Clark D S
Fed Regist. 1998 Oct 13;63(197):54713-6.
The Premerger Notification Office ("PNO") of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), is adopting a Formal Interpretation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which requires certain persons planning certain mergers, consolidations, or other acquisitions to report information about the proposed transactions to the FTC and DOJ. The Interpretation concerns the reportability of certain transactions involving a Limited Liability Company ("LLC"), a relatively new form of entity authorized by state statutes. Under the Interpretation, the formation of an LLC will be reportable if it will unite two or more pre-existing businesses under common control. Similarly, acquisitions of existing LLC membership interests will be reportable if they would have the effect of uniting two or more pre-existing businesses under common control.
联邦贸易委员会（“FTC”）的合并前通知办公室（“PNO”），在负责美国司法部（“DOJ”）反托拉斯司的助理总检察长同意下，正在对《哈特-斯科特-罗迪诺法案》进行正式解释。该法案要求某些计划进行特定合并、整合或其他收购的人向FTC和DOJ报告有关拟议交易的信息。该解释涉及某些涉及有限责任公司（“LLC”）的交易的可报告性，有限责任公司是一种由州法规授权的相对较新的实体形式。根据该解释，如果有限责任公司的组建将使两个或更多先前存在的企业在共同控制下合并，则该组建将是可报告的。同样，如果收购现有有限责任公司的成员权益会导致两个或更多先前存在的企业在共同控制下合并，则该收购也将是可报告的。
