5020 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 19 / Monday, January 31, 2005 / Notices 

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

(million) 

Adjusted 

threshold

(million) 

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 Filing Fees 1 (3)(b)(1) ................................................................................. 100 106.2 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) .................................................................................... 100 106.2 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) .................................................................................... 500 530.7 

Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3) .................................................................................... 500 530.7 

1Pub. 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:

Original threshold

(million) 

Adjusted 

threshold

(million) 

$10 ................................................ $10.7 

50 .................................................. 53.1 

100 ................................................ 106.2 

110 ................................................ 116.8 

200 ................................................ 212.3 

500 ................................................ 530.7 

1 billion ......................................... 1,061.3 

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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