FTC 2025 Premerger Notification Filings

Updated on: Jan 26, 2025

Latest Event


  • Jan. 2025 FTC Fed Reg
  • On Jan. 22, 2025, FTC published transaction threshold and HSR fee in federal register.
  • Revised jurisdictional threshold and filing fee schedule effective as of Feb. 21, 2025.

On Jan. 10, FTC issued updates to transaction thresholds for mergers.

  • FTC issued 2025 update to transaction thresholds for premerger notification filings.
  • Approved a revised jurisdictional and a revised filing fee schedule for the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) antitrust improvements act of 1976 (16 CFR 801) (16 CFR 803).
  • Revised Thresholds
  • FTC must revise jurisdictional thresholds annually, based on gross national product.
  • The FTC is also required to revise the related HSR filing fee schedule annually based on changes in the gross national product and in the consumer price index.
  • For 2025, size-of-transaction threshold for reporting proposed mergers, acquisitions under Sec. 7A of Clayton Act (15 USC 18a) will adjust from $119.5mn to $126.4mn.
  • Effectiveness
  • Revised jurisdictional thresholds and filing fee schedule will apply to all transactions that close on, after effective date of notice, 30 days after federal register publication.
  • Jan. 2025 FTC Fed Reg
  • On Jan. 22, 2025, FTC published transaction threshold and HSR fee in federal register.
  • Revised jurisdictional threshold and filing fee schedule effective as of Feb. 21, 2025.
Regulators
FTC
Entity Types
CNSM; Corp
Reference
90 FR 7697, 1/22/2025; PR, Nt P859910, 1/10/2025; Citation: 15 USC 18a; *16 CFR* 801, 803;
Functions
Compliance; Financial; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Treasury
Countries
United States of America
Category
State
N/A
Products
Corporate
Rule Type
Final
Regions
Am
Rule Date
Jan 10, 2025
Effective Date
Feb 21, 2025
Rule ID
239817
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Jan 22, 2025
Report Section
US Consumer