BILLING CODE 6750-01-P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Annual notice of revision. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission announces (1) 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; and (2) the revised filing fee schedule 

for the same Act required by Division GG of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations 

Act. 

DATES: [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE 

FEDERAL REGISTER]. 

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: 

Subsection of 7A Original Jurisdictional 

Threshold (million) 

Adjusted Jurisdictional 

Threshold (million) 

7A(a)(2)(A) $200 $478 

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) $50 $119.5 

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) $200 $478 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) $10 $23.9 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) $100 $239 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) $10 $23.9 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) $100 $239 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) $100 $239 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) $10 $23.9 

Any reference to the jurisdictional thresholds and related thresholds and limitation 

values in the HSR rules (16 CFR parts 801 through 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: 
 

 

 

 

Original Threshold Adjusted Threshold 

$10 million $23.9 million 

$50 million $119.5 million 

$100 million $239 million 

$110 million $262.9 million 

$200 million $478 million 

$500 million $1.195 billion 

$1 billion $2.39 billion 

(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 and amounts based on the percentage change in the GNP for such fiscal year 

compared to the GNP for the year ending September 30, 2022 (for the filing fee 

thresholds) and the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index, as 

determined by the Department of Labor or its successor, for the year then ended over the 

level so established for the year ending September 30, 2022 (for the fee amounts). 

Any reference to the fee thresholds and related values in the HSR rules (16 CFR 

Parts 801 through 803) and the HSR Form and its Instructions will also be adjusted, 

where indicated by the term "(as adjusted)", as follows: 

Original Filing 

Fee 

Original Applicable Size 

of Transaction* 

2024 Adjusted 

Filing Fee 

2024 Adjusted Applicable 

Size of Transaction* 

$30,000 less than $161.5 million $30,000 less than $173.3 million 

$100,000 not less than $161.5 million 

but less than $500 million 

$105,000 not less than $173.3 million 

but less than $536.5 million 

$250,000 not less than $500 million 

but less than $1 billion 

$260,000 not less than $536.5 million 

but less than $1.073 billion 
$400,000 not less than $1 billion but 

less than $2 billion 

$415,000 not less than $1.073 billion 

but less than $2.146 billion 

$800,000 not less than $2 billion but 

less than $5 billion 

$830,000 not less than $2.146 billion 

but less than $5.365 billion 

$2,250,000 $5 billion or more $2,335,000 $5.365 billion or more 

* as determined under Section 7A(a)(2) of the Act 

By direction of the Commission. 

April J. Tabor, 

Secretary.