77 FR 18 pg. 4324 - Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 18Page: 4324
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-1866 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 a.m.]
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act
AGENCY:
Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
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).
Authority:
15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-1866 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 a.m.]
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