Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 8 of the Clayton Act

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required by the 1990 amendment of section 8 of the Clayton Act. 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 $13,813,000 for section 8(a)(1), and $1,381,300 for section 8(a)(2)(A).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Mongoven, Bureau of
Competition, Office of Policy and
Evaluation, (202) 326–2879.

(Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 19(a)(5))

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–1237 Filed 1–16–97; 8:45 am]

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