16 CFR § 801.20 - Acquisitions subsequent to exceeding threshold.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s801.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 801.20 - Acquisitions subsequent to exceeding threshold."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "801.20"
section_name: "Acquisitions subsequent to exceeding threshold."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE HART-SCOTT-RODINO ANTITRUST IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1976"
part_number: "801"
part_name: "COVERAGE RULES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 18a(d); 15 U.S.C. 18b."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "801"
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# 801.20 Acquisitions subsequent to exceeding threshold.
Acquisitions meeting the criteria of section 7A(a), and not otherwise exempted by section 7A(c) or § 802.21 or any other of these rules, are subject to the requirements of the act even though:
(a) Earlier acquisitions of assets or voting securities may have been subject to the requirements of the act;
(b) The acquiring person's holdings initially may have met or exceeded a notification threshold before the effective date of these rules; or
(c) The acquiring person's holdings initially may have met or exceeded a notification threshold by reason of increases in market values or events other than acquisitions.
[43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978, as amended at 66 FR 8690, Feb. 1, 2001; 70 FR 4992, Jan. 31, 2005]