Average Length of Second Request Investigation when No Case was Filed and Percentage of HSRs Resulting in Preliminary Investigations

Average Length of Second Request Investigation when No Case was Filed (by Number of Days)

Fiscal Year (FY)

FY 2001 - 248
FY 2002 - 165
FY 2003 - 138
FY 2004 - 149
FY 2005 - 115
FY 2006* - 91

Percentage of HSRs Resulting in Preliminary Investigations

Fiscal Year (FY)

FY 2001 - 4.5%
FY 2002 - 6.5%
FY 2003 - 6.9%
FY 2004 - 5.2%
FY 2005 - 5.3%
FY 2006* - 3.6%

*through 2/7/06