[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: 12CFR225.44]

[Page 123-124]
 
                       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 E--Change in Bank Control
 
Sec. 225.44  Reporting of stock loans.

    (a) Requirements. (1) Any foreign bank or affiliate of a foreign 
bank that has credit outstanding to any person or group of persons, in 
the aggregate, which is secured, directly or indirectly, by 25 percent 
or more of any class of voting securities of a state member bank, shall 
file a consolidated report with the appropriate Reserve Bank for the 
state member bank.
    (2) The foreign bank or its affiliate also shall file a copy of the 
report with its appropriate Federal banking agency.
    (3) Any shares of the state member bank held by the foreign bank or 
any affiliate of the foreign bank as principal must be included in the 
calculation of the number of shares in which the foreign bank or its 
affiliate has a security interest for purposes of paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (b) Definitions. For purposes of paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) Foreign bank shall have the same meaning as in section 1(b) of 
the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3101).
    (2) Credit outstanding includes any loan or extension of credit; the 
issuance of a guarantee, acceptance, or letter of credit, including an 
endorsement or standby letter of credit; and any other type of 
transaction that extends credit or financing to the person or group of 
persons.
    (3) Group of persons includes any number of persons that the foreign 
bank or any affiliate of a foreign bank has reason to believe:
    (i) Are acting together, in concert, or with one another to acquire 
or control shares of the same insured depository institution, including 
an acquisition of shares of the same depository institution at 
approximately the same time under substantially the same terms; or
    (ii) Have made, or propose to make, a joint filing under section 13 
or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78n), and 
the rules promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange 
Commission regarding ownership of the shares of the same insured 
depository institution.
    (c) Exceptions. Compliance with paragraph (a) of this section is not 
required if:

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    (1) The person or group of persons referred to in that paragraph has 
disclosed the amount borrowed and the security interest therein to the 
Board or appropriate Reserve Bank in connection with a notice filed 
under Sec. 225.41 of this subpart, or another application filed with the 
Board or Reserve Bank as a substitute for a notice under Sec. 225.41 of 
this subpart, including an application filed under section 3 of the BHC 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1842) or section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (Bank Merger Act, 12 U.S.C. 1828(c)), or an application for 
membership in the Federal Reserve System; or
    (2) The transaction involves a person or group of persons that has 
been the owner or owners of record of the stock for a period of one year 
or more; or, if the transaction involves stock issued by a newly 
chartered bank, before the bank is opened for business.
    (d) Report requirements. (1) The consolidated report shall indicate 
the number and percentage of shares securing each applicable extension 
of credit, the identity of the borrower, and the number of shares held 
as principal by the foreign bank and any affiliate thereof.
    (2) A foreign bank, or any affiliate of a foreign bank, shall file 
the consolidated report in writing within 30 days of the date on which 
the foreign bank or affiliate first believes that the security for any 
outstanding credit consists of 25 percent or more of any class of voting 
securities of a state member bank.
    (e) Other reporting requirements. A foreign bank, or any affiliate 
thereof, that is supervised by the System and is required to report 
credit outstanding that is secured by the shares of an insured 
depository institution to another Federal banking agency also shall file 
a copy of the report with the appropriate Reserve Bank.