[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: 12CFR221.5]

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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. 221.5  Special purpose loans to brokers and dealers.

    (a) Special purpose loans. A lender may extend and maintain purpose 
credit to brokers and dealers without regard to the limitations set 
forth in Secs. 221.3 and 221.7, if the credit is for any of the specific 
purposes and meets the conditions set forth in paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (b) Written notice. Prior to extending credit for more than a day 
under this section, the lender shall obtain and accept in good faith a 
written notice or certification from the borrower as to the purposes of 
the loan. The written notice or certification shall be evidence of 
continued eligibility for the special credit provisions until the 
borrower notifies the lender that it is no longer eligible or the lender 
has information that would cause a reasonable person to question whether 
the credit is being used for the purpose specified.
    (c) Types of special purpose credit. The types of credit that may be 
extended and maintained on a good faith basis are as follows:
    (1) Hypothecation loans. Credit secured by hypothecated customer 
securities that, according to written notice received from the broker or 
dealer, may be hypothecated by the broker or dealer under Securities and 
Exchange Commission (SEC) rules.
    (2) Temporary advances in payment-against-delivery transactions. 
Credit to finance the purchase or sale of securities for prompt 
delivery, if the credit is to be repaid upon completion of the 
transaction.
    (3) Loans for securities in transit or transfer. Credit to finance 
securities in transit or surrendered for transfer, if the credit is to 
be repaid upon completion of the transaction.
    (4) Intra-day loans. Credit to enable a broker or dealer to pay for 
securities, if the credit is to be repaid on the same day it is 
extended.
    (5) Arbitrage loans. Credit to finance proprietary or customer bona 
fide arbitrage transactions. For the purpose of this section bona fide 
arbitrage means:
    (i) Purchase or sale of a security in one market, together with an 
offsetting sale or purchase of the same security in a different market 
at nearly the same time as practicable, for the purpose of taking 
advantage of a difference in prices in the two markets; or
    (ii) Purchase of a security that is, without restriction other than 
the payment of money, exchangeable or convertible within 90 calendar 
days of the purchase into a second security, together with an offsetting 
sale of the second security at or about the same time, for the purpose 
of taking advantage of a concurrent disparity in the price of the two 
securities.
    (6) Market maker and specialist loans. Credit to a member of a 
national securities exchange or registered broker or dealer to finance 
its activities as a market maker or specialist.
    (7) Underwriter loans. Credit to a member of a national securities 
exchange or registered broker or dealer to finance its activities as an 
underwriter.
    (8) Emergency loans. Credit that is essential to meet emergency 
needs of the broker-dealer business arising from exceptional 
circumstances.
    (9) Capital contribution loans. Capital contribution loans include:
    (i) Credit that Board has exempted by order upon a finding that the 
exemption is necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the 
protection of investors, provided the Securities Investor Protection 
Corporation certifies to the Board that the exemption is appropriate; or
    (ii) Credit to a customer for the purpose of making a subordinated 
loan or capital contribution to a broker or dealer in conformity with 
the SEC's net capital rules and the rules of the broker's or dealer's 
examining authority, provided:
    (A) The customer reduces the credit by the amount of any reduction 
in the loan or contribution to the broker or dealer; and

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    (B) The credit is not used to purchase securities issued by the 
broker or dealer in a public distribution.
    (10) Credit to clearing brokers or dealers. Credit to a member of a 
national securities exchange or registered broker or dealer whose 
nonproprietary business is limited to financing and carrying the 
accounts of registered market makers.