Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act, 4048 [2018-01578]

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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198–0001: 1. Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita, Kansas; to acquire, through its subsidiary, Oz Merger Sub, Inc., Topeka, Kansas, 100 percent of the voting shares of Kansas Bank Corporation, and thereby acquire First National Bank of Liberal, both of Liberal, Kansas. 2. Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita, Kansas; to acquire, through its subsidiary, Abe Merger Sub, Inc., Jefferson City, Missouri, 100 percent of the voting shares of Adams Dairy Bancshares, Inc., and thereby acquire VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Jan 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 Adams Dairy Bank, both of Blue Springs, Missouri. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 24, 2018. Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2018–01623 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P 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 $34,395,000 for Section 8(a)(1), and $3,439,500 for Section 8(a)(2)(A). DATES: Applicable Date: January 29, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James F. Mongoven, Bureau of Competition, Office of Policy and Coordination, (202) 326–2879. SUMMARY: Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5). Donald S. Clark, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–01578 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–P FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION [File No. 172 3197] Bollman Hat Company and SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC, Jointly Doing Business as American Made Matters; Analysis To Aid Public Comment Federal Trade Commission. Proposed consent agreement. AGENCY: ACTION: The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the complaint and the terms of the consent order—embodied in the consent agreement—that would settle these allegations. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 23, 2018. ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write: ‘‘In the Matter of Bollman Hat Company and SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC, jointly d/b/a American Made Matters, File No. 172 3197’’ on your comment, and file your comment online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ ftc/bollmanhatconsent by following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file your comment on paper, write ‘‘In the Matter of Bollman Hat Company and SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC, jointly d/b/a American Made Matters, File No. 172 3197’’ on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex D), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex D), Washington, DC 20024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Solomon Ensor (202–326–2377) and Crystal Ostrum (202–326–3405), Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 2.34, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is hereby given that the above-captioned consent agreement containing a consent order to cease and desist, having been filed with and accepted, subject to final approval, by the Commission, has been placed on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days. The following Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes the terms of the consent agreement, and the allegations in the complaint. An electronic copy of the full text of the consent agreement package can be obtained from the FTC Home Page (for January 23, 2018), on the World Wide Web, at https:// www.ftc.gov/news-events/commissionactions. You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to consider E:\FR\FM\29JAN1.SGM 29JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-01578]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton 
Act

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 $34,395,000 for Section 8(a)(1), and $3,439,500 for 
Section 8(a)(2)(A).

DATES: Applicable Date: January 29, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James F. Mongoven, Bureau of 
Competition, Office of Policy and Coordination, (202) 326-2879.

    Authority:  15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).

Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01578 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6750-01-P
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