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The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than February
4, 2015.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
(Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice
President) 701 East Byrd Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:
1. P. Byron DeFoor, Ooltewah,
Tennessee; to acquire voting shares of
AB&T Financial Corporation, and
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares
of Alliance Bank & Trust Company, both
in Gastonia, North Carolina.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice
President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198–0001:
1. Rebecca A. Schepker, as trustee of
the Rebecca A. Schepker Revocable
Trust; Ronald J. Schepker, as trustee of
the Ronald J. Schepker Revocable Trust,
both of Columbia, Missouri; Kathleen M.
Wix, Salisbury, Missouri; Jacob W.
Widmer, Moberly, Missouri; Jessica L.
Schepker, Kansas City, Missouri; Mary
E. Schepker, Columbia, Missouri; and
Kristen N. Schepker, Columbia,
Missouri; as members of the Schepker
Family Group acting in concert, to
acquire voting shares of Widmer
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly
acquire voting shares of The Merchants
and Farmers Bank of Salisbury, both in
Salisbury, Missouri.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, January 15, 2015.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2015–00863 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or
To Acquire Companies Engaged in
Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 7a of the Clayton Act
The companies listed in this notice
have given notice under section 4 of the
Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.
1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, (12
CFR part 225) to engage de novo, or to
acquire or control voting securities or
assets of a company, including the
companies listed below, that engages
either directly or through a subsidiary or
other company, in a nonbanking activity
that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y
(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has
determined by Order to be closely
related to banking and permissible for
bank holding companies. Unless
otherwise noted, these activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Each notice is available for inspection
at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.
The notice also will be available for
inspection at the offices of the Board of
Governors. Interested persons may
express their views in writing on the
question whether the proposal complies
with the standards of section 4 of the
BHC Act.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding the applications must be
received at the Reserve Bank indicated
or the offices of the Board of Governors
not later than February 13, 2015.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
(Yvonne Sparks, Community
Development Officer) P.O. Box 442, St.
Louis, Missouri 63166–2034:
1. Renasant Corporation, Tupelo,
Mississippi; to acquire through merger,
100 percent of the voting shares of
Heritage Financial Group, Inc., and
indirectly acquire HeritageBank of the
South, both in Albany, Georgia, and
thereby indirectly engage in operating a
savings association, pursuant to section
225.28(b)(4)(ii).
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, January 15, 2015.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Federal Trade Commission.
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 February 20, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Jones, Federal Trade
Commission, Bureau of Competition,
Premerger Notification Office, 400 7th
Street SW., Room #5301, Washington,
DC 20024, Phone (202) 326–3100.
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:
[FR Doc. 2015–00864 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am]
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Subsection of 7A
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) ......................................................................................................................................................
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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
Adjusted
threshold
(million $)
$10 million ............................
$50 million ............................
$100 million ..........................
$110 million ..........................
$200 million ..........................
$500 million ..........................
$1 billion ...............................
$15.3
76.3
152.5
167.8
305.1
762.7
1,525.3
Filing
Filing
Filing
Filing
Fees 1 (3)(b)(1) .................................................................
Fees (3)(b)(2) ....................................................................
Fees (3)(b)(2) ....................................................................
Fees (3)(b)(3) ....................................................................
Section 8(a)(1), and $3,108,400 for
Section 8(a)(2)(A).
DATES: Effective January 21, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James F. Mongoven, Federal Trade
Commission, Bureau of Competition,
Office of Policy and Coordination, (202)
326–2879.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015–00929 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am]
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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
[Notice–MG–2014–04; Docket No. 2014–
0002; Sequence No. 25]
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
GSA’s Analysis of the Alignment of
LEED v4 With Federal Green Building
Requirements
[FR Doc. 2015–00933 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am]
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Office of Federal HighPerformance Green Buildings; Office of
Government-wide Policy (OGP), General
Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 8 of the Clayton Act
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Trade
Commission announces the revised
thresholds for interlocking directorates
required by the 1990 amendment of
Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8
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 $31,084,000 for
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SUMMARY:
1 Public Law 106–553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec.
18a note.
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GSA is seeking public input
on its analysis of the latest version of
the U.S. Green Building Council’s
(USGBC) Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED v4) green
building certification system and its
alignment with Federal green building
requirements. GSA is also seeking
public input on several questions
related to the Government’s use of LEED
v4 and future GSA reviews of green
building certification systems.
GSA used the findings from its
supplemental review to consult with
other Federal agencies in the EISA
436(h) Interagency Ad-hoc Discussion
Group (Interagency Discussion Group)
on the Federal Government’s use of
LEED v4. GSA will be using the
deliberations from the Interagency
Discussion Group as well as public
input from this Federal Register notice
and a to-be-scheduled public listening
session to augment GSA’s October 25,
2013 recommendation to the Secretary
of Energy. The information being asked
for in this notice is not for the purpose
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762.7
of a proposed GSA rulemaking or a GSA
regulation.
DATES: Interested parties should submit
written comments by one of the
methods shown below on or before
March 23, 2015 to be considered in the
formation of GSA’s updated
recommendation to the Secretary of
Energy.
Submit comments in
response to Notice–MG–2014–04 by any
of the following methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
searching for ‘‘Notice–MG–2014–04’’.
Select the link ‘‘Comment Now’’ that
corresponds with ‘‘Notice–MG–2014–
04’’. Follow the instructions provided
on the screen. Please include your
name, company name (if any), and
‘‘Notice–MG–2014–04’’ on your
attached document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Email: bryan.steverson@gsa.gov.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB), ATTN: Ms. Flowers, 1800 F
Street NW., Washington, DC 20405.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Notice–MG–2014–04, in
all correspondence related to this case.
All comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided. Visit https://
www.gsa.gov/gbcertificationreview for
more information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Bryan Steverson, Program Advisor, GSA
Sustainability and Green Buildings, at
telephone 202–501–6115 or email
bryan.steverson@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request For Public Input: GSA is
seeking public input on questions that
arose during the Interagency Discussion
Group meetings:
1. GSA is seeking public input on
what LEED v4 credits agencies should
consider focusing on. In its 2013
recommendations, GSA recommended
that agencies should focus on achieving
those credits or points that align with
federal green building requirements. In
discussions with the Interagency
Discussion Group, agencies believed
ADDRESSES:
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2934-2935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00933]
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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 February 20, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Jones, Federal Trade
Commission, Bureau of Competition, Premerger Notification Office, 400
7th Street SW., Room #5301, Washington, DC 20024, Phone (202) 326-3100.
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 $305.1
7A(a)(2)(B)(i).......................... 50 76.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(i).......................... 200 305.1
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)...................... 10 15.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)...................... 100 152.5
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)..................... 10 15.3
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)..................... 100 152.5
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III).................... 100 152.5
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III).................... 10 15.3
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Section 7A note: Assessment and 100 152.5
Collection of Filing Fees \1\ (3)(b)(1)
Section 7A note: Assessment and 100 152.5
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)....
Section 7A note: Assessment and 500 762.7
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)....
Section 7A note: Assessment and 500 762.7
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3)....
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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:
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\1\ Public Law 106-553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 18a note.
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Adjusted
Original threshold threshold
(million $)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$10 million............................................. $15.3
$50 million............................................. 76.3
$100 million............................................ 152.5
$110 million............................................ 167.8
$200 million............................................ 305.1
$500 million............................................ 762.7
$1 billion.............................................. 1,525.3
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By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-00933 Filed 1-20-15; 8:45 am]
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