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International merger control: Jan–Feb 2022—threshold changes (US, Canada, Argentina, Nicaragua, Israel), Ireland’s ECN+ Bill boosting CCPC powers, gun-jumping fines, other developments and FDI resources

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This month brought the annual updates to merger control thresholds in the US, Canada, Argentina and Nicaragua, together with the publication of the Competition (Amendment) Bill in Ireland and revised merger regulations in Israel.

United States—revised thresholds announced

The Federal Trade Commission has announced updated notification thresholds under the HSR Act merger control regime in the United States. In summary, a filing is required if either:

  • the ‘size of transaction’ (ie the value of voting securities or assets to be held) is above US$101m (up from US$94.0m) and the ‘size of person’ thresholds are satisfied (ie one party’s worldwide turnover or assets is at least US$202m (up from US$188m) and another party’s worldwide turnover or assets is at least US$20.2m (up from US$18.8m)); or
  • the ‘size of transaction’ (ie the value of voting securities or assets to be held) exceeds US$403.9m (up from US$376m) irrespective of the ‘size of person’.

The new thresholds will apply from 23 February 2022. In addition, the filing fee thresholds have been updated. For 2022, the filing-fee tiers are:

  • $45,000 for transactions valued at less than $20m
  • $125,000 for transactions valued from $202m to $1.009bn
  • $280,000 for transactions...
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