[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3, Parts 220 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR225.31]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 225--BANK HOLDING COMPANIES AND CHANGE IN BANK CONTROL (REGULATION Y)--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--Control and Divestiture Proceedings
 
Sec. 225.31  Control proceedings.


    (a) Preliminary determination of control. (1) The Board may issue a 
preliminary determination of control under the procedures set forth in 
this section in any case in which:
    (i) Any of the presumptions of control set forth in paragraph (d) of 
this section is present; or
    (ii) It otherwise appears that a company has the power to exercise a 
controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or other 
company.
    (2) If the Board makes a preliminary determination of control under 
this section, the Board shall send notice to the controlling company 
containing a statement of the facts upon which the preliminary 
determination is based.
    (b) Response to preliminary determination of control. Within 30 
calendar days of issuance by the Board of a preliminary determination of 
control or such longer period permitted by the Board, the company 
against whom the determination has been made shall:
    (1) Submit for the Board's approval a specific plan for the prompt 
termination of the control relationship;
    (2) File an application under subpart B or C of this regulation to 
retain the control relationship; or
    (3) Contest the preliminary determination by filing a response, 
setting forth the facts and circumstances in support of its position 
that no control exists, and, if desired, requesting a hearing or other 
proceeding.
    (c) Hearing and final determination. (1) The Board shall order a 
formal hearing or other appropriate proceeding upon the request of a 
company that contests a preliminary determination that the company has 
the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or 
policies of a bank or other company, if the Board finds that material 
facts are in dispute. The Board may also in its discretion order a 
formal hearing or other proceeding with respect to a preliminary 
determination that the company controls voting securities of the bank or 
other company under the presumptions in paragraph (d)(1) of this 
section.
    (2) At a hearing or other proceeding, any applicable presumptions 
established by paragraph (d) of this section shall be considered in 
accordance with the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Board's Rules of 
Practice for Formal Hearings (12 CFR part 263).
    (3) After considering the submissions of the company and other 
evidence, including the record of any hearing or other proceeding, the 
Board shall issue a final order determining whether the company controls 
voting securities, or has the power to exercise a controlling influence 
over the management or policies, of the bank or other company. If a 
control relationship is found, the Board may direct the company to 
terminate the control relationship or to

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file an application for the Board's approval to retain the control 
relationship under subpart B or C of this regulation.
    (d) Rebuttable presumptions of control. The following rebuttable 
presumptions shall be used in any proceeding under this section:
    (1) Control of voting securities--(i) Securities convertible into 
voting securities. A company that owns, controls, or holds securities 
that are immediately convertible, at the option of the holder or owner, 
into voting securities of a bank or other company, controls the voting 
securities.
    (ii) Option or restriction on voting securities. A company that 
enters into an agreement or understanding under which the rights of a 
holder of voting securities of a bank or other company are restricted in 
any manner controls the securities. This presumption does not apply 
where the agreement or understanding:
    (A) Is a mutual agreement among shareholders granting to each other 
a right of first refusal with respect to their shares;
    (B) Is incident to a bona fide loan transaction; or
    (C) Relates to restrictions on transferability and continues only 
for the time necessary to obtain approval from the appropriate Federal 
supervisory authority with respect to acquisition by the company of the 
securities.
    (2) Control over company--(i) Management agreement. A company that 
enters into any agreement or understanding with a bank or other company 
(other than an investment advisory agreement), such as a management 
contract, under which the first company or any of its subsidiaries 
directs or exercises significant influence over the general management 
or overall operations of the bank or other company controls the bank or 
other company.
    (ii) Shares controlled by company and associated individuals. A 
company that, together with its management officials or controlling 
shareholders (including members of the immediate families of either), 
owns, controls, or holds with power to vote 25 percent or more of the 
outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of a bank or other 
company controls the bank or other company, if the first company owns, 
controls, or holds with power to vote more than 5 percent of the 
outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of the bank or 
other company.
    (iii) Common management officials. A company that has one or more 
management officials in common with a bank or other company controls the 
bank or other company, if the first company owns, controls or holds with 
power to vote more than 5 percent of the outstanding shares of any class 
of voting securities of the bank or other company, and no other person 
controls as much as 5 percent of the outstanding shares of any class of 
voting securities of the bank or other company.
    (iv) Shares held as fiduciary. The presumptions in paragraphs (d)(2) 
(ii) and (iii) of this section do not apply if the securities are held 
by the company in a fiduciary capacity without sole discretionary 
authority to exercise the voting rights.
    (e) Presumption of non-control--(1) In any proceeding under this 
section, there is a presumption that any company that directly or 
indirectly owns, controls, or has power to vote less than 5 percent of 
the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities of a bank or 
other company does not have control over that bank or other company.
    (2) In any proceeding under this section, or judicial proceeding 
under the BHC Act, other than a proceeding in which the Board has made a 
preliminary determination that a company has the power to exercise a 
controlling influence over the management or policies of the bank or 
other company, a company may not be held to have had control over the 
bank or other company at any given time, unless that company, at the 
time in question, directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or had power 
to vote 5 percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class of 
voting securities of the bank or other company, or had already been 
found to have control on the basis of the existence of a controlling 
influence relationship.

[Reg. Y, 49 FR 818, Jan. 5, 1984, as amended at 58 FR 474, Jan. 6, 1993; 
Reg. Y, 62 FR 9338, Feb. 28, 1997]

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