---
title: "Build an HSR threshold table from the deal facts"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-a-merger-notification-threshold-table-from-the-deal-facts/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A29-T1-R4-US"
practice_area: "Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build an HSR threshold table from the deal facts

> Place the deal values the lawyer supplies next to the size-of-transaction and size-of-person rows. Do not complete the HSR form.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-a-merger-notification-threshold-table-from-the-deal-facts/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Competition & Consumer Law (ACCC / ACL)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Place the deal values the lawyer supplies next to the size-of-transaction and size-of-person rows. Do not complete the HSR form. |
| What the lawyer must review | 15 U.S.C. § 18a requires both persons (or, in a tender offer, the acquiring person) to file and to wait, if the commerce test and the size test are met, unless an exemption applies. The FTC’s current-thresholds page states that the adjusted thresholds take effect on 17 February 2026: the $200 million limb is $535.5 million, the $50 million limb is $133.9 million, and the $10 million and $100 million size-of-person limbs are $26.8 million and $267.8 million. The waiting period in § 18a(b) is 30 days, or 15 days for a cash tender offer, subject to a second request. You decide whether an exemption applies. The tool does not file the form. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build a merger-notification threshold table from the deal facts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/competition-and-consumer-law/build-a-merger-notification-threshold-table-from-the-deal-facts.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Place the deal values the lawyer supplies next to the size-of-transaction and size-of-person rows. Do not complete the HSR form.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Use the thresholds in force for the closing. The figures above are the 17 February 2026 adjustment.
- Exemptions are in § 18a(c) and the rules. Do not treat a table of thresholds as a filing decision.

## Sources

- [15 U.S.C. § 18a, Premerger notification and waiting period](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/18a) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [FTC, HSR current jurisdictional thresholds (effective 17 February 2026)](https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/premerger-notification-program/current-thresholds) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [HSR filing information request list](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-hsr-information-request.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Request list for the facts used to test section 7A of the Clayton Act, with the 2026 adjusted thresholds from the FTC page. It does not restate HSR form items and it has no affidavit. |
| [HSR waiting period checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/competition-and-consumer-law/us-hsr-waiting-period-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for when the section 7A waiting period begins and ends, including early termination and the extension that was read. It does not calculate a clearance date for a filing. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*