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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 7A of the Clayton Act
AGENCY:
Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION:
Notice.
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.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: February 27,
2012.
B.
Michael Verne, Federal Trade
Commission, Bureau of Competition,
Premerger Notification Office, (202)
326–3100, Room 301, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Original
threshold
(million)
Subsection of 7A
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7A(a)(2)(A) .......................................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(i) ....................................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(i) ....................................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) ................................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) ................................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) ...............................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) ...............................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) ..............................................................................................................................................
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) ..............................................................................................................................................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees 1 (3)(b)(1) .........................................................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) ............................................................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2) ............................................................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3) ............................................................
Any reference to these thresholds and related thresholds and limitation values in the HSR rules.
1 Public Law 106–553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 18a note.
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500
500
Adjusted
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(million)
$272.8
68.2
272.8
13.6
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13.6
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136.4
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(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:
Adjusted
threshold
(million)
Original threshold
$10 million ..............................
50 million ................................
100 million ..............................
110 million ..............................
200 million ..............................
500 million ..............................
1 billion ...................................
$13.6
68.2
136.4
150.1
272.8
682.1
1,364.1
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 18a.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 8 of the Clayton Act
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Trade
Commission announces the revised
thresholds for interlocking directorates
required by the 1990 amendment of
Section 8 of the Clayton Act.
DATES: Effective Date: January 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James F. Mongoven, Federal Trade
Commission, Bureau of Competition,
Office of Policy and Coordination, (202)
326–2879, Room NJ 7115, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 8
of the Clayton Act, as amended in 1990,
prohibits, with certain exceptions, one
person from serving as a director or
officer of two competing corporations if
two thresholds are met. Competitor
corporations are covered by Section 8 if
each one has capital, surplus, and
undivided profits aggregating more than
$10,000,000, with the exception that no
corporation is covered if the competitive
sales of either corporation are less than
$1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the
Federal Trade Commission to revise
those thresholds annually, based on the
change in gross national product. The
new thresholds, which take effect
immediately, are $27,784,000 for
Section 8(a)(1), and $2,778,400 for
Section 8(a)(2)(A).
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SUMMARY:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).
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Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for ‘‘Discharge Follow-Up
Appointment Challenge’’
Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The ‘‘Discharge Follow-Up
Appointment Challenge’’ challenges
software developers to create an easy-touse web-based tool that will make postdischarge follow-up appointment
scheduling a more effective and shared
process for care providers, patients and
caregivers. In addition, developers will
need to articulate a plan for broader
adoption at the community level.
Submissions can be existing
applications, or applications developed
specifically for this challenge.
The statutory authority for this
challenge competition is Section 105 of
the America COMPETES
Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111–358).
DATES: Effective on January 26, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Wong, (202) 720–2866; Wil Yu,
(202) 690–5920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition:
The Office of the National Coordinator
for Health Information Technology
(ONC), in collaboration with the
Partnership for Patients, seeks to
support spread and adoption of
promising IT-enabled solutions targeting
improved care transitions in the
‘‘Discharge Follow-Up Appointment
Challenge.’’ Nearly one in five patients
from a hospital will be readmitted
within 30 days. A large proportion of
readmissions can be prevented by
improving communications and
coordinating care before and after
discharge from the hospital.
This challenge is the second in a
series of challenges calling attention to
care transitions, particularly the time a
patient is discharged from a hospital;
these challenges are seeking
development and spread of IT-enabled
tools that will achieve better care and
better health at lower cost. The first
challenge, ‘‘Ensuring Safe Transitions
from Hospital to Home,’’ called upon
SUMMARY:
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
ACTION:
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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developers to create a web-based
application that could empower patients
and caregivers to better navigate and
manage a transition from a hospital.
Research has shown that scheduling
follow-up appointments and postdischarge testing before a patient is
discharged, with input and engagement
from patients and caregivers, is one of
the critical elements of a safe and
effective transition. While an increasing
number of organizations have adopted
this best practice, most patients across
the country continue to leave the
hospital without confirmed
appointments and many providers
remain frustrated by a highly manual
and unreliable system.
Hospitals with IT-enabled scheduling
processes for follow-up appointments
often benefit from being in a delivery
system where a single scheduling
system is shared across many care
settings and providers. A growing
number of innovative consumer-facing
tools are becoming available for patients
and care givers to schedule
appointments and rate providers.
However these tools have not yet
reached high levels of adoption within
communities, and haven’t to date
targeted the appointment scheduling
needs of patients, caregivers and
providers at the point of discharge from
a hospital.
The ideal application for will include
the following components: Easy to
navigate user interface, easy to navigate
process for downstream accepting
providers, information for patient and
caregiver convenience and preference,
critical background information for
downstream providers, messaging
capabilities to minimize no-shows and
cancellations, and EHR interface
capabilities where applicable.
To anticipate the needs of a test bed
organization or community, successful
applicants will also need to formally
address the following pilot
implementation considerations:
estimated timeline for testing and pilot
completion, description of ideal pilot
environment, estimated resources
needed for pilot, metrics to monitor
pilot success, and proposed budget for
a three-day site visit to support pilot
development.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in
the Competition:
To be eligible to win a prize under
this challenge, an individual or entity:
(1) Shall have registered to participate
in the competition under the rules
promulgated by Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology;
(2) Shall have complied with all the
requirements under this section;
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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: Effective Date: February 27, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: B. Michael Verne, Federal Trade
Commission, Bureau of Competition, Premerger Notification Office, (202)
326-3100, Room 301, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580.
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:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Original Adjusted
Subsection of 7A threshold threshold
(million) (million)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
7A(a)(2)(A)......................... $200 $272.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)...................... 50 68.2
7A(a)(2)(B)(i)...................... 200 272.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i).................. 10 13.6
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i).................. 100 136.4
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)................. 10 13.6
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)................. 100 136.4
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)................ 100 136.4
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III)................ 10 13.6
Section 7A note: Assessment and 100 136.4
Collection of Filing Fees \1\
(3)(b)(1)..........................
Section 7A note: Assessment and 100 136.4
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)
Section 7A note: Assessment and 500 682.1
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)
Section 7A note: Assessment and 500 682.1
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any reference to these thresholds and related thresholds and limitation
values in the HSR rules.
\1\ Public Law 106-553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 18a note.
[[Page 4324]]
(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:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted
Original threshold threshold
(million)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$10 million............................................... $13.6
50 million................................................ 68.2
100 million............................................... 136.4
110 million............................................... 150.1
200 million............................................... 272.8
500 million............................................... 682.1
1 billion................................................. 1,364.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 18a.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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