Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: April 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 64)]

[Notices]

[Page 16539-16541]

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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 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.

Transaction Granted--Early Termination

ET req

ET date

Trans. No. status

Party name

17-Feb-98................ 19980805 G

Wolter Kluwer, n.v. G

Kenneth R. Thomson. G

International Thomson Publishing Inc.

19981528 G

MNH Holdings (Pty) Limited.

G

Open TV, Inc. G

Open TV, Inc. 19981529 G

Equifax Inc.

G

Computer Sciences Corporation. G

CSC Accounts

Management, Inc. 18-Feb-98................ 19981003 G

Clear Channel Communications,

Inc.

G

William E. Corey. G

Corey Media, Inc. 19981547 G

Thomson S.A.

G

Open TV, Inc. G

Open TV, Inc. 19981581 G

Newell Co.

G

Michael A. Zurawin. G

Adams Brush Mfg.

Co., Inc., Fusion Bond Industries, Inc.

19981596 G

Zenith National Insurance Corp.

G

William D. Griffin. G

RISCORP, Inc., RISCORP Management Services, Inc. 19981626 G

Republic Industries, Inc.

G

Rouben Kandilian. G

Zakaroff Services and Wilshire Disposal Service. 19-Feb-98................ 19981521 G

Marshall S. Cogan. G

Foamex International Inc.

G

General Felt

Industries, Inc. 19981530 G

Benchmark

Electronics, Inc. G

Lockheed Martin Corporation. G

Lockheed Commercial Electronics

Company.

19981583 G

The St. Paul

Companies, Inc.

G

USF&G Corporation. G

USF&G Corporation. 19981599 G

T.J. Dermot Dunphy. G

W.R. Grace & Co.

G

W.R. Grace & Co.

19981603 G

Atmel Corporation. G

Vishay

Intertechnology, Inc.

G

Temic Telefunken

microelectronic

GmbH, Matra MH S.A. 19981605 G

Fabri-Centers of

America, Inc.

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G

House of Fabrics, Inc.

G

House of Fabrics, Inc.

19981609 G

Falcon Products,

Inc.

G

Howe Furniture Corporation. G

Howe Furniture Corporation. 19981613 G

Spartech

Corporation. G

Ralph B. Andy. G

Polycom Huntsman, Inc.

19981614 G

Spartech

Corporation. G

Jon M. Huntsman.

G

Polycom Huntsman, Inc.

19981615 G

Ford Motor Company. G

R.J. Brandes. G

Belgravia Financial Services, LLC. 19981621 G

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

G

Warburg, Pincus Investors, L.P.

G

Charter Financial, Inc.

19981622 G

Alan Fischer. G

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

G

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

19981631 G

MarineMax, Inc. G

Richard C. LaManna, Jr.

G

Harrison's Boat Center, Inc. 19981632 G

MarineMax, Inc. G

Darrell Christopher LaManna.

G

Harrison's Boat Center, Inc. and Harrison Realty. 19981640 G

Gibralter Steel Corporation. G

Artcraft Industries, Inc.

G

The Solar Group Division.

20-Feb-98................ 19980724 G

Allegheny Teledyne Incorporated. G

Oregon Metallurgical Corporation. G

Oregon Metallurgical Corporation. 19981396 G

Dennis Mehiel. G

American Industrial Partners Capital Fund LP.

G

Sweetheart Holdings Inc.

19981464 G

Federal-Mogul Corporation. G

Fel-Pro Master General

Partnership. G

Fel-Pro Master General

Partnership. 19981466 G

Federal-Mogul Corporation. G

Felt Products Mfg., Co.

G

Felt Products Mfg., Co.

19981635 G

Danaher Corporation. G

Pacific Scientific Company.

G

Pacific Scientific Company.

24-Feb-98................ 19981689 G

Thayer Equity Investors, III,

L.P.

G

Stanley Fisher. G

Allied Bus

Corporation. 25-Feb-98................ 19981512 G

Robert R. Norton, Jr.

G

Sand Dollar

Holdings, Inc. G

Sand Dollar

Holdings, Inc. 19971554 G

Robert E. Edwards. G

Jeffrey J. Steiner. G

Fairchild

Corporation. 19981555 G

Jeffrey J. Steiner. G

Robert Edwards. G

Edwards and Lock

Management

Corporation. 19981561 G

Electronic Data Systems

Corporation. G

Robert L.

Praegitzer.

G

SolidEdge/EMS Mechanical CAD/CAM Business.

1998156 G

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

G

Burmah Castrolplc (a U.K. corporation). G

Burmah LNG Shipping, Inc.

27-Feb-98................ 19981549 G

Baxter International Inc.

G

The BOC Group, plc. G

Ohmeda

Pharmaceutical Products Div., Inc. & Ohme Cari. 19981566 G

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VII, L.P.

G

The Cerplex Group, Inc.

G

The Cerplex Group, Inc.

19981723 Y

Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Y

Ben M. Smith. Y

Smith Newspapers, Inc.

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19981790 G

Textron Inc.

G

The Boeing Company G

The Boeing Company. 19982164 G

Harley Lippman. G

Renaissance

Worldwide, Inc.

G

Renaissance

Worldwide, Inc.

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. 98-8765Filed4-2-98; 8:45 am]

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