83 FR 4050 - Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 19 (January 29, 2018)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4050-4051]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01579]


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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.

DATES: February 28, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Jones, Federal Trade 
Commission, Bureau of Competition, Premerger Notification Office, 400 
7th Street SW, Room #5301, Washington, DC 20024, Phone (202) 326-3100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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). Note that while the filing fee 
thresholds are revised annually, the actual filing fees are not 
similarly indexed and, as a result, have not been adjusted for 
inflation in over a decade. 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
                                             (million)       (million)
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7A(a)(2)(A).............................            $200          $337.6
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)..........................              50            84.4
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)..........................             200           337.6
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)......................              10            16.9
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)......................             100           168.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II).....................              10            16.9
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II).....................             100           168.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)....................             100           168.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)....................              10            16.9
Section 7A note: Assessment and                      100           168.8
 Collection of Filing Fee \1\ (3)(b)(1).
Section 7A note: Assessment and                      100           168.8
 Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)....
Section 7A note: Assessment and                      500           843.9
 Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)....
Section 7A note: Assessment and                      500           843.9
 Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3)....
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\1\ Public Law 106-553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 18a note.


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    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 (``the HSR 
Form'') and its Instructions will also be adjusted, where indicated by 
the term ``(as adjusted)'', as follows:

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                                                             Adjusted
                   Original threshold                        threshold
                                                             (million)
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$10 million.............................................           $16.9
$50 million.............................................            84.4
$100 million............................................           168.8
$110 million............................................           185.7
$200 million............................................           337.6
$500 million............................................           843.9
$1 billion..............................................         1,687.8
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    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01579 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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