Notice2022-01214
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act
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Published
January 24, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Trade Commission
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 3541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01214]
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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 23, 2022.
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: 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
Subsection of 7A threshold Adjusted threshold (million)
(million)
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7A(a)(2)(A).................................... $200 $403.9.
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)................................. 50 101.
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)................................. 200 403.9.
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)............................. 10 20.2.
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)............................. 100 202.
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)............................ 10 20.2.
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)............................ 100 202.
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)........................... 100 202.
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)........................... 10 20.2.
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 100 202.
Filing Fees \1\ (3)(b)(1).
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 100 202.
Filing Fees (3)(b)(2).
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 500 1.0098 billion.
Filing Fees (3)(b)(2).
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of 500 1.0098 billion.
Filing Fees (3)(b)(3).
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\1\ Public Law 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 (``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........................ $20.2 million.
$50 million........................ $101 million.
$100 million....................... $202 million.
$110 million....................... $222.2 million.
$200 million....................... $403.9 million.
$500 million....................... $1.0098 billion.
$1 billion......................... $2.0196 billion.
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By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-01214 Filed 1-21-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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