Appendix 3. Clayton Act

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APPENDIX 3

CLAYTON ACT

Section 3. Sale, Etc., on Agreement Not to Use Goods of Competitor

It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the

course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of

goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities,

whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale within

the United States or any Territory thereof or the District of Columbia or

any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United

States, or fix a price charged therefore, or discount from, or rebate upon,

such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee

or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares,

merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities of a competitor

or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale,

or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or understanding may

be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any

line of commerce. [15 U.S.C. § 14]

Section 7. Acquisition By One Corporation of Stock of Another

No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting

commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of

the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction

of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of

the assets of another person engaged also in commerce or in any activity

affecting commerce, where in any line of commerce or in any activity

affecting commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such

acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to

create a monopoly.

No person shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part

of the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the

jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or

any part of the assets of one or more persons engaged in commerce or in