[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR221.109]

[Page 44]
 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 221--CREDIT BY BANKS AND PERSONS OTHER THAN BROKERS OR DEALERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING OR CARRYING MARGIN STOCK (REGULATION U)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 221.109  Loan to open-end investment company.

    In response to a question regarding a possible loan by a bank to an 
open-end investment company that customarily purchases stocks registered 
on a national securities exchange, the Board stated that in view of the 
general nature and operations of such a company, any loan by a bank to 
such a company should be presumed to be subject to this part as a loan 
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. This would not 
be altered by the fact that the open-end company had used, or proposed 
to use, its own funds or proceeds of the loan to redeem some of its own 
shares, since mere application of the proceeds of a loan to some other 
use cannot prevent the ultimate purpose of a loan from being to purchase 
or carry registered stocks.