Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / Notices 1687 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

January 15, 2009. 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (Eastern Time). 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

Matters To Be Considered 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

December 15, 2008 Board member 

meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

a. Monthly Participant Activity 

Report. 

b. Legislative Report. 

c. Office of Participant Services 

Report. 

3. Quarterly Reports. 

a. Investment Policy Review. 

b. Vendor Financial Reports. 

c. MetLife Annuity Report. 

4. Audit of Computer Access and 

Technical Security Controls. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

5. Confidential Financial Information. 

6. Security. 

CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–558 Filed 1–9–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: 

SUBSECTION OF 7A ORIGINAL THRESHOLD ADJUSTED THRESHOLD 

7A(a)(2)(A) $200 million $260.7 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) $50 million $65.2 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) $200 million $260.7 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I) $10 million $13.0 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(I) $100 million $130.3 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) $10 million $13.0 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) $100 million $130.3 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) $100 million $130.3 million 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) $10 million $13.0 million 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees 1 (3)(b)(1) $100 million $130.3 million 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) $100 million $130.3 million 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) $500 million $651.7 million 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3) $500 million $651.7 million 

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 C.F.R. 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: 

ORIGINAL THRESHOLD ADJUSTED THRESHOLD 

$10 million $13.0 million 

$50 million $65.2 million 

$100 million $130.3 million 

$110 million $143.4 million