

Aurora Foods, Inc. G

Joseph A. Galando. G

Sea Coast Foods, Inc. 23-MAR-99..............................

19990608 G

FLIR Systems, Inc. G

Inframetrics, Inc. G

Inframetrics, Inc. 19991666 G

EOTT Energy Partners, LP. G

Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. G

Texas-New Mexico Pipe Line Company. 19991684 G

U.S. Industries, Inc. G

SPX Corporation. G

GS Building Systems Corporation. G

Dual-Lite Manufacturing Inc. 19991762 G

V.F. Corporation. G

Horace Small Apparel PLC. G

Horace Small Holdings Corporation of Delaware, Inc. 19991775 G

Cap Gemini, S.A. G

BDSI, Inc. G

BDSI, Inc. 19991796 G

AUXILIUM Stiftung. G

The Dean Company. G

The Dean Company. 19991799 G

Capital Z Financial Services Fund II, L.P. G

WIT Capital Group, Inc. G

WIT Capital Group, Inc. 19991809 G

Brooke Group Ltd. G

New Valley Corporation. G

New Valley Corporation.

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19991810 G

Brooke Group Ltd. G

RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. G

RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. 19991840 G

XL Capital Ltd. G

NAC RE Corporation. G

NAC RE Corporation. 19991843 G

Thomas R. Galloway, Sr. G

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. G

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. 19991848 G

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. G

OptiMark Technologies, Inc. G

OptiMark Technologies, Inc. 19991881 G

The IT Group, Inc. G

ICF Kaiser International, Inc. G

ICF Kaiser International, Inc. 19991886 G

Code, Hennessy & Simmons Ill, L.P. G

Carlisle Companies Incorporated. G

Motion Control Industries, Inc. 19991898 G

Silicon Graphics, Inc. G

WAM!NET Inc. G

WAM!NET Inc. 19991901 G

MJD Communications, Inc. G

William & Marilyn M. Haugen. G

Union Telephone Company of Hartford. G

Armour Independent Telephone Company. G

WMW Cable TV Company. 19991904 G

The General Electric Company, p.l.c. G

CMT Associates, L.P. G

RELTEC Corporation. 19991910 G

Gannett Co., Inc. G

A.H. Belo Corporation. G

Great Western Broadcasting Corp. 19991911 G

A.H. Belo Corporation. G

Gannett Co., Inc. G

KVUE-TV, Inc. 19991938 G

Quanta Services, Inc. G

Seaward Corporation. G

Seaward Corporation. 19991948 G

MBNA Corporation. G

First Virginia Banks, Inc. G

First Virginia Banks, Inc. 19991956 G

Carclo Engineering Group, PLC. G

Douglas J. & Daniel S. Wood. G

Wood Industries, Inc. d/b/a Carrera Corp. 19991866 G

CIENA Corporation. G

Lightera Networks, Inc. G

Lightera Networks, Inc. 19991976 G

Gerald R. Forsythe. G

Ogden Corporation. G

Pacific Penobscot Power Company. 25-MAR-99..............................

19991941 G

ZENECA Group PLC. G

Astra AB (a Swedish company). G

Astra AB (a Swedish company). 19991919 G

WCAS Capital Partners III, L.P. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. 19991920 G

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. 19991921 G

J.H. Whitney III, L.P. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. 19991922 G

Phillip F. Anschutz. G

Atlantic Richfield Company. G

Atlantic Richfield Company. 19991925 G

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P. G

Nextel Communications, Inc. G

Tower Merger Vehicle, Inc. 19991926 G

Nextel Communications, Inc. G

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. 19991931 G

Snyder Communications, Inc.

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G

Glenn Giordano. G

Manhattan Response Group, Inc. G

Media Syndication Global, Inc., Preferred Customers G

Guild. 19991932 G

Snyder Communications, Inc. G

Jeffrey Giordano. G

Preferred Customers Guild, L.P. G

Steven Blake Development Corp., Even Steven Inc. 19991933 G

Glen Giordano. G

Snyder Communications, Inc. G

Snyder Communications, Inc. 19991934 G

Jeffrey Giordano. G

Snyder Communications, Inc. G

Snyder Communications, Inc. 19991936 G

Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc. G

Wace Group, PLC. 19991936 G

Wace Group, PLC. 19991937 G

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. G

Spectrasite Holdings, Inc. 19991954 G

Citigroup, Inc. G

Mellon Bank Corporation. G

Mellon Bank Corporation. 19991963 G

The CIT Group. G

First Union Corporation. G

Congress Financial Corporation. 19991975 G

Koninklijke Hoogovens N.V. G

TDH III, L.P. G

Apollo Metals, Ltd. 19991985 G

BMC Software, Inc. G

New Dimension Software Ltd. G

New Dimension Software Ltd. 26-MAR-99..............................

19991869 G

Becton, Dickinson and Company. G

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. G

Millennium Predictive Medicine Inc. 19991892 G

Metallgesellschaft AG. G

Dr. Ing. Otto Happel. G

GEA AG. 19991979 G

Laird Norton Company. G

Michael H. Guetz. G

Home Lumber Acquisition LLC. G

GLLC Acquisition LLC. G

MHGLLC Acquisition LLC.

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. 99-9166Filed4-12-99; 8:45 am]

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