[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1687-1688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-411]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton 
Act

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds 
for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 required 
by the 2000 amendment of Section 7A of the Clayton Act. Section 7A of 
the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94-435, 90 Stat. 1390 
(``the Act''), requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or 
acquisitions, which meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds in the 
Act, to file notification with the Commission and the Assistant 
Attorney General and to wait a designated period of time before 
consummating such transactions. Section 7A(a)(2) requires the Federal 
Trade Commission to revise those thresholds annually, based on the 
change in gross national product, in accordance with Section 8(a)(5). 
The new thresholds, which take effect 30 days after publication in the 
Federal Register, are as follows:

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                                          ORIGINAL          ADJUSTED
          SUBSECTION OF 7A               THRESHOLD          THRESHOLD
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7A(a)(2)(A)                          $200 million       $260.7 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(i)                       $50 million        $65.2 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(i)                       $200 million       $260.7 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I)                   $10 million        $13.0 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I)                   $100 million       $130.3 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)                  $10 million        $13.0 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)                  $100 million       $130.3 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)                 $100 million       $130.3 million
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7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)                 $10 million        $13.0 million
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Section 7A note: Assessment and      $100 million       $130.3 million
 Collection of Filing Fees \1\
 (3)(b)(1)
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Section 7A note: Assessment and      $100 million       $130.3 million
 Collection of Filing Fees
 (3)(b)(2)
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Section 7A note: Assessment and      $500 million       $651.7 million
 Collection of Filing Fees
 (3)(b)(2)
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Section 7A note: Assessment and      $500 million       $651.7 million
 Collection of Filing Fees
 (3)(b)(3)
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\1\ Pub. L 106-553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 18a note.

    Any reference to these thresholds and related thresholds and 
limitation values in the HSR rules (16 C.F.R. Parts 801-803) and the 
Antitrust Improvements Act Notification and Report Form and its 
Instructions will also be adjusted, where indicated by the term ``(as 
adjusted)'', as follows:

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            ORIGINAL THRESHOLD                   ADJUSTED THRESHOLD
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$10 million                                 $13.0 million
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$50 million                                 $65.2 million
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$100 million                                $130.3 million
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$110 million                                $143.4 million
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$200 million                                $260.7 million
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$500 million                                $651.7 million
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$1 billion                                  $1,303.4 million
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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: B. Michael Verne, Bureau of 
Competition, Premerger Notification Office (202) 326-3100.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sec.  7A.
    By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-411 Filed 1-12-09; 8:45 am]
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