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HSR Informal Interpretations

1908006 Informal Interpretation

Date

August 19, 2019

Rule

Item 4(c)

Yes, this is still the FTC’s position. Material unrelated to a proposed transaction may be redacted from responsive Board minutes (the official approved recaps of business that occurred at a Board...

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HSR Informal Interpretations

1908004 Informal Interpretation

Date

August 16, 2019

Rule

802.9

Under these facts, 802.9 doesn’t apply. If the client begins to accumulate shares, it will have to file before it crosses a statutory size of transaction threshold, assuming the other statutory tests...

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Federal Register Notice

Boston Scientific Corporation; Analysis of Agreement Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment

Date

August 14, 2019

HSR Informal Interpretations

1908003 Informal Interpretation

Date

August 13, 2019

Rule

802.50, 802.51

"Sales” means annual net sales for purposes of 802.50 and 802.51.

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Press Release

FTC Requires Divestitures and Imposes Conditions on Boston Scientific Corp.’s Acquisition of BTG plc

Date

August 7, 2019

Medical device company Boston Scientific Corp. has agreed to divest certain assets to Varian Medical Systems to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that Boston Scientific’s proposed $4.2 billion...

HSR Informal Interpretations

1908007 Informal Interpretation

Date

August 2, 2019

Rule

801.10

If the cash infusion is consideration for the sale of B to A, then the amount should be included in the size of transaction.

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Press Release

FTC Challenges Proposed Merger of Two Hydrogen Peroxide Producers

Date

August 2, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission today authorized an action to block Evonik Industries AG’s proposed $625 million acquisition of PeroxyChem Holding Company, alleging the merger of the chemical companies...

Public Statement

CPI Talks with Christine S. Wilson

Date

August 1, 2019

CPI Talks with Christine S. Wilson (781.48 KB)

HSR Informal Interpretations

1907002 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 24, 2019

Rule

803.5

The proposed acquisition you describe necessitates a new filing (with the appropriate fee), not an amendment. It would be helpful to reference the prior filing in either an end note or in the text of...

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HSR Informal Interpretations

1907001 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 24, 2019

Rule

801.2, 803.9

Responses below corresponding to your questions: 1. Yes, but it generally avoids errors and confusion to submit a form for each UPE in this type of scenario 2. One filing fee is due on these facts 3...

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Press Release

FTC Imposes Conditions on Quaker Chemical Corp.’s Acquisition of Houghton International Inc.

Date

July 23, 2019

Chemical companies Quaker Chemical Corp and Houghton International Inc. have agreed to divest certain products and related assets to a subsidiary of French multinational corporation Total S.A., to...

HSR Informal Interpretations

1907007 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 19, 2019

Rule

803.7

Thanks for your patience – we’ve given your question a lot of thought. You’ll be making a filing here, and that will trigger 803.7’s one-year timeframe. We think that any option exercised beyond that...

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HSR Informal Interpretations

1907006 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 19, 2019

Rule

801.21

Confirmed.

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Press Release

FTC Chairman Supports Common Understanding of G7 Competition Authorities on Competition and the Digital Economy

Date

July 18, 2019

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons has issued the following statement about the Common Understanding of G7 Competition Authorities on Competition and the Digital Economy, which France...

HSR Informal Interpretations

1907003 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 16, 2019

Rule

801.10

Our position is that if Company B holds Company A’s shares for more than a moment before it distributes them to B’s shareholders, it will be deemed to have made an acquisition of the shares.

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HSR Informal Interpretations

1907005 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 11, 2019

Rule

801.10

You must look at the acquisition price at the time of closing.

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HSR Informal Interpretations

1907004 Informal Interpretation

Date

July 11, 2019

Rule

802.4

Goodwill should be allocated according to sales (in/into versus outside the US). So if 80% of Y’s sales were US sales, 80% of its goodwill is a US asset.

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Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Reckitt Benckiser Group, plc

Date

July 11, 2019

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

131 0036

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of Reckitt Benckiser Group, plc (66.7 KB)

Press Release

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc to Pay $50 Million to Consumers, Settling FTC Charges that the Company Illegally Maintained a Monopoly over the Opioid Addiction Treatment Suboxone

Date

July 11, 2019

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc has agreed to pay $50 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the antitrust laws through a deceptive scheme to thwart lower-priced generic...

Press Release

After Healthcare System Sanford Health Abandons Acquisition of North Dakota Healthcare Provider Mid Dakota Clinic, FTC Dismisses Case from Administrative Trial Process

Date

July 9, 2019

Following the decision last week of Sanford Health to abandon its proposed acquisition of Mid Dakota Clinic, the Federal Trade Commission has dismissed its case challenging the transaction through the...

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