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FTC Announces New HSR Thresholds - February 2016

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On January 26, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced the annual revisions to the filing thresholds set forth in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act ("HSR Act").

United StatesAntitrust/Competition Law
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Effective February 25, 2016

On January 26, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced the annual revisions to the filing thresholds set forth in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act ("HSR Act"). The revised thresholds will be effective on February 25, 2016.

The HSR Act sets forth two primary notification thresholds: the size of transaction threshold and the size of person thresholds. These thresholds have been revised for 2016 as follows:

 The 2016 revisions also increase the size of transaction thresholds for acquisitions of additional voting securities of the same issuer (or issuers within the same acquired person). Notification under the HSR Act is required for 2016 when a party acquires voting securities that have a cumulative value of:

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