---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 801.20"
title: "16"
number: "801.20"
heading: "Acquisitions subsequent to exceeding threshold."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/801.20"
---

# §801.20. Acquisitions subsequent to exceeding threshold.


Acquisitions meeting the criteria of [section 7A(a)](/cfr/16/7A.md?p=a), and not otherwise exempted by [section 7A(c)](/cfr/16/7A.md?p=c) or [§ 802.21](/cfr/16/802.21.md) 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978, as amended at 66 FR 8690, Feb. 1, 2001; 70 FR 4992, Jan. 31, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 18a(d); 15 U.S.C. 18b.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 33537, July 31, 1978, as amended at 66 FR 8690, Feb. 1, 2001; 70 FR 4992, Jan. 31, 2005]