[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5004-5005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01533]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds

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.

DATES: February 27, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Whitehead (202-326-3100), Bureau 
of Competition, Premerger Notification Office, 400 7th Street SW, Room 
5301, Washington, DC 20024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces updates to (1) the 
thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 
1976, as required by the 2000 amendment of section 7A of the Clayton 
Act; and (2) the filing fee schedule for the same Act, as required by 
Division GG of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Both updates 
are discussed in more detail below.

(1) The Jurisdictional Thresholds

    Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by the Hart-
Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, Public Law 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 jurisdictional thresholds, which take effect 30 days after 
publication in the Federal Register, are as follows:

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                                         Original           Adjusted
                                      jurisdictional     jurisdictional
         Subsection of 7A               threshold          threshold
                                        (million)          (million)
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7A(a)(2)(A).......................               $200             $445.5
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)....................                 50              111.4
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)....................                200              445.5
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)................                 10               22.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)................                100              222.7
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)...............                 10               22.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)...............                100              222.7
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)..............                100              222.7
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)..............                 10               22.3
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    Any reference to the jurisdictional thresholds and related 
thresholds and limitation values in the HSR rules (16 CFR parts 801-
803) and the Antitrust Improvements Act Notification and Report Form 
(``the HSR 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.                                $22.3 million.
$50 million.                                $111.4 million.
$100 million.                               $222.7 million.
$110 million.                               $245 million.
$200 million.                               $445.5 million.
$500 million.                               $1.1137 billion.
$1 billion.                                 $2.2274 billion.
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(2) The Filing Fee Thresholds

    Section 605 of Public Law 101-162 (15 U.S.C. 18a note) requires the 
Federal Trade Commission to assess and collect filing fees from persons 
acquiring voting securities or assets under the Act. The current filing 
fee thresholds are set forth in section 605. Division GG of the 2023 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, Public Law 117-328, 136 Stat. 4459, 
requires the Federal Trade Commission to revise these filing fee 
thresholds. The new filing fee thresholds, which take effect 30 days 
after publication in the Federal Register, are as follows:

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                                               Size of transaction as
                Filing fee                    determined under section
                                                 7A(a)(2) of the Act
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$30,000...................................  less than $161.5 million.
$100,000..................................  not less than $161.5 million
                                             but less than $500 million.
$250,000..................................  not less than $500 million
                                             but less than $1 billion.
$400,000..................................  not less than $1 billion but
                                             less than $2 billion.
$800,000..................................  not less than $2 billion but
                                             less than $5 billion.
$2.25 million.............................  $5 billion or more.
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    By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01533 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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