[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 5776-5777] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-3264] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 011596 and 012696 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name of acquiring person, name of Date acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exor Group S.A., Xerox Corporation, Constitution Re Corporation............ 95-1065 01/15/96 Sprint Corporation, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust, Ohio RSA No. 1 Limited Partnership.............. 96-0691 01/17/96 PETsMart, Inc., State Line Tack, Inc., State Line Tack, Inc................... 96-0739 01/17/96 Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Castle Harlan Partners II, L.P., INDSPEC Holding Corporation.................... 96-0740 01/17/96 The Harper Group, Inc., Celadon Group, Inc., Celadon-Jacky Maeder Company..... 96-0725 01/18/96 Newcourt Credit Group Inc., CRA, Inc., CRA, Inc............................... 96-0762 01/18/96 George Soros, Oscar and Zlata Foundation, Indigo, N.V................ 96-0764 01/18/96 NGC Corporation, John Joseph Sherman, LPG Services Group, Inc................ 96-0769 01/18/96 Mallinckrodt Group Inc., Liebel- Flarsheim Company, Liebel-Flarsheim Company................................ 96-0103 01/19/96 Aurora Health Care, Inc., Memorial Hospital Corporation of Burlington, Memorial Hospital Corporation of Burlington............................. 96-0709 01/19/96 The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, The Daiwa Bank, Limited, The Daiwa Bank, Limited. 96-0743 01/19/96 PriCellular Corporation, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Voting Trust, Pennsylvania RSA No. 9 Limited Partnership............................ 96-0778 01/19/96 Loews Corporation, Arethusa (Off-Shore) Limited, Arethusa (Off-Shore) Limited.. 96-0687 01/21/96 Bastion Capital Fund, L.P., Telemundo Group, Inc., Telemundo Group, Inc...... 96-0715 01/21/96 International Paper Company, Federal Paper Board Company, Inc., Federal Paper Board Company, Inc............... 96-0346 01/22/96 Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, Texaco Inc., Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.................................... 96-0377 01/22/96 Alco Standard Corporation, Jon M. Malinski, JMM Enterprises, Inc......... 96-0697 01/22/96 Paragon Trade Brands, Inc., Pope & Talbot, Inc., Pope & Talbot, Inc....... 96-0741 01/22/96 Kotobuki Fudosan Ltd., Compagnie Generale des Eaux (a French Company), Compagnie Generale des Eaux............ 96-0754 01/22/96 Jordan Industries, Inc., William Weksel, E.F. Johnson Components Division....... 96-0761 01/22/96 General Electric Company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Conoco Inc..... 96-0779 01/22/96 Richard E. Rainwater, Magellan Health Services, Inc. (fka Charter Medical Corp), Magellan Health Services, Inc. (fka Charter Medical Corp)............. 96-0780 01/22/96 Mellon Bank Corporation, Fund American Enterprises Holdings, Inc., Source One Mortgage Services Corporation.......... 96-0788 01/22/96 FORE Systems, Inc., Alantec Corporation, Alantec Corporation.................... 96-0752 01/23/96 Mirage Resorts, Incorporated, Capital Gaming International, Inc., Crescent City Capital Development Corp., debtor in poss................................ 96-0786 01/23/96 Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Fleet Financial Group, Inc., WOOD Radio Limited Partnership.................... 96-0790 01/23/96 Heartland Wireless Communications, Inc., Three Sixty Corp., TechniVision, Inc... 96-0796 01/23/96 Caterpillar Inc., Brown Group Holdings Limited (a British company), Brown Group Holdings Limited................. 96-0732 01/24/96 Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, Inc., Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, Inc., San Juan Cellular Telephone Company................................ 96-0757 01/24/96 Enron Corp., Forest Oil Corporation, Forest Oil Corporation................. 96-0781 01/24/96 James W.F. Brooks, Polar Corp., Polar Corp................................... 96-0783 01/24/96 International Speedway Corporation, Roger S. Penske, PSH Corp.............. 96-0793 01/24/96 U.S. Office Products Company, William J. Costigan, Jr., National Ofice Supply, Inc.................................... 96-0807 01/24/96 United Technologies Corporation, Ray H. Siegfried II, TKI, Inc., d/b/a/ The NORDAM Group, Inc...................... 96-0808 01/24/96 Kaiser Ventures Inc., Rober S. Penske, Penske Speedways Holding Corp.......... 96-0812 01/24/96 PRECISmetals, Inc., William Blair Leveraged Capital Fund, L.P., Sherwood Holdings, Inc.......................... 96-0813 01/24/96 Memorial Health Foundation, Mountainside Hospital Healthcare, Inc., Mountainside Hospital Healthcare, Inc............... 96-0722 01/25/96 Memorial Health Foundation, Overlook Health System, Inc., Overlook Health System, Inc............................ 96-0728 01/25/96 Wolseley plc, Lary Victor Maxey, Building Material Supply Company, Inc. and Building Mat....................... 96-0776 01/25/96 Wolseley plc, Robert R. Chambers, Building Material Supply Company, Inc. and Building Mat....................... 96-0777 01/25/96 Temple-Inland Inc., Kevin A. Budde, Western Cities Mortgage Corporation.... 96-0801 01/25/96 Temple-Inland Inc., Robert and Bettina Russell, Western Cities Mortgage Corporation............................ 96-0811 01/25/96 First Data Corporation, PHH Corporation, NTS, Inc............................... 96-0815 01/25/96 Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P., HomeAmerica Capital, Inc., HomeAmerica Capital, Inc........................... 96-0819 01/25/96 HFS Incorporated, Richard L. Schlott, Electronic Realty Associates, L.P...... 96-0823 01/25/96 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners, L.P., HomeAmerica Capital, Inc., HomeAmerica Capital, Inc........................... 96-0827 01/25/96 [[Page 5777]] Bank of Boston Corporation, HomeAmerica Capital, Inc., HomeAmerica Capital, Inc 96-0828 01/25/96 Sprint Corporation, Global Partnership Corporation, Global Partnership Corporation............................ 94-1765 01/26/96 France Telecom, Sprint Corporation, Sprint Corporation..................... 94-1766 01/26/96 Deutsche Bundespost Telekom, Sprint Corporation, Sprint Corporation........ 94-1770 01/26/96 Deutsche Bundespost Telekom, Global Partnership Corporation, Global Partnership Corporation................ 94-1775 01/26/96 Pacific Scientific Company, Louis J. Petralli, Jr., Met One, Inc............ 96-0224 01/26/96 Echlin Inc., Robert A. Davis, Pilot Industries, Inc........................ 96-0730 01/26/96 The Mead Corporation, Fosterlane Holdings Corporations, Evergreen Timberlands Corporation................ 96-0791 01/26/96 Pioneer Financial Services, Inc., Universal Fidelity Life Insurance Company, Universal Fidelity Life Insurance Company...................... 96-0799 01/26/96 Prime Holding, Inc., Ackers P. Investment Company, Vibroplant U.S., Inc.................................... 96-0803 01/26/96 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Gerald J. Robinson, Flint T.V., Inc........... 96-0806 01/26/96 Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, United HealthCare Corporation, MetraHealth Care Plan of St. Louis, Inc 96-0809 01/26/96 Harris Methodist Health System, Inc., Daughters of Charity National Health System, Inc., St. Paul Medical Center.. 96-0810 01/26/96 The Kaizen Breakthrough Partnership, L.P., LADD Furniture, Inc., Fournier Furniture, Inc......................... 96-0814 01/26/96 Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P., Westinghouse Electric Corporation, The Knoll Group, Inc....................... 96-0830 01/26/96 Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., McCarty-Holman Co., Inc., McCarty- Holman Co., Inc........................ 96-0831 01/26/96 Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., Southern Jitney Jungle Company, Southern Jitney Jungle Company......... 96-0832 01/26/96 Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P., Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc... 96-0834 01/26/96 Windy Hill Pet Food Company L.L.C., H.J. Heinz Company, Heinz Pet Products Company................................ 96-0837 01/26/96 Steuart Investment Company, The Community Center Fund II LP, The Community Center Fund II LP............ 96-0839 01/26/96 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., Pamela J. Alper and Michael N. Alper, Terrific Promotions, Inc........................ 96-0845 01/26/96 Metromedia International Group, Inc., Alliance Entertainment Corp., Alliance Entertainement Corp.................... 96-0848 01/26/96 Worthington Industries Inc., William S. Dietrich, II Charitable Remainder Annuity Tr, Dietrich Industries, Inc... 96-0849 01/26/96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay or Renee A. Horton, 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. 96-3264 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750-01-M