[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR107.590]

[Page 48]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
                CHAPTER I--SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 107_SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart E_Managing the Operations of a Licensee
 
Sec. 107.590  Licensee's requirement to maintain active operations.

    (a) Activity test. You must conduct active operations, as determined 
under this Sec. 107.590, as a condition of your license. You will be 
considered active if:
    (1) During the eighteen months preceding your most recent fiscal 
year end, you made Financings totaling at least 20 percent of your 
Regulatory Capital; or
    (2) Your idle funds did not exceed 20 percent of your total assets 
(at cost) at your most recent fiscal year end.
    (b) Permitted exceptions to activity requirements. You are 
considered active if your failure to meet the requirements in paragraph 
(a) of this section is the result of one or more of the following 
factors:
    (1) Your excess idle funds are the result of the receipt, within the 
previous nine months, of realized gains, repayments, additional capital 
contributions, or Leverage.
    (2) It is necessary for you to maintain excess idle funds to conduct 
your operations because:
    (i) Your unfunded commitments from investors are no more than 20 
percent of your Regulatory Capital; and
    (ii) You cannot receive additional Leverage, solely because SBA has 
insufficient funds available.
    (3) You have not made sufficient Financings because of a lack of 
available funds, evidenced by Loans and Investments (at cost) equal to 
at least 90 percent of your Combined Capital as of your most recent 
fiscal year end.
    (4) You have not made sufficient Financings solely because SBA has 
restricted your ability to make investments.
    (c) Applicability of activity requirements. The activity 
requirements in paragraph (a) of this section do not apply if you have 
filed a ``Wind-up Plan'' approved by SBA. ``Wind-up Plan'' means a plan 
that you prepare when you decide that you will no longer make any 
Financings other than follow-on investments, and that you update 
annually when you file your SBA Form 468. The plan must contain your 
best estimates of the following:
    (1) The remaining number of years you expect to operate.
    (2) For each of your Loans and Investments, the expected liquidation 
date and anticipated proceeds.
    (3) The timing of your repayment of obligations to SBA.
    (4) The timing and amount of any planned reductions in your 
Management Expenses.
    (d) Phase-in of activity requirements. (1) General rule. You must 
meet the activity requirements in this Sec. 107.590 as of the end of 
your first full fiscal year beginning after January 31, 1996. Until 
then, you will be considered active if you meet the activity 
requirements in effect on January 30, 1996.
    (2) Rule for new Licensees. If you received your license after 
January 31, 1996, or if you received your license less than eighteen 
months before the fiscal year end determined under paragraph (d)(1) of 
this section, you must meet the activity requirements in this Sec. 
107.590 as of the end of your second full fiscal year beginning after 
the date you received your license.

[[Page 49]]