Basic 'size-of-transaction' threshold now $101
million
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act thresholds, which govern when mergers
and acquisitions must be reported to the US Department of Justice
and Federal Trade Commission, will jump 9.8% in February 2022. The
basic "size-of-transaction" threshold will increase from
$92 million to $101 million.
The FTC announced the annual revisions on January 21, 2022,
based on the change in the US gross national product (GNP) in the
government's last fiscal year. The increases will go into
effect on February 23, 2022.
This is the largest annual increase in the HSR thresholds since
they became subject to annual adjustment in 2004 and follows a 2.1%
decrease from 2020 to 2021.
