Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/80a-60
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U.S. Code › Title 15 › Chapter 2D › Subchapter I › § 80a–60 15 U.S. Code § 80a–60 - Capital structure
Exceptions for business development company Notwithstanding the exemption set forth in section 80a–6
(f) of this title, section 80a–18 of this title shall apply to a business development company to the same extent as if it were a registered closed-end investment company, except as follows:
The asset coverage requirements of section 80a–18
(a)(1)(A) and (B) of this title applicable to business development companies shall be 200 per centum.
Notwithstanding section 80a–18
(c) of this title, a business development company may issue more than one class of senior security representing indebtedness.
a business development company may issue warrants, options, or rights to subscribe or convert to voting securities of such company, accompanied by securities, if—
the proposal to issue such securities is authorized by the shareholders or partners of such business development company, and such issuance is approved by the required majority (as defined in section 80a–56
(o) of this title) of the directors of or general partners in such company on the basis that such issuance is in the best interests of such company and its shareholders or partners;
a business development company may issue, to its directors, officers, employees, and general partners, warrants, options, and rights to purchase voting securities of such company pursuant to an executive compensation plan, if—
in the case of warrants, options, or rights issued to any officer or employee of such business development company (including any officer or employee who is also a director of such company), such securities satisfy the conditions in clauses (i), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A); or (II)
in the case of warrants, options, or rights issued to any director of such business development company who is not also an officer or employee of such company, or to any general partner in such company, the proposal to issue such securities satisfies the conditions in clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A), is authorized by the shareholders or partners of such company, and is approved by order of the Commission, upon application, on the basis that the terms of the proposal are fair and reasonable and do not involve overreaching of such company or its shareholders or partners;
no investment adviser of such business development company receives any compensation described in section 80b–5
(a)(1) of this title, except to the extent permitted by paragraph (1) or (2) of section 80b–5
such business development company does not have a profit-sharing plan described in section 80a–56
a business development company may issue warrants, options, or rights to subscribe to, convert to, or purchase voting securities not accompanied by securities, if—
the proposal to issue such warrants, options, or rights is authorized by the shareholders or partners of such business development company, and such issuance is approved by the required majority (as defined in section 80a–56
(o) of this title) of the directors of or general partners in such company on the basis that such issuance is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders or partners.
For purposes of measuring the asset coverage requirements of section 80a–18
(a) of this title, a senior security created by the guarantee by a business development company of indebtedness issued by another company shall be the amount of the maximum potential liability less the fair market value of the net unencumbered assets (plus the indebtedness which has been guaranteed) available in the borrowing company whose debts have been guaranteed, except that a guarantee issued by a business development company of indebtedness issued by a company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the business development company and is licensed as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 [15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.] shall not be deemed to be a senior security of such business development company for purposes of section 80a–18
(a) of this title if the amount of the indebtedness at the time of its issuance by the borrowing company is itself taken fully into account as a liability by such business development company, as if it were issued by such business development company, in determining whether such business development company, at that time, satisfies the asset coverage requirements of section 80a–18
Compliance A business development company shall comply with the provisions of this section at the time it becomes subject to sections 80a–54 through 80a–64 of this title, as if it were issuing a security of each class which it has outstanding at such time.
(Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, title I, § 61, as added Pub. L. 96–477, title I, § 105,Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2286; amended Pub. L. 104–290, title V, § 506,Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3446; Pub. L. 111–203, title IX, § 985(d)(5),July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1934.)
The Small Business Investment Act of 1958, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is Pub. L. 85–699, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 689), as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 14B (§ 661 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 661 of this title and Tables.
2010—Subsec. (a)(3)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 111–203substituted “section 80b–5
(a)(1) of this title” for “paragraph (1) of section 80b–5 of this title” and “paragraph (1) or (2) of section 80b–5
(b) of this title” for “clause (A) or (B) of that section”.
1996—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–290, § 506(1), substituted a period for “if such business development company does not have outstanding any publicly held indebtedness, and all such securities of each class are—
Subsec. (a)(3)(A). Pub. L. 104–290, § 506(2)(A), (B), inserted “accompanied by securities,” after “of such company,” and struck out “senior securities representing indebtedness accompanied by” before “warrants, options, or rights”.
Subsec. (a)(3)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 104–290, § 506(2)(C), struck out “senior” before “securities”.
Subsec. (a)(3)(C). Pub. L. 104–290, § 506(3), added subpar. (C).