Notification Threshold Under The Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Increased To $68.2 million

The Federal Trade Commission recently announced higher reporting thresholds for pre-merger notifications filed on or after February 27, 2012.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR) and 2012 thresholds for determining whether parties trigger the prohibition against interlocking directors under Section 8 of the Clayton Act.

Notification Threshold Adjustments

Pursuant to the amendments passed by the U.S. Congress in 2000, the FTC published revised thresholds for HSR pre-merger notifications in the Federal Register on January 27, 2012.  These revised thresholds will become effective on February 27, 2012.  Any transaction completed and any HSR pre-merger notifications filed on or after February 27, 2012, must comply with these new thresholds.