On January 10, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual indexing of the jurisdictional thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) pre-merger notification statute. The new thresholds will apply to all transactions that close 30 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register.

As a result of the indexing:

- The $68.2 million minimum transaction value filing threshold has

increased to $70.9 million.

- The $272.8 million transaction value, above which size-of-person tests are

inapplicable, becomes $283.6 million...

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