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By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–01546 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 7A of the Clayton Act
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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: February 28, 2018.
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:
SUMMARY:
Original
threshold
(million)
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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) ......................................................................................................................................................
Section 7A note: Assessment and Collection of Filing Fee 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) ....................................................................
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$200
50
200
10
100
10
100
100
10
100
100
500
500
Adjusted
threshold
(million)
$337.6
84.4
337.6
16.9
168.8
16.9
168.8
168.8
16.9
168.8
168.8
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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 (‘‘the HSR
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 ...............................
$16.9
84.4
168.8
185.7
337.6
843.9
1,687.8
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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[File No. 171 0126]
Seven & iHoldings Co., Ltd., a
Corporation; 7-Eleven, Inc., a
Corporation; and Sunoco LP, a Limited
Partnership; Analysis To Aid Public
Comment
Federal Trade Commission.
Proposed Consent Agreement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The consent agreement in this
matter settles alleged violations of
federal law prohibiting unfair methods
of competition. The attached Analysis to
Aid Public Comment describes both the
allegations in the complaint and the
terms of the consent orders—embodied
in the consent agreement—that would
settle these allegations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 20, 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 Seven &
iHoldings Co., Ltd. File No. 1710126’’
on your comment, and file your
comment online at https://
ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/
sevensunococonsent by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If
you prefer to file your comment on
paper, write ‘‘In the Matter of Seven &
iHoldings Co., Ltd. File No. 1710126’’
on your comment and on the envelope,
and mail your comment to the following
address: Federal Trade Commission,
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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: Eric
Olson (202–326–2349), Bureau of
Competition, 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 19, 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
your comment, we must receive it on or
before February 20, 2018. Write ‘‘In the
Matter of Seven & iHoldings Co., Ltd.
File No. 1710126’’ on your comment.
Your comment—including your name
and your state—will be placed on the
public record of this proceeding,
including, to the extent practicable, on
the public Commission website, at
https://www.ftc.gov/policy/publiccomments.
Postal mail addressed to the
Commission is subject to delay due to
heightened security screening. As a
result, we encourage you to submit your
comments online. To make sure that the
Commission considers your online
comment, you must file it at https://
ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/
sevensunococonsent by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If
this Notice appears at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!home, you also
may file a comment through that
website.
If you prefer to file your comment on
paper, write ‘‘In the Matter of Seven &
iHoldings Co., Ltd. File No. 1710126’’
on your comment and on the envelope,
and mail your comment to the following
address: Federal Trade Commission,
Office of the Secretary, 600
PO 00000
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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. If possible,
submit your paper comment to the
Commission by courier or overnight
service.
Because your comment will be placed
on the publicly accessible FTC website
at https://www.ftc.gov, you are solely
responsible for making sure that your
comment does not include any sensitive
or confidential information. In
particular, your comment should not
include any sensitive personal
information, such as your or anyone
else’s Social Security number; date of
birth; driver’s license number or other
state identification number, or foreign
country equivalent; passport number;
financial account number; or credit or
debit card number. You are also solely
responsible for making sure that your
comment does not include any sensitive
health information, such as medical
records or other individually
identifiable health information. In
addition, your comment should not
include any ‘‘trade secret or any
commercial or financial information
which . . . is privileged or
confidential’’—as provided by Section
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—
including in particular competitively
sensitive information such as costs,
sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
patterns, devices, manufacturing
processes, or customer names.
Comments containing material for
which confidential treatment is
requested must be filed in paper form,
must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’
and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c).
In particular, the written request for
confidential treatment that accompanies
the comment must include the factual
and legal basis for the request, and must
identify the specific portions of the
comment to be withheld from the public
record. See FTC Rule 4.9(c). Your
comment will be kept confidential only
if the General Counsel grants your
request in accordance with the law and
the public interest. Once your comment
has been posted on the public FTC
website—as legally required by FTC
Rule 4.9(b)—we cannot redact or
remove your comment from the FTC
website, unless you submit a
confidentiality request that meets the
requirements for such treatment under
FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General
Counsel grants that request.
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-01579]
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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: February 28, 2018.
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 $337.6
7A(a)(2)(B)(i).......................... 50 84.4
7A(a)(2)(B)(i).......................... 200 337.6
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)...................... 10 16.9
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i)...................... 100 168.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)..................... 10 16.9
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II)..................... 100 168.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III).................... 100 168.8
7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III).................... 10 16.9
Section 7A note: Assessment and 100 168.8
Collection of Filing Fee \1\ (3)(b)(1).
Section 7A note: Assessment and 100 168.8
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)....
Section 7A note: Assessment and 500 843.9
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(2)....
Section 7A note: Assessment and 500 843.9
Collection of Filing Fees (3)(b)(3)....
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\1\ Public Law 106-553, Sec. 630(b) amended Sec. 18a note.
[[Page 4051]]
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 (``the HSR
Form'') and its Instructions will also be adjusted, where indicated by
the term ``(as adjusted)'', as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted
Original threshold threshold
(million)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$10 million............................................. $16.9
$50 million............................................. 84.4
$100 million............................................ 168.8
$110 million............................................ 185.7
$200 million............................................ 337.6
$500 million............................................ 843.9
$1 billion.............................................. 1,687.8
------------------------------------------------------------------------
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01579 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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