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Date
Rule
15 USC 18(a)(c)(6) 7A(c)(6)
Staff
Michael Verne
Response/Comments
No. The only applicability of 7A(c)(6) to transactions requiring FCC approval was to mergers, consolidations and control acquisitions by telephone and telegraph companies (47 USC 221(a)). The old editions of the Axxin Fogg treatise discuss this in the Exemptions section. That provision was subsequently repealed in 1996 (Pub. L. 104-104, title VI, Sec. 601(b)(2), Feb. 8, 1996, 110 Stat. 143).

Question

From:(redacted)

Sent:Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:24 PM

To:Verne, B. Michael

Subject:7A(c)6 question

Hi, Mike - Is a transaction which requires FCCapproval exempt from HSR reporting pursuant to 7A(c) (6)(provided the paperworkrequired by this section is filed with the FTC and AAG)? I can give a call if it'seasier.

Thanks,

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