Informal interpretations provide guidance from previous staff interpretations on the applicability of the HSR rules to specific fact situations. You should not rely on them as a substitute for reading the Act and the Rules themselves. These materials do not, and are not intended to, constitute legal advice.
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801.1
Yes, this should be analyzed as A acquiring assets from B and B acquiring assets from A.
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801.13, 801.9
As you know, acquisitions that are part of the same transaction must be aggregated. While we do not have all of the facts, memorializing the acquisitions into a single document indicates that they...
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801.1, 802.30
The parties must assess how many Acquired Persons there are. For HSR purposes, the Acquiring Person will have a separate transaction with each Acquired Person and each must be evaluated separately for...
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803.2
A husband, wife and minor children are one person for purposes of filing, whether as the Acquiring Person (which is the UPE) or the Acquired Person/UPE. You need only list one name as the UPE in Item...
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801.30
Please respond to Items 5, 7, and 8 based upon the acquiring person’s knowledge or belief. Once the target’s filing is received, we may follow up for additional information. For Item 2, please provide...
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Item 6
We agree that only current holdings need to be reported.
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801.1
Since Ms. A has the right to remove and replace the trustees of Trust A, she controls Trust A and all of the assets and entities within it. Therefore, Ms. A has the right to 50% of the profits of LLC...
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801.13, 801.14
Prior controlling acquisitions of entities (rather than assets) from the same UPE do not need to be aggregated unless the acquisitions were part of the same transaction (e.g., the acquisitions were...
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801.1
No filing is required because control has already been conferred.
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802.1, 802.5
The acquisition of the advisor would only be exempt if the advisor only provides services to REITs within the same Person. If that is not assured, we recommend filing.
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802.2(g)
We agree your analysis, except for water rights. If they are being separately acquired (i.e., the rights need not run with the land and are separately acquired), then 802.2(g) would not apply. “Assets...
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802.63, 801.10
We agree that the real property and equipment that is subject to the lease financing would be exempt under 802.63. However, any assets that are not subject to the lease financing and are not otherwise...
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801.1
What you suggest is fine.
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801.11, Item 4(b)
If these are how the financials are made in ordinary course, then this is fine. Yes, you can stipulate that the UPE meets the SOP test. Yes, each UPE can submit its own form.
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801.1
We agree with your analysis.
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7A(c)(10)
We agree that 7A(c)(10) applies to Investor 1.
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Item 4
Yes, you may redact under the circumstances described.
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802.50
We agree with your conclusion.
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802.2
As long as the leased property is not adjacent to or used in conjunction with real property that is not unproductive real property and is included in the acquisition, we agree.
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