[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 63498-63502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25336]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 CFR Parts 335 and 390

RIN 3064-AE07


Transferred OTS Regulations Regarding Securities of State Savings 
Associations

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is adopting a 
final rule to rescind and remove regulations for securities of State 
savings associations and all references thereto, and revise regulations 
for securities of nonmember insured banks, to extend their 
applicability to State savings associations. The regulations revised in 
this rule were included in the regulations that were transferred to the 
FDIC from the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) on July 21, 2011, in 
connection with the implementation of applicable provisions of Title 
III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Dodd-Frank Act). The FDIC received no comments on the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking published on April 21, 2014 and is adopting it as a 
final rule with minor technical changes. As a result, all State 
nonmember banks and State savings associations having securities 
registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange 
Act) will be subject to the disclosure and filing requirements in FDIC 
regulations.

DATES: The Final Rule is effective November 24, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Chapman, Senior Staff 
Accountant, Division of Risk Management Supervision, 202-898-8922 or 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f89c9b909988959996b89e9c919bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2d6d1dad3c2dfd3dcf2d4d6dbd19cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>; Maureen Loviglio, Senior Staff Accountant, Division 
of Risk Management Supervision, 202-898-6777 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5c8c9cad3ccc2c9cccae5c3c1ccc68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4429282b322d23282d2b0422202d276a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>; 
Mark G. Flanigan, Supervisory Counsel, Legal Division 202-898-7426 or 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e2328222f2027292f200e282a272d60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93fef5fff2fdfaf4f2fdd3f5f7faf0bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>; or Grace Pyun, Senior Attorney, Legal Division 202-
898-3609 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e483949d918aa482808d87ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8becfbf2fee5cbedefe2e8a5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Dodd-Frank Act

    The Dodd-Frank Act, signed into law on July 21, 2010, provided for 
a substantial reorganization of the regulation of State and Federal 
savings associations and their holding companies.\1\ Beginning July 21, 
2011, the transfer date established by section 311 of the Dodd-Frank 
Act,\2\ the powers, duties, and functions formerly performed by the OTS 
were divided among the FDIC, as to State savings associations, the 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (``OCC''), as to Federal 
savings associations, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (``Federal Reserve Board''), as to savings and loan holding 
companies. Section 316(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act \3\ provides the manner 
of treatment for all orders, resolutions, determinations, regulations, 
and advisory materials that had been issued, made, prescribed, or 
allowed to become effective by the OTS. The section provides that if 
such regulatory issuances were in effect on the day before the transfer 
date, they continue in effect and are enforceable by or against the 
appropriate successor agency until they are modified, terminated, set 
aside, or superseded in accordance with applicable law by such 
successor agency, by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
operation of law.
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    \1\ Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 
Pub. L. 111-203, 12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. (2010).
    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 5411.
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 5414(b).
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    Section 316(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act \4\ further directed the FDIC 
and the OCC to consult with one another and to publish a list of the 
continued OTS regulations which would be enforced by each agency. On 
June 14, 2011, the FDIC's Board of Directors (``Board'') approved a 
``List of OTS Regulations to be Enforced by the OCC and the FDIC 
Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act.'' This list was published by the FDIC and

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the OCC as a Joint Notice in the Federal Register on July 6, 2011.\5\
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    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 5414(c).
    \5\ 76 FR 39247 (July 6, 2011).
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    Although section 312(b)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Dodd-Frank Act \6\ 
granted the OCC rulemaking authority relating to both State and Federal 
savings associations, nothing in the Dodd-Frank Act affected the FDIC's 
existing authority to issue regulations under the FDI Act and other 
laws as the ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' or under similar 
statutory terminology. Section 312(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act amended 
section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,\7\ and designated 
the FDIC as the ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' for State 
savings associations. As a result, when the FDIC acts as the designated 
``appropriate Federal banking agency'' (or under similar terminology) 
for State savings associations, as it does here, the FDIC is authorized 
to issue, modify, and rescind regulations involving such associations.
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    \6\ 12 U.S.C. 5412(b)(2)(B)(i)(II).
    \7\ 12 U.S.C. 1813(q).
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    As noted, on June 14, 2011, operating pursuant to this authority, 
the Board reissued and redesignated certain regulations transferred 
from the former OTS. These transferred OTS regulations were published 
as new FDIC regulations in the Federal Register on August 5, 2011.\8\ 
When it republished the transferred OTS regulations as new FDIC 
regulations, the FDIC specifically noted that its staff would evaluate 
the transferred OTS regulations and might later recommend incorporating 
the transferred OTS regulations into other FDIC rules, amending them, 
or rescinding them, as appropriate.
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    \8\ 76 FR 47652 (August 5, 2011).
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    One of the regulations transferred to the FDIC was 12 CFR part 390 
subpart U, which covers the former OTS requirements for the disclosure 
and reporting by State savings associations with securities registered 
pursuant to section 12(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Exchange Act'').\9\
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(i).
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II. Proposed Rule

    On April 21, 2014, the FDIC published in the Federal Register a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR or Proposed Rule) regarding the 
removal of subpart U from 12 CFR part 390.\10\ As discussed in the 
Proposed Rule, section 12(i) of the Exchange Act provides the FDIC with 
the authority to administer and enforce certain enumerated sections of 
the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to State 
nonmember banks and State savings associations (collectively ``FDIC-
supervised institutions'') as the appropriate Federal banking agency 
for such institutions. In an effort to streamline FDIC regulations for 
all FDIC-supervised institutions, the NPR proposed to remove part 390 
subpart U from the Code of Federal Regulations and all references made 
therein from the FDIC rules and regulations. The FDIC also compared 
part 390 subpart U with part 335, a substantively similar FDIC 
regulation that existed before the transfer of the OTS regulations. 
Similar to Part 390 subpart U, part 335 governs the securities 
registration and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for State 
nonmember banks. Although both rules implement identical provisions of 
the Exchange Act and SEC rules, part 335 provided more detailed 
guidance than subpart U by incorporating the SEC rules with greater 
specificity. As such, the NPR also proposed to expand the scope of part 
335 to include State savings associations by inserting the term ``state 
savings associations'' where appropriate. The NPR also proposed to make 
technical changes to reflect an internal FDIC reorganization.
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    \10\ 79 FR 22063 (April 21, 2014).
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III. Comments

    The FDIC issued the NPR with a 60-day comment period, which closed 
on June 20, 2014. The FDIC received no comments, and consequently, the 
Final Rule is adopted as proposed with minor technical changes.

IV. Explanation of the Final Rule

    Under the Final Rule, 12 CFR part 335 applies to the securities of 
both State nonmember banks and State savings associations registered 
under the Exchange Act, and part 390 subpart U is removed in its 
entirety. Part 390 subpart U is substantively similar to part 335, and 
the designation of part 335 as a single authority for the securities 
registration and reporting requirements for all FDIC-supervised 
institutions will serve to streamline the FDIC's rules and eliminate 
unnecessary regulations. To that effect, the Final Rule removes and 
rescinds 12 CFR Part 390 subpart U in its entirety as well as all 
references to subpart U found in sections 390.321(b)(2) and 
390.380(a)(3) of the FDIC rules and regulations.\11\
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    \11\ Both sections are also part of the transferred OTS 
regulations pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 390.321 (part 
390 subpart R) relates to regulatory reporting standards and section 
390.380 (part 390 subpart T) relates to the form and content of 
financial statements.
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    Consistent with the Proposed Rule, the Final Rule also revises part 
335 by inserting the term ``state savings association'' where 
appropriate and retitling the heading of Part 335 as Securities of 
State Nonmember Banks and State Savings Associations. The rewording of 
``Nonmember Insured Banks'' to ``State Nonmember Banks'' reflects more 
consistent use of defined terms under section 3 of the FDI Act.\12\ 
Additionally, section 335.901, which contains the FDIC Board of 
Directors' Delegations of Authority related to part 335, is removed, 
and all references to the ``Division of Supervision and Consumer 
Protection (DSC)'' are deleted and replaced with the words ``Division 
of Risk Management Supervision (RMS)'' to reflect an internal FDIC 
reorganization.
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    \12\ 12 U.S.C. 1813(e).
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V. Regulatory Analysis and Procedure

A. The Paperwork Reduction Act

    In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), the FDIC may not conduct or 
sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The information collection 
affected by this Final Rule is Securities of Insured Nonmember Banks, 
3064-0030.\13\
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    \13\ The information collection for Securities of Insured 
Nonmember Banks, OMB No. 3064-0030, was renewed by OMB on September 
11, 2013, and now expires on September 30, 2016.
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    The Final Rule rescinds and removes from the FDIC regulations 12 
CFR part 390 subpart U. This rule also proposes to amend part 335 to 
incorporate State savings associations into the part. In the NPR, it 
was determined that the revision of part 335 to include state savings 
associations would add additional burden to the FDIC's information 
collection under OMB control number 3064-0030, Securities of Insured 
Nonmember Banks, as State savings associations would be required to 
submit the appropriate forms and financial statements to comply with 
the filing and disclosure requirements of part 335. The FDIC's burden 
estimates were updated in connection with the Proposed Rule to include 
State savings associations transferred from the OTS to the FDIC and no 
comments were received. The revised information collection is as 
follows:
    Title: Securities of State Nonmember Banks and State Savings 
Associations.
    OMB Number: 3064-0030.
    Form Numbers: 6800/03, 6800/04, 6800/05, Form 8-A, Form 8-C, Form 
8-K, Form 10, Form 10-C, Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 12b-25, Form 15, 
Form 25, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13E-

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3, Schedule 13G, Schedule 14A, Schedule 14C, Schedule 14D-1 (Schedule 
TO).
    Affected Public: Generally, any issuer of securities, reporting 
company, or shareholder of an issuer registered under the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to securities registered under 12 CFR 
part 335.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Form 6800/03--58; Form 6800/04--
297; Form 6800/05--69; Form 8-A--2 ; Form 8-C--2; Form 8-K--21; Form 
10--2; Form 10-C--1; Form 10-K--21; Form 10-Q--21, Form 12b-25--6; Form 
15--2; Form 25--2; Schedule 13D--2; Schedule 13E-3--2; Schedule 13G--2; 
Schedule 14A--21; Schedule 14C--21; Schedule 14D-1 (Schedule TO)--2.
    Estimated Time per Response: Form 6800/03--1 hour; Form 6800/04--30 
minutes; Form 6800/05--1 hour; Form 8-A--3 hours; Form 8-C--2 hours; 
Form 8-K--2 hours; Form 10--215 hours; Form 10-C--1 hour; Form 10-K--
140 hours; Form 10-Q--100 hours; Form 12b-25--3 hours; Form 15--1 
hours; Form 25--1 hours; Schedule 13D--3 hours; Schedule 13E-3--3 
hours; Schedule 13G--3 hours; Schedule 14A--40 hours; Schedule 14C--40 
hours; Schedule 14D-1 (Schedule TO)--5 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Forms 6800/05 and 10-K and Schedule 14A are 
filed annually. Form 10-Q is filed quarterly. All other forms are filed 
based on each event or transaction.
    Existing annual burden: 717 hours.
    New estimated additional annual burden: 10,829 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 11,546 hours.

B. The Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (``RFA'') generally requires an 
agency to consider whether a final rule will have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (defined in 
regulations promulgated by the Small Business Administration to include 
banking organizations with total assets of less than or equal to $550 
million).\14\ However, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not 
required if the agency certifies that the rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, 
and publishes its certification and a short explanatory statement in 
the Federal Register together with the rule.
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    \14\ 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. The U.S. Small Business Administration 
(SBA) issued an interim final rule, effective July 14, 2014, that 
raised the SBA's size thresholds for commercial banks and savings 
institutions from $500 million to $550 million. 79 FR 33647 (June 
12, 2014).
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    Part 390 subpart U was transferred from the OTS's part 563d, which 
governs the public disclosure and filing requirements of State savings 
associations that issue securities registered pursuant to the Exchange 
Act. The corresponding FDIC rule for State nonmember banks is 12 CFR 
part 335. The Final Rule removes part 390 subpart U in its entirety and 
revises part 335 to incorporate State savings associations into the 
scope of the part.
    For the purposes of the RFA analysis, savings associations with 
total assets of $550 million or less are considered ``small entities.'' 
Additionally, the Exchange Act exempts an issuer of securities from the 
registration and reporting requirements of the Act if it does not meet 
the statutory registration threshold under section 12(g) of the 
Exchange Act unless the issuer lists its securities on a national 
exchange and is subject to registration under section 12(b) of the 
Exchange Act. Under section 12(g), a savings association that issues 
securities is subject to the Exchange Act requirements if, as of the 
last day of its last fiscal year, it has total assets of more than $10 
million and a class of equity securities (other than an exempted 
security) held of record by either 2,000 persons or 500 persons who are 
not accredited investors.\15\
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    \15\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(g)(1)(A). Based on the statutory language of 
the Exchange Act, savings associations would not fall under the 
higher registration exemption thresholds provided to banks and bank 
holding companies pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups 
Act (``JOBS Act''), which was enacted April 5, 2012.
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    Consequently, insured State savings associations that have total 
assets of $550 million or less and meet the registration threshold 
under section 12(g) are affected by this Final Rule. Based on both of 
the section 12(g) criteria, as of the current date, there is one 
insured State savings association that would be affected by the 
proposed rule out of a total universe of 54 insured State savings 
associations. The Final Rule also applies to insured State savings 
associations with securities listed on a national exchange; however, as 
of the current date, no insured State savings association has listed 
securities. Therefore, a substantial number of small entities are not 
affected.
    Additionally, part 390 subpart U and part 335 are substantively 
similar as both State nonmember banks and State savings associations 
are subject to the same provisions of the Exchange Act and the SOX Act. 
Both parts incorporate by reference the same SEC rules such that 
registered State nonmember banks and State savings associations 
currently must comply with substantially similar forms and reporting 
obligations. Therefore, there is no additional compliance burden 
imposed on registered State savings associations that would result in a 
significant economic impact on small State savings associations.
    For these reasons, the FDIC certifies that the Final Rule will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities, within the meaning of those terms as used in the RFA.

C. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    The Office of Management and Budget has determined that the Final 
Rule is not a ``major rule'' within the meaning of the Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 801 et. 
seq.

D. Plain Language

    Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Public Law 106-102, 113 
Stat. 1338, 1471, 12 U.S.C. 4809, requires each Federal banking agency 
to use plain language in all of its proposed and final rules published 
after January 1, 2000. As a Federal banking agency subject to the 
provisions of this section, the FDIC has sought to present the proposed 
rule to rescind part 390 subpart U and revise part 335 in a simple and 
straightforward manner. Although the FDIC did not receive any comments, 
the FDIC sought to present the Final Rule in a simple and 
straightforward manner.

List of Subjects

12 CFR Part 335

    Banks, banking, Savings associations, Securities.

12 CFR Part 390

    Savings associations, Securities.

Authority and Issuance

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Board of Directors of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation amends parts 335 and 390 of 
title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 335--SECURITIES OF STATE NONMEMBER BANKS AND STATE SAVINGS 
ASSOCIATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 335 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 1819; 15 U.S.C. 78j-1, 78l(i), 78m, 78n, 
78p, 78w, 5412, 5414, 5415, 7241, 7242, 7243, 7244, 7261, 7262, 
7264, and 7265.


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2. Revise the heading of part 335 to read as set forth above:

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3. In Sec.  335.101, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows:


Sec.  335.101  Scope of part, authority, and OMB control number

    (a) This part is issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (the FDIC) under section 12(i) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. 78 et seq. (the Exchange Act), and applies to 
all securities of FDIC-insured State nonmember banks (including foreign 
banks having an insured branch) and State savings associations that are 
subject to the registration requirements of section 12(b) or section 
12(g) of the Exchange Act). The FDIC is vested with the powers, 
functions, and duties of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 
to administer and enforce sections 10A(m), 12, 13, 14(a), 14(c), 14(d), 
14(f), and 16 of the Exchange Act) (15 U.S.C. 78j-1, 78l, 78m, 78n(a), 
78n(c), 78n(d), 78n(f), and 78p), and sections 302, 303, 304, 306, 
401(b), 404, 406, and 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 
7241, 7242, 7243, 7244, 7261, 7262, 7264, and 7265) regarding State 
nonmember banks and State savings associations with one or more classes 
of securities subject to the registration provisions of sections 12(b) 
or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
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4. In Sec.  335.221, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows:


Sec.  335.221  Forms for registration of securities and cross reference 
to Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure).

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    (b) The requirements for Financial Statements can generally be 
found in Regulation S-X (17 CFR part 210). Banks and State savings 
associations may also refer to the instructions for Federal Financial 
Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Consolidated Reports of 
Condition and Income when preparing unaudited interim statements. The 
requirements for Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial 
Condition and Results of Operations can be found at 17 CFR part 229. 
Additional requirements are provided at Industry Guide 3, Statistical 
Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies, which is found at 17 CFR part 
229.
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5. In Sec.  335.311, revise paragraph (b) to read as follows:


Sec.  335.311  Forms for annual, quarterly, current, and other reports 
of issuers.

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    (b) The requirements for Financial Statements can generally be 
found in Regulation S-X (17 CFR part 210). Banks and State savings 
associations may also refer to the instructions for FFIEC Consolidated 
Reports of Condition and Income when preparing unaudited interim 
reports. The requirements for Management's Discussion and Analysis of 
Financial Condition and Results of Operations can be found at 17 CFR 
part 229. Additional requirements are included in Industry Guide 3, 
Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies, which is found at 17 
CFR part 229.

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6. In Sec.  335.701, revise paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows:


Sec.  335.701  Filing requirements, public reference, and 
confidentiality.

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    (a) Filing requirements. Unless otherwise indicated in this part, 
one original and four conformed copies of all papers required to be 
filed with the FDIC under the Exchange Act or regulations thereunder 
shall be filed at its office in Washington, DC. Official filings may be 
filed electronically at https://www2.fdicconnect.gov/index.asp, except 
for FDIC Beneficial Ownership Forms 3, 4, and 5 for which electronic 
filing is mandatory as described in Sec.  335.801(b). Paper filings 
should be submitted to the FDIC's office in Washington, DC, and should 
be addressed as follows: Accounting and Securities Disclosure Section, 
Division of Risk Management Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. Material may be 
filed by delivery to the FDIC through the mails or otherwise. The date 
on which paper filings are actually received by the designated FDIC 
office shall be the date of filing.
    (b) Inspection. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this 
section, all information filed regarding a security registered with the 
FDIC will be available for inspection at the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, Accounting and Securities Disclosure Section, Division of 
Risk Management Supervision, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC. 
Beneficial ownership report forms and other official filings that are 
electronically submitted to the FDIC are available for inspection on 
the FDIC's Web site at http://www2.fdic.gov/efr/
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7. In Sec.  335.801, revise paragraphs (b)(6)(i) introductory text, 
(b)(7)(iii), (d) introductory text, and (d)(1), (e)(1), (e)(2)(i) 
introductory text, (e)(2)(ii), and (f)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  335.801  Inapplicable SEC regulations; FDIC substituted 
regulations; additional information.

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    (b) * * *
    (6) * * *
    (i) A filer may apply in writing for a continuing hardship 
exemption if all or part of a filing or group of filings otherwise 
required to be filed in electronic format cannot be so filed without 
undue burden or expense. Such written application shall be made at 
least ten business days prior to the required due date of the filing(s) 
or the proposed filing date, as appropriate, or within such shorter 
period as may be permitted. The written application shall be sent to 
the Accounting and Securities Disclosure Section, Division of Risk 
Management Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20429, and shall contain the information set 
forth in paragraph (b)(6)(ii) of this section.
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    (7) * * *
    (iii) Where the FDIC's rules require a filer to furnish a national 
securities exchange, a national securities association, a bank, or 
State savings association, paper copies of a document filed with the 
FDIC in electronic format, signatures to such paper copies may be in 
typed form.
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    (d) Indebtedness of management. Whenever this part of cross 
referenced provisions of the SEC regulations require disclosure of 
indebtedness of management, extensions of credit to specified persons 
in excess of ten (10) percent of the equity capital accounts of the 
bank or State savings association or $5 million, whichever is less, 
shall be deemed material and shall be disclosed in addition to any 
other required disclosure. The disclosure of this material indebtedness 
shall include the largest aggregate amount of indebtedness (in dollar 
amounts, and as a percentage of total equity capital accounts at the 
time), including extensions of credit or overdrafts, endorsements and 
guarantees outstanding at any time since the beginning of the bank or 
State savings association's last fiscal year, and as of the latest 
practicable date.
    (1) If aggregate extensions of credit to all specified persons as a 
group exceeded 20 percent of the equity capital accounts of the bank or 
State savings association at any time since the beginning of the last 
fiscal year, the aggregate amount of such extensions of credit shall 
also be disclosed.
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    (e) * * *
    (1) Three preliminary copies of each information statement, proxy 
statement, form of proxy, and other item of soliciting material to be 
furnished to security holders concurrently therewith, shall be filed 
with the FDIC by the bank, State savings association, or any other 
person making a solicitation subject to 12 CFR 335.401 at least ten 
calendar days (or 15 calendar days in the case of other than routine 
meetings, as defined in paragraph (e)(2) of this section) prior to the 
date such item is first sent or given to any security holders, or such 
shorter date as may be authorized.
    (2) * * *
    (i) A meeting with respect to which no one is soliciting proxies 
subject to 12 CFR 335.401 other than on behalf of the bank or State 
savings association and at which the bank or State savings association 
intends to present no matters other than:
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    (ii) The bank or State savings association does not comment upon or 
refer to a solicitation in opposition (as defined in 17 CFR 240.14a-6) 
in connection with the meeting in its proxy material.
    (f) * * *
    (2) The FDIC may, upon the written request of the bank or State 
savings association, and where consistent with the protection of 
investors, permit the omission of one or more of the statements or 
disclosures herein required, or the filing in substitution therefor of 
appropriate statements or disclosures of comparable character.
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Sec.  335.901  [Removed]

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8. Remove Sec.  335.901.

PART 390--REGULATIONS TRANSFERRED FROM THE OFFICE OF THRIFT 
SUPERVISION

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9. The authority citation for part 390 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 1819.

    Subpart B also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1818.
    Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 504; 554-557; 12 U.S.C. 
1464; 1467; 1468; 1817; 1818; 1820; 1829; 3349, 4717; 15 U.S.C. 78l; 
78o-5; 78u-2; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 5321; 42 U.S.C. 4012a.
    Subpart D also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1817; 1818; 1820; 15 
U.S.C. 78l.
    Subpart E also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1813; 1831m; 15 U.S.C. 78.
    Subpart F also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552; 559; 12 U.S.C. 2901 et 
seq.
    Subpart G also issued under 12 U.S.C. 2810 et seq., 2901 et 
seq.; 15 U.S.C. 1691; 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, 3601-3619.
    Subpart I also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1831x.
    Subpart J also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1831p-1.
    Subpart L also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1831p-1.
    Subpart M also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1818.
    Subpart N also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1821.
    Subpart O also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1828.
    Subpart P also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1470; 1831e; 1831n; 1831p-
1; 3339.
    Subpart Q also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462; 1462a; 1463; 1464.
    Subpart R also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1463; 1464; 1831m; 1831n; 
1831p-1.
    Subpart S also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462; 1462a; 1463; 1464; 
1468a; 1817; 1820; 1828; 1831e; 1831o; 1831p-1; 1881-1884; 3207; 
3339; 15 U.S.C. 78b; 78l; 78m; 78n; 78p; 78q; 78w; 31 U.S.C. 5318; 
42 U.S.C. 4106.
    Subpart T also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462a; 1463; 1464; 15 
U.S.C. 78c; 78l; 78m; 78n; 78w.
    Subpart V also issued under 12 U.S.C. 3201-3208.
    Subpart W also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462a; 1463; 1464; 15 
U.S.C. 78c; 78l; 78m; 78n; 78p; 78w.
    Subpart X also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462; 1462a; 1463; 1464; 
1828; 3331 et seq.
    Subpart Y also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1831o.
    Subpart Z also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462; 1462a; 1463; 1464; 
1828 (note).

Subpart U [Removed and Reserved]

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10. Remove and reserve part 390 subpart U consisting of Sec. Sec.  
390.390 through 390.395.
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11. In Sec.  390.321, revise paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  390.321  Regulatory reports.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) Exceptions. Regulatory reporting requirements that are not 
consistent with GAAP, if any, are not required to be reflected in the 
audited financial statements, including financial statements contained 
in securities filings submitted to the FDIC pursuant to the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 or subpart W and 12 CFR part 192.
* * * * *


Sec.  390.380  [Amended]

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12. In Sec.  390.380, remove paragraph (a)(3).

    Dated at Washington, DC, this 21st day of October, 2014.

    By order of the Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25336 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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