Exemption Rules

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[6750-01] Title 16— Commercial Practices CHAPTER I— FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SUBCHAPTER H—RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE HART-SCOTT-RODINO ANTITRUST IM­ PROVEMENTS ACT OF 1976 PART 801— COVERAGE RULES PART 802— EXEMPTION RULES PART 803— TRANSMITTAL RULES Premerger Notification;

Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements; Corrections AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. ACTION: Final rules corrections. SUMMARY: The Commission’s rules on premerger notification, reporting 1 The Board explained its purposes in order 70-7-117, July 23,1970. FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 43, NO. 158—TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1978

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36054 and waiting period requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 were pub­ lished in the F ederal R egister of July 31, 1978 at page 33450. The appendix to the rules, the Antitrust Improve­ ments Act notification and report form for certain mergers and acquisi­ tions, was republished in the F ederal R egister of August 4, 1978, at page 34443. The Commission corrects both documents because they contain cer­ tain typographical and other errors which may tend to mislead or confuse the reader.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 1978.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Malcolm R. Pfunder, Associate Di­ rector for Premerger Notification, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Federal Trade Commission, Wash­ ington, D.C. 20580, telephone 202- 523-3894.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 78-20466 appearing in part II at page 33450 of the F ederal R egis­ ter of July 31, 1978, and at page 34443 of the F ederal R egister of August 4, 1978, certain typographical and other errors may tend to mislead or other­ wise confuse the reader. These errors are corrected and are printed below. The corrections in the F ederal R eg­ ister of July 31, 1978, beginning at page 33450 follow:

1. On page 33450, in column 2, on line 45 the dollar figure is corrected to read "$100,000,000.”

2. On page 33452, in column 3, on line 34, the Federal Reports Act cita­ tion is corrected to read “44 U.S.C. 3512”, and on line 46, the F ederal R egister page number is corrected to read “33450”.

3. On page 33453, in column 2, on line 35, the rule citation is corrected to read “§ 801.1(c).”

4. On page 33457, in column 1, on line 14, the rules citation is corrected to read “Section 801.1(b);” in column 2, on line 41, the word “from” is insert­ ed after the third word. 5. On page 33462, in column 2, on line 51, the rules citation is corrected to read “§ 801.32;” in column 3, on line 39 the year is corrected to read “1976.” 6. On page 33463, in column 2, on line 29 and in column 3, on line 9, the rules citations are corrected to read “801.1(f)(3).”

7. On page 33464, in column 3, on line 46, the statutory citation is cor­ rected to read “section 7A (a)(1) and (a)(2).”

8. On page 33465, in column 2, on line 46, the rules citation is corrected to read “Section 801.1(1X1).” 9. On page 33485, in column 1, on line 65 the last word is corrected to read “an.”

RULES AND REGULATIONS 10. On page 33489, in column 1, on line 41, the rules citation is corrected to read “§ 802.6,”.

11. On page 33498, in column 1, on line 66, the rule citation is corrected to read “§801.1(i)(2).”

12. On page 33524, in column 3, on line 13, the citation is corrected to read “14D-1.”

13. On page 33535, in column 2, on lines 26 and 27 and in column 3 on lines 6 and 7, the comment period dates are corrected to read “Dec. 20, 1976-Feb. 18, 1977;” in column 3, on line 68 the comment date is corrected to read “1-11-77,” and on line 89, the comment date is corrected to read “2- 15-77.”

14. On page 33536, in column 1, on lines 6 and 7 and in column 2, on lines 6 and 7, the comment period dates are corrected to read “Dec. 20, 1976-Feb. 18, 1977;” in column 3, on lines 49 and 78, the numbers at the end of the lines are deleted; on line 50, the comment number “1033” is inserted, and on line 79, the comment number “1049” is in­ serted.

15. On page 33537, in column 3, line 5 is corrected to read “§ 801.32 Conver­ sion an acquisition.”

16. On page 33539, in column 3, on line 18, the third word is corrected to read “any.”

17. On page 33541, in column 1, on line 8, and on line 64, the semicolons and the words “and” are deleted. 18. On page 33543, in column 1, on line 13 the first word is corrected to read “than.”

19. On page 33545, in column 3, on line 61, the third word is corrected to read “20th,” on line 64, the fourth word and on line 74, the second word is corrected to read “30th.” 20. On page 33548, in column 1 on line 49, the citation is corrected to read “Sec. 7A(d),” and on line 50, the citation is corrected to read “15 U.S.C. 18A(d)”.

21. On page 33549, in column 3, on line 34, the sixth word is corrected to read “30th.”

22. On page 33550, in column 1, a second example to 803.10(c) was de­ leted. That example is inserted and follows:

2. In an acquisition other than a tender offer, assume that requests for additional information are issued to both the acquiring and acquired persons on the 26th day of the waiting period. One person submits the ad­ ditional information on the 35th day, while the other responds on the 44th day. Under this section, the waiting period expires twenty days following the last receipt of ad­ ditional information, that is, it expires on the 64th day.

The corrections in the F ederal R eg­ ister of August 4, 1978, beginning at page 34443 follow:

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On page 34445, item 2, parts (a) through (d)(ii) are out of sequence and should appear after item 1(f) and before item 2(e).

2. On page 34447, the number “3” was deleted from the beginning of item 3 ahd is corrected to read: “3 Holdings of acquiring persons.” 3. On page 34448, line 8 of item 5(b)(ii) is corrected to read: “Dollar revenues derived in 1972 by entities or assets acquired since that tim e. . . ”

Dated: August 7,1978.

Carol M. T homas, Secretary.

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