Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules

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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Transactions Granted Early Termination Between: 082696 and 091396

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Name of acquiring person, name of acquired Date

person, name of acquired entity PMN No. terminated

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Ingersoll-Rand Company, Zimmerman

International Corp., Zimmerman International

Corp......................................... 96-2276 08/26/96

Morgan Products Ltd., James Schulman,

Tennessee Building Products, Inc............. 96-2570 08/26/96

Morgan Products Ltd., James Fishel, Tennessee

Building Products, Inc....................... 96-2571 08/26/96

Alco Standard Corporation, Richard Hornstein,

Norel Plastic Corporation.................... 96-2710 08/26/96

Wasserstein Perella Group, Inc., Alliance

Entertainment Corp., Alliance Entertainment

Corp......................................... 96-2712 08/26/96

AECOM Technology Corporation-ESOP, McClier

Corporation, McClier Corporation............. 96-2659 08/28/96

MedPartners/Mullikin, Inc., Caremark

International Inc., Caremark International

Inc.......................................... 96-2119 08/29/96

Bell Atlantic, Bell Communications Research,

Inc., Bell Communications Research, Inc...... 96-2560 08/29/96

Stephen A. Levin, Berkshire Fund Limited

Partnership, Gold Coast Holdings, Inc., Gold

Coast Beverage Distribu...................... 96-2657 08/29/96

Mellon Bank Corporation, Ford Motor Company,

BEF Corporation.............................. 96-2690 08/29/96

BankAmerica Corporation, Ford Motor Company,

Ford Motor Credit Company.................... 96-2697 08/29/96

Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Mark IV

Industries, Inc., Mark IV Transportation

Products Corporation......................... 96-1548 08/30/96

Tyco International Ltd., The Horne Family

Voting Trust, Henry Pratt Company and James

Jones Company................................ 96-2283 08/30/96

TPG Partners, L.P., William H. Ellis, Farley

Candy Company................................ 96-2535 08/30/96

William H. Ellis, TPG Partners, L.P., Favorite

Brands International Holding Corp............ 96-2536 08/30/96

Packerland Holdings, L.P., Sun Land Beef

Company, Sun Land Beef Company............... 96-2606 08/30/96

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company,

PyMaH Corporation, PyMaH Corporation......... 96-2665 08/30/96

Fluor Corporation, John L. Marshall, III and

Joananne Marshall, Marshall Contractors, Inc. 96-2706 08/30/96

Jeffrey A. Levitetz, Bruce H. Rosen, Supreme

Distributors Company......................... 96-2713 08/30/96

Personnel Group of America, Inc., Business

Enterprise Systems and Technology, Inc.,

Business Enterprise Systems and Technology,

Inc.......................................... 96-2717 08/30/96

L'Air Liquide, S.A., Lincoln Electric Company,

Lincoln Big Three, Inc....................... 96-2721 08/30/96

Warburg, Pincus Ventures, L.P., Classic

Sports, Inc., Classic Sports, Inc............ 96-2722 08/30/96

Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, Timothy R.

Sullivan, San Diego Broadcasting Corporation. 96-2724 08/30/96

Fairey Group plc, Fusion Systems Corporation,

Fusion Aetek UV Systems, Inc. and Fusion UV

Curing Syst.................................. 96-2725 08/30/96

Ray H. Witt, Freudenberg & Co. (A German

company), Auttocom, L.L.C.................... 96-2728 08/30/96

Staffan Encrantz, Jan Tonnby (a resident of

Switzerland), Calciner Industries, Inc. and

Chalmette Terminal, Inc...................... 96-2729 08/30/96

Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and

Company, Eli Lilly and Company............... 96-2742 08/30/96

United Auto Group, Inc., Steven Knappenberger,

Scottsdale Jaguar, Ltd., SL Automotive, Ltd.,

SPA Autom.................................... 96-2751 08/30/96

McLeod Inc., Telecom*USA Publishing Group,

Inc., Telecom*USA Publishing Group, Inc...... 96-2753 08/30/96

Colony Investors II, L.P., Clement Vaturi,

Credicom Asia Limited........................ 96-2757 08/30/96

Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P., Clayton,

Dubilier & Rice Fund V Limited Partnership,

Riverwood International Corporation and New

River........................................ 96-2760 08/30/96

D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowies, Inc. d/b/a The

Macmanus, Adcom Ltd, Adcom Inc............... 96-2763 08/30/96

Willis Stein & Partners, L.P., Robert E.

Petersen and Margaret McNally Petersen,

Petersen Publishing Company.................. 96-2769 08/30/96

CRH plc, BTR plc (an English Company), Tilcon

Inc.......................................... 96-2217 09/03/96

American Province of Little Company of Mary

Sisters, Harbor Health Systems, Inc., Bay

Harbor, Hospital Inc......................... 96-2589 09/03/96

SBC Communications Inc., Bell Communications

Research, Inc., Bell Communications Research,

Inc.......................................... 96-2605 09/03/96

Mariner Health Group, Inc., Allegis Health

Services Inc., Allegis Health Services, Inc.. 96-2653 09/03/96

Alper Holdings USA, Inc., James River

Corporation of Virginia, James River

Corporation of Virginia...................... 96-2709 09/03/96

Ernest L. Samuel, The Interlake Corporation,

Interlake Packaging Corporation.............. 96-2715 09/03/96

SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corporation,

AT&T Corporation............................. 96-2737 09/03/96

AT&T Corporation, SBC Communications Inc., SBC

Communications Inc........................... 96-2738 09/03/96

MBNA Corporation, TCF Financial Corporation,

TCF Bank Minnesota fsb....................... 96-2754 09/03/96

Daifuku Co., Ltd., Auto-Soft-Corporation, Auto-

Soft Corporation............................. 96-2759 09/03/96

Europe Capital Partners (Delaware) LP,

Schneider S.A., MGE-UPS Systems, SA, EPE

Technologies, Inc & Schneider................ 96-2755 09/04/96

Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc., Genstar

Capital Partners II, L.P., Andros Holdings

Inc.......................................... 96-2772 09/04/96

Genstar Capital Partners II, L.P., Novametrix

Medical Systems, Inc., Novametrix Medical

Systems, Inc................................. 96-2773 09/04/96

Jeffry M. Picower, Advanced Medical, Inc.,

Advanced Medical, Inc........................ 96-2774 09/04/96

Western Resources, Inc., ADT Limited, ADT

Limited...................................... 96-2726 09/05/96

RWE AG, Linotype-Hell AG, Linotype-Hell AG.... 96-2750 09/06/96

Collins Holding Company, John M. Rudey, U.S.

Timberlands Holdings Company, L.L.C.......... 96-2638 09/07/96

South Central Utah Telephone Association,

Inc., U.S. WEST, Inc., U.S. WEST

Communications, Inc.......................... 96-2705 09/09/96

H Group Holding, Inc., David R. Livingston,

Starwood Corporation......................... 96-2764 09/09/96

Mellon Bank Corporation, Perry Schwartz, FUL

Incorporated................................. 96-2771 09/09/96

The General Electric Company, The Grand Union

Company, The Grand Union Company............. 96-2775 09/09/96

IAT Group, Inc., Grupo Empresarial Agricola

Mexicano S.A., de C.V., Fresh Del Monte

Produce N.V/Global Reefer Carriers, Ltd...... 96-2777 09/09/96

Seymour N. Okner, HA-LO Industries, Inc., HA-

LO Industries, Inc........................... 96-2779 09/09/96

Alice S. White Trust, Estate of Willet H.

Brown, Deceased, Puget Sound Broadcasting

Company...................................... 96-2780 09/09/96

H Group Holding, Inc., Baker Family Trust,

Baker Tanks, Inc............................. 96-2783 09/09/96

Michael Pieper, UNR Asbestos-Disease Claims

Trust, UNR Industries, Inc................... 96-2785 09/09/96

TSG2 L.P., American Home Products Corporation,

American Cyanamid Company.................... 96-2786 09/09/96

Societe Cooperative Agricole De Semences De

Limagne, Rhone-Poulenc S.A., Harris Moran

Seed Company................................. 96-2787 09/09/96

Summer M. Redstone, Hubbard Broadcasting,

Inc., WTOG-TV, Inc........................... 96-2789 09/09/96

Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., Sumner M.

Redstone, ViaCom International, Inc.......... 96-2790 09/09/96

Federal Express Corporation, AMR Corporation,

American Airlines, Inc....................... 96-2794 09/09/96

Applied Power Inc., Wallace H. Twedt, Everest

Electronic Equipment, Inc.................... 96-2796 09/09/96

CKE Restaurants, Inc, Unigate PLC, Casa Bonita

Incorporated................................. 96-2800 09/09/96

MDS Health Group Limited, Harris Laboratories

Inc., Harris Laboratories, Inc............... 96-2801 09/09/96

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S.A. Louis Dreyfus et Cie, Winter Garden

Citrus Products Cooperative, Winter Garden

Citrus Products Cooperative.................. 96-2806 09/09/96

Strata Holdings L.P., Scesaplana Settlement (a

Liechtenstein trust), E&S Holdings

Corporation.................................. 96-2802 09/10/96

Strata Holdings L.P., Ricardo Cisneros, E&S

Holdings Corporation......................... 96-2803 09/10/96

Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund II, L.P.,

Hollyrock, Ltd., Allright Corporation........ 96-2804 09/10/96

Mr. Yasuhiro Ohshima, Ricoh Company, Ltd.,

Vivitar Holding, Inc......................... 96-2805 09/10/96

AEW Partners, L.P., Hollyrock, Ltd., Allright

Corporation.................................. 96-2807 09/10/96

Stimson Lumber Company, Plum Creek Timber

Company, L.P., Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P 96-2808 09/10/96

The Prudential Insurance Company of America,

Seagull Energy Corporation, Seagull Energy

Corporation.................................. 96-2809 09/10/96

Seagull Energy Corporation, Global Natural

Resources Inc., Global Natural Resources Inc. 96-2812 09/10/96

U.S. Office Products Company, James E.

Claypoole, Bay State Computer Group, Inc..... 96-2813 09/10/96

James E. Claypoole, U.S. Office Products

Company, U.S. Office Products Company........ 96-2814 09/10/96

E.J. Elliott, Ingersoll-Rand Company,

California Pellet Mill Co & Silver

Engineering Works Inc........................ 96-2825 09/10/96

SunGard Data Systems Inc., CheckFree

Corporation, CheckFree Securities Products

Business..................................... 96-2827 09/10/96

Monsanto Company, Calgene, Inc., Calgene, Inc. 96-2828 09/10/96

AMF Holdings Inc., Charan Industries, Inc.,

Charan Industries, Inc....................... 96-2833 09/10/96

Sanford N. Penseler, Equity Holdings Limited,

Denman Tire Corporation...................... 96-2837 09/10/96

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund II,

L.P., Sunrise Medical Inc., Comfort Clinic... 96-2838 09/10/96

JP Foodservice, Inc., Charles A. Squeri,

Squeri Food Service, Inc..................... 96-2842 09/10/96

Charles A. Squeri, JP Foodservice, Inc., JP

Foodservice, Inc............................. 96-2843 09/10/96

The SK Equity Fund, L.P., Lawrence

Merchandising Corporation, Lawrence

Merchandising Corporation.................... 96-2851 09/10/96

American Securities Partners, L.P., CRI

Holding, Inc., CRI Holdings, Inc............. 96-2862 09/10/96

Archer-Daniels-Mildland Company, Roberto

Gonzalez Barrera, Gruma S.A. de C.V.......... 96-0189 09/11/96

Benedictine Health System, Duluth Clinic,

Ltd., Duluth Clinic, Ltd..................... 96-2678 09/11/96

Duluth Clinic, Ltd., Benedictine Health

System, Benedictine Health System............ 96-2679 09/11/96

Kellogg Company, James Appold, Consolidated

Biscuit Company.............................. 96-2727 09/11/96

Astor Holdings, Inc., ADCO Technologies Inc.,

ADCO Technologies, Inc....................... 96-2734 09/11/96

Integrated Health Services, Inc., Signature

Home Care, Inc., Signature Home Care, Inc.... 96-2765 09/11/96

Edward H. Hamm, The Roanoke Companies, Inc.,

The Roanoke Companies, Inc................... 96-2768 09/11/96

St. Ives Group plc, Richard Perlmuter, The

Perlmuter Printing Company................... 96-2977 09/11/96

Jean-Pierre Savare, Kirk R. Hyde, Kirk Plastic

Company, Inc................................. 96-2810 09/11/96

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Hotchkis and Wiley,

a Delaware L.L.C., Hotchkis and Wiley, a

Delaware L.L.C............................... 96-2815 09/11/96

OSI Holdings Corp., Payco American

Corporation, Payco American Corporation...... 96-2823 09/11/96

Paul G. Allen, Edward M. Snider, Ticketmaster

Delaware Valley, Inc......................... 96-2719 09/12/96

Liechtenstein Global Trust, AG, Chancellor

Partners, L.P., Chancellor Capital Mangement,

Inc.......................................... 96-2792 09/12/96

Employers Insurance of Wausau, Nationwide

Mutual Insurance Company, San Diego Lotus

Corp......................................... 96-2788 09/13/96

St. Jude Medical, Inc., Cyberonics, Inc.,

Cyberonics, Inc.............................. 96-2820 9/13/96

First Data Corporation, Old Kent Financial

Corporation, Old Kent Bank................... 96-2844 9/13/96

Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft,

American Re Associates, L.P., American Re

Corporation.................................. 96-2859 9/13/96

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., Ahmad Hbouss,

Nora Beverages Inc........................... 96-2860 9/13/96

Memtec Limited, Gelman Sciences, Inc., Gelman

Sciences, Inc................................ 96-2864 9/13/96

Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III,

L.P., Circo Craft Co. Inc., Circo Craft Co.

Inc.......................................... 96-2867 9/13/96

Richfood Holdings, Inc., Charles J. Greco,

Norristown Wholesale, Inc.................... 96-2874 9/13/96

Masayoshi Son, Concentric Network Corporation,

Concentric Network Corporation............... 96-2880 9/13/96

Randgold & Exploration Company Limited, The

Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., BHP

Minerals Mali Inc............................ 96-2881 9/13/96

Komatsu Ltd., Robert G. Thomson, Rocky

Mountain Machinery Company................... 96-2887 9/13/96

Franklin Electronic Publishers, Incorporated,

Water Street Corporate Recovery Fund I, L.P.,

Insilco Corporation.......................... 96-2908 9/13/96

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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, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96-24709 Filed 9-25-96; 8:45 am]

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