[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: 12CFR221.4]

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                       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. 221.4  Employee stock option, purchase, and ownership plans.

    (a) Plan-lender; eligible plan. (1) Plan-lender means any 
corporation, (including a wholly-owned subsidiary, or a lender that is a 
thrift organization whose membership is limited to employees and former 
employees of the corporation, its subsidiaries or affiliates) that 
extends or maintains credit to finance the acquisition of margin stock 
of the corporation, its subsidiaries or affiliates under an eligible 
plan.
    (2) Eligible plan. An eligible plan means any employee stock option, 
purchase, or ownership plan adopted by a corporation and approved by its 
stockholders that provides for the purchase of margin stock of the 
corporation, its subsidiaries, or affiliates.
    (b) Credit to exercise rights under or finance an eligible plan. (1) 
If a plan-lender extends or maintains credit under an eligible plan, any 
margin stock that directly or indirectly secured that credit shall have 
good faith loan value.
    (2) Credit extended under this section shall be treated separately 
from credit extended under any other section of this part except 
Sec. 221.3(b)(1) and (b)(3).

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    (c) Credit to ESOPs. A nonbank lender may extend and maintain 
purpose credit without regard to the provisions of this part, except for 
Sec. 221.3(b)(1) and (b)(3), if such credit is extended to an employee 
stock ownership plan (ESOP) qualified under section 401 of the Internal 
Revenue Code, as amended (26 U.S.C. 401).