[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2005)]
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[FR Doc No: 05-1684]
Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 19 / Monday, January 31, 2005 /
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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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Adjusted
Original threshold
Subsection of 7A threshold
(million) (million)
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7A(a)(2)(A)....................................... $200 $212.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(i).................................... 50 53.1
7A(a)(2)(B)(i).................................... 200 212.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)................................ 10 10.7
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)................................ 100 106.2
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)............................... 10 10.7
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)............................... 100 106.2
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III).............................. 100 106.2
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III).............................. 10 10.7
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 100 106.2
Filing Fees \1\ (3)(b)(1)........................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 100 106.2
Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)............................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 500 530.7
Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)............................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 500 530.7
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 CFR 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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Adjusted
threshold
Original threshold (million)
(million)
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$10.......................................................... $10.7
50........................................................... 53.1
100.......................................................... 106.2
110.......................................................... 116.8
200.......................................................... 212.3
500.......................................................... 530.7
1 billion.................................................... 1,061.3
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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: B. Michael Verne, Bureau of
Competition, Premerger Notification Office (202) 326-3100.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 7A.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-1684 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am]
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