2025-01513. Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act

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Federal Trade Commission

AGENCY:

Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION:

Annual notice of revision.

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:

January 22, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher M. Grengs (202-326-2612), Bureau of Competition, Office of Policy and Coordination.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 8 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 $51,380,000 for section 8(a)(1), and $5,138,000 for section 8(a)(2)(A).

Authority:15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).

April J. Tabor,

Secretary.