1) WWW.ALSTON.COM Mergers & Acquisitions/Antitrust ADVISORY n JANUARY 27, 2016 FTC Revises Thresholds for HSR Filings and Interlocking Directorates On January 21, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual adjustment of the jurisdictional thresholds for pre-merger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) and for interlocking directorates under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The revisions account for changes in the level of the U.S. gross national product and constitute an increase of about 2.5 percent. HSR Act Pre-Merger Notification Thresholds The HSR Act requires companies contemplating mergers or acquisitions of voting securities or assets that meet or exceed certain monetary thresholds to file notification forms with the FTC and Department of Justice and to wait a designated period of time before consummating the contemplated transaction. The new thresholds will go into effect for transactions closing on or after February 25, 2016. For transactions closing on or after this date, companies generally will need to comply with the HSR Act premerger notification and waiting period requirements if the following is true: 1. The size of the transaction (as defined by the HSR Act and applicable regulations) is more than $312.6 million; or 2. The size of the transaction is more than $78.2 million, the total assets or annual net sales of one party to the transaction (as defined by the HSR Act and applicable regulations) equal $156.3 million or more, and the total assets or annual net sales of the other party to the transaction equal $15.6 million or more. Although the HSR Act filing fee amounts will not increase, these adjustments do affect the filing fee schedule as follows: Size of the Transaction Filing Fee More than $78.2 million, but less than $156.3 million $45,000 $156.3 million or more, but less than $781.5 million $125,000 $781.5 million or more $280,000 These adjustments constitute the primary changes to the HSR Act regulations adopted by the FTC on January 21, 2016. Additional regulations governing the methodology for calculating the size of party and size of transaction tests, as well as exemptions from the HSR Act, remain unchanged. Interlocking Directorates Thresholds Section 8 of the Clayton Act prohibits, with certain exceptions, one person from serving as a director or officer of two competing corporations. Under the FTC’s revised Section 8 thresholds, which became effective upon publication in the Federal Register on January 26, 2016, a person may not serve as a director or officer of two competing corporations if each corporation has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating more than $31,841,000, unless one or more of the corporations has competitive sales under $3,184,100 or other exceptions apply. This advisory is published by Alston & Bird LLP to provide a summary of significant developments to our clients and friends. It is intended to be informational and does not constitute legal advice regarding any specific situation. This material may also be considered attorney advertising under court rules of certain jurisdictions. 

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