Rules, Regulations, Statements and Interpretations Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 800

Rules, Regulations, Statements and Interpretations Under the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has extended until October 25, 1994, the time

period within which comments will be received on the proposed

amendments to the Premerger Notification and Report Form that parties

are required to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the

Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the

Department of Justice before consummating certain mergers and

acquisitions. The proposed amendments are designed to improve the

premerger notification program by requiring persons to submit certain

new and more up-to-date information and also to reduce the burden of

compliance by raising thresholds of several items consistent with the

agencies' information needs. The original request for comments was

announced in the Federal Register of June 14, 1994 (59 FR 30545) and a

Notice of Extension of Comment Period extending the comment period

until August 26, 1994, was published in the Federal Register of August

9, 1994 (59 FR 40492).

DATES: Written comments will be accepted on the proposed changes to the

Premerger Notification and Report Form on or before October 25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to both (1) the

Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, room 136, Washington, DC 20580,

and (2) the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department

of Justice, room 3214, Washington, DC 20530.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victor L. Cohen, Attorney, or John M. Sipple, Jr., Assistant Director,

Premerger Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, room 303, Federal

Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580 Telephone: (202) 326-3100.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 94-22112 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]

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