Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
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BILLING CODE 6210-01-M FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Permerger 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: Transaction Waiting period terminated effective (1) 86-0294— Masco Corporation’s pro posed acquisition of voting securities of Flint & Walling Industries, Inc., (Edward L Benson, UPE).
Dec. 5, 1985.
(2) 86-0295— Masco Industries, Inc.’s pro posed acquisition of assets of Flint & Wailing Industries, Inc., (Edward L Benson, UPE).
Do.
(3) 86-0337— Alberta Energy Company Ltd.’s proposed acquisition of assets of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. Dec. 6. 1985.
(4) 86-0247— Universal Foods Corp.’s pro posed acquisition of voting securities of Universal Group Limited.
Dec. 9, 1985.
(5) 86-0258— ConAgra, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of assets of Joel and Davis Abramson, (Camerican International, Inc-, UPE).
Do.
(6) 86-0284— The Boston Five Cents Sav ings Bank, FSB’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Commerce McGehee Mortgage, Inc., (National Commerce Bancorporation, UPE).
Do.
(7) 86-0292— William H. Goodwin, Jr.’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Min Union Machinery, Inc., (Minstar, Inc., UPE).
Do.
(8) 86-0297— Pilkington Brothers pic’s pro posed acquisition of voting securities of Syrrtex Ophthalmics, (Syntax Corpora tion, UPE).
Do.
(9) 86-0319— The "1964 Simmons Trust’s" proposed acquisition of voting securities of Sea-Land Corporation. Do.
(10) 86-0321— Pleasant Travel Service’s, (Edward J. Hogan and Marilyn J. Hogan, UPE’s proposed acquisition of voting se curities of ITT Corporation. Do.
(11) 86-0331— Material Sciences Corpora tion’s proposed acquisition of voting se curities of Deposition Technology Inc., (Richard L. Burns, UPE).
Do.
(12) 86-0334— Triumph International Spiesshofer & Braun's proposed acquisi tion of voting securities of NCC Indus tries, Inc..
Do.
(13) 86-0360— Elsevier-NDU N.V.’s pro posed acquisition of voting securities of CDA Investment Technologies, Inc., (Robert A. Leavy, UPE).
Do.
(14) 86-0330— Beecham Group plc.’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Reheis Chemical Company, (Pantry Pride, Inc., UPE).
Dec. 10,1985.
(15) 86-0345— Leslie A. Hynes’ proposed acquisition of assets of South Buffalo Railway Company and certain real prop erty including a ship , canal, (Bethlehem Steel Corporation, UPE).
Do.
(16) 86-0356— The Moonie Oil Company . Limited’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Avalon Corporation. Do.
(17) 86-0312— E nserch Corporation's pro posed acquisition of voting securities of Oceaneering international, Inc.. Dec. 11,1985.
(18) 86-0320— Arabian Investment Bank ing Corporation’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Dellwood- Foods, Inc., (Finevest Partners, UPE). Do.
(19) 86-0342— PacifiCorp's proposed ac quisition of voting securities of Hyster Credit Corporation, (ESCO Corporation, UPE).
Do.
(20) 86-0279— Continental Telecom Inc.’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of ¡PC Communications, Inc.. Dec. 12,1985.
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53398 Federai Register / Vol. 50, No. 251 / Tuesday, December 31, 1985 / Notices Transaction Waiting period terminated effective (21) 86-0293— Century Communications Do.
Corp.'s proposed acquisition of assets of Westinghoiise Electric Corporation. (22) 86-0309— CSI Management, lnc.*s proposed acquisition of assets of Rogers Cablesystems, Inc., (Edward S. Do.
Rogers, UPE).
(23) 86-0324— Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc.'s proposed acquisition of assets of The Evening News Association, (Gan nett Co., Inc., UPE).
Do.
(24) 86-0333— Southmark Corporation’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Servico, Inc..
Do.
(25) 86-0361— Fox Meyer Corporation's proposed acquisition of voting securities of Ben Franklin Stores Division, (HMI Holding, Inc., UPE).
Do.
(26) 86-0365— Broken Hill Proprietary Gempany Limited's proposed acquisition of voting securities of Monsanto OH Company, (Monsanto Company, UPE). Do.
(27) 86-0371— Mr. Charles Robin's pro posed acquisition of voting securities of Dunham-Bush, Inc., (Allied-Signal, fnc., UPE).
Do.
(28) 86-0373— Texas Medical Center, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of voting se curities of Shamrock Hilton Hotels, (Hilton Hotels) Corporation, UPE). Do.
(29) 86-04000— Royal Dutch Petroleum Company's proposed acquisition of assets of Phillips Petroleum Company. Do.
(30) 86-0276— Freedom Newspaper, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of assets of WRGB, Inc., (UniCom Partners, LP., UPE).
Dec. 13, 1885.
(31) 86-0339— William L Hutchison's pro posed acquisition of voting securities of United States Steel Corporation. Do.
(32) 86-0347— Heafthwest Foundation’s proposed acquisition of assets of River side General Hospital Associates, dba Do.
Riverside General Hospital (33) 86-0348— Whirlpool Corporation's proposed acquisition of assets of Mastercraft Industries Corp„ Do.
(34) 86-0355— Minerals and Resources Corporation Limited's proposed acquisi tion of voting securities of Danville Re sources, Inc., (Inspiration Resources Corporation, UPE).
Do.
(35) 86-0346^-Pennwalt Corporation’s proposed acquisition of voting securities of Turco Purex Industrial Corp. and Turco Products, Inc., (Purex Industries, Inc., UPE).
Do.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CO N TACT; Sandra M. Peay, Legal Technician, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 301, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580, (202)523-3894.
By direction of Commission. Benjamin I. Berman, A cting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 85-30896 Filed 12-30-85; 8:45 am]