Table IV
Fiscal Year 1997 1/
Investigations in which Second Requests Were Issued
    Second Request Investigations as a Percentage of: 3/
Investigations in which Second Requests Were Issued3/  

Total Number of Transactions4/

Transactions in Each Transaction Range Group7/ Total Number of Second Request Investigations3/

Transaction Range
( $Millions)

FTC DOJ Total FTC DOJ Total FTC DOJ Total FTC DOJ Total
LESS THAN 15 2 0 2 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 1.2% 0.0% 1.2% 1.6% 0.0% 1.6%
15 UP TO 25 3 4 7 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 1.0% 2.5% 3.3% 5.7%
25 UP TO 50 2 16 18 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.2% 2.0% 1.6% 13.1% 14.8%
50 UP TO 100 3 13 16 0.1% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 2.5% 10.7% 13.1%
100 UP TO 150 1 4 5 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 1.5% 1.8% 0.8% 3.3% 4.1%
150 UP TO 200 3 4 7 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 1.8% 2.4% 4.2% 2.5% 3.3% 5.7%
200 UP TO 300 4 9 13 0.1% 0.3% 0.4% 2.2% 2.2% 7.2% 3.3% 7.4% 10.7%
300 UP TO 500 11 12 23 0.3% 0.3% 0.7% 6.1% 6.7% 12.8% 9.0% 9.8% 18.9%
500 UP TO 1000 5 4 9 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% 3.8% 3.0% 6.8% 4.1% 3.3% 7.4%
1000 AND UP 11 11 22 0.3% 0.3% 0.6% 7.6% 7.6% 15.3% 9.0% 9.0% 18.0%
ALL TRANSACTIONS 45 77 122 1.3% 2.2% 3.5% 1.3% 2.2% 3.5% 36.9% 63.1% 100.0%