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31 CFR 30.15 - Q-15: What actions are necessary for a TARP recipient to comply with certification requirements of section 111(b)(4) of EESA? | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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Q-15: What actions are necessary for a
TARP recipient to comply with certification
requirements of section 111(b)(4) of
EESA?
Requirements—(1) General. To
comply with section 111(b)(4) of EESA, the PEO and
the PFO of the TARP recipient must provide the
following certifications with respect to the
compliance of the TARP recipient with section 111
of EESA as implemented under this part:
Certification. (i) Within ninety days of the
completion of the first annual fiscal year of the
TARP recipient any portion of which is a TARP
period, the PEO and the PFO of the TARP recipient
must provide certifications similar to the model
provided in appendix A to this section.
If the first annual fiscal year of a TARP
recipient any portion of which is a TARP period
ends within thirty days after the closing date of
the applicable agreement between the TARP
recipient and Treasury, the TARP recipient shall
have an additional sixty days beginning on the day
after the end of the fiscal year during which it
can establish the compensation committee, if not
already established, and during which the
compensation committee shall meet with senior risk
officers to discuss, review, and evaluate the SEO
compensation plans and employee compensation plans
in accordance with § 30.4 (Q-4) of this part. The
certifications of the PEO and the PFO of the TARP
recipient must be amended to reflect the timing of
the establishment and reviews of the compensation
Years Following First Fiscal Year
Certification. Within ninety days of the
completion of each TARP fiscal year of the TARP
recipient after the first TARP fiscal year, the
PEO and the PFO of the TARP recipient must provide
a certification similar to the model provided in
Appendix B to this section.
A TARP recipient
with securities registered with the SEC pursuant
to the Federal securities law must provide these
certifications as an exhibit (pursuant to Item
601(b)(99)(i) of Regulation S-K under the Federal
securities laws (17 CFR 229.601(b)(99)(i)) to the
TARP recipient's annual report on Form 10-K and to
Treasury. To the extent that the PEO or the PFO of
the TARP recipient is unable to provide any of
these certifications in a timely manner, the PEO
or the PFO must provide Treasury an explanation of
the reason such certification has not been
provided. These certifications are in addition to
the compensation committee certifications required
by § 30.5 (Q-5) of this part.
Application to private TARP
recipients. The rules provided in this section
are also applicable to TARP recipients that do not
have securities registered with the SEC pursuant
to the Federal securities laws, except that the
certifications under Appendix A, paragraph (x) and
Appendix B, paragraph (x) of this section are not
required for such TARP recipients. A private TARP
recipient must provide these certifications to its
primary regulatory agency and to Treasury.
Application to TARP recipients
that have never had an obligation. For those
TARP recipients that have never had an obligation,
the PEO and PFO must provide the certifications
pursuant to this paragraph (a) only with respect
to the requirements applicable to a TARP recipient
that has never had an obligation (generally
certain compensation committee reviews of employee
compensation plans and the issuance of, and
compliance with, an excessive or luxury expenses
The TARP recipient must preserve appropriate
documentation and records to substantiate each
certification required under paragraph (a) of this
section for a period of not less than six years
after the date of the certification, the first two
years in an easily accessible place. The TARP
recipient must furnish promptly to Treasury
legible, true, complete, and current copies of the
documentation and records that are required to be
preserved under paragraph (b) of this section that
are requested by any representative of
Penalties for making or providing
false or fraudulent Statements. Any individual
or entity that provides information or makes a
certification to Treasury pursuant to the Interim
Final Rule or as required pursuant to 31 CFR Part
30 may be subject to 18 U.S.C. 1001, which
generally prohibits the making of any false or
fraudulent statement in a matter within the
jurisdiction of the Federal government. Upon
receipt of information indicating that any
individual or entity has violated any provision of
title 18 of the U.S. Code or other provision of
Federal law, Treasury shall refer such information
to the Department of Justice and the Special
Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief
[74 FR 28405, June 15, 2009, as amended at
74 FR 63992, Dec. 7, 2009]
Certification Requirements - (1)
General. To comply with section 111(b)(4) of EESA, the PEO and the PFO of the TARP recipient must provide the following certifications with respect to the compliance of the TARP recipient with section 111 of EESA as implemented under this part:
First Fiscal Year Certification.
(i) Within ninety days of the completion of the first annual fiscal year of the TARP recipient any portion of which is a TARP period, the PEO and the PFO of the TARP recipient must provide certifications similar to the model provided in appendix A to this section.
(ii) If the first annual fiscal year of a TARP recipient any portion of which is a TARP period ends within thirty days after the closing date of the applicable agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury, the TARP recipient shall have an additional sixty days beginning on the day after the end of the fiscal year during which it can establish the compensation committee, if not already established, and during which the compensation committee shall meet with senior risk officers to discuss, review, and evaluate the SEO compensation plans and employee compensation plans in accordance with § 30.4 (Q-4) of this part. The certifications of the PEO and the PFO of the TARP recipient must be amended to reflect the timing of the establishment and reviews of the compensation committee.
Years Following First Fiscal Year Certification. Within ninety days of the completion of each TARP fiscal year of the TARP recipient after the first TARP fiscal year, the PEO and the PFO of the TARP recipient must provide a certification similar to the model provided in Appendix B to this section.
Location. A TARP recipient with securities registered with the SEC pursuant to the Federal securities law must provide these certifications as an exhibit (pursuant to Item 601(b)(99)(i) of Regulation S-K under the Federal securities laws (17 CFR 229.601(b)(99)(i)) to the TARP recipient's annual report on Form 10-K and to Treasury. To the extent that the PEO or the PFO of the TARP recipient is unable to provide any of these certifications in a timely manner, the PEO or the PFO must provide Treasury an explanation of the reason such certification has not been provided. These certifications are in addition to the compensation committee certifications required by § 30.5 (Q-5) of this part.
Application to private TARP recipients. The rules provided in this section are also applicable to TARP recipients that do not have securities registered with the SEC pursuant to the Federal securities laws, except that the certifications under Appendix A, paragraph (x) and Appendix B, paragraph (x) of this section are not required for such TARP recipients. A private TARP recipient must provide these certifications to its primary regulatory agency and to Treasury.
Application to TARP recipients that have never had an obligation. For those TARP recipients that have never had an obligation, the PEO and PFO must provide the certifications pursuant to this paragraph (a) only with respect to the requirements applicable to a TARP recipient that has never had an obligation (generally certain compensation committee reviews of employee compensation plans and the issuance of, and compliance with, an excessive or luxury expenses policy).
Recordkeeping requirements. The TARP recipient must preserve appropriate documentation and records to substantiate each certification required under paragraph (a) of this section for a period of not less than six years after the date of the certification, the first two years in an easily accessible place. The TARP recipient must furnish promptly to Treasury legible, true, complete, and current copies of the documentation and records that are required to be preserved under paragraph (b) of this section that are requested by any representative of Treasury.
Penalties for making or providing false or fraudulent Statements. Any individual or entity that provides information or makes a certification to Treasury pursuant to the Interim Final Rule or as required pursuant to 31 CFR Part 30 may be subject to 18 U.S.C. 1001, which generally prohibits the making of any false or fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Federal government. Upon receipt of information indicating that any individual or entity has violated any provision of title 18 of the U.S. Code or other provision of Federal law, Treasury shall refer such information to the Department of Justice and the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Appendix A to § 30.15 - Model Certification for First Fiscal Year Certification
“I, [identify certifying individual], certify, based on my knowledge, that:
(iv) The compensation committee of [identify TARP recipient] will certify to the reviews of the SEO compensation plans and employee compensation plans required under (i) and (iii) above;
(v) The compensation committee of [identify TARP recipient] will provide a narrative description of how it limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that included a TARP period the features in
(A) SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of [identify TARP recipient];
(B) Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose [identify TARP recipient] to risks; and
(C) Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of [identify TARP recipient] to enhance the compensation of an employee;
(vi) [Identify TARP recipient] has required that bonus payments, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA (bonus payments), of the SEOs and twenty next most highly compensated employees be subject to a recovery or “clawback” provision during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period if the bonus payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria;
(vii) [Identify TARP recipient] has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to an SEO or any of the next five most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient's fiscal year containing that date;
(viii) [Identify TARP recipient] has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance with section 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance established thereunder during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient's fiscal year containing that date, [for recipients of exceptional assistance: and has received or is in the process of receiving approvals from the Office of the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation for compensation payments and structures as required under the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, and has not made any payments inconsistent with those approved payments and structures];
(ix) The board of directors of [identify TARP recipient] has established an excessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, by the later of September 14, 2009, or ninety days after the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury; this policy has been provided to Treasury and its primary regulatory agency; [identify TARP recipient] and its employees have complied with this policy during the applicable period; and any expenses that, pursuant to this policy, required approval of the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an SEO, or an executive officer with a similar level of responsibility were properly approved;
(x) [Identify TARP recipient] will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable Federal securities rules and regulations on the disclosures provided under the Federal securities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient's fiscal year containing that date;
(xii) [Identify TARP recipient] will disclose whether [identify TARP recipient], the board of directors of [identify TARP recipient], or the compensation committee of [TARP recipient] has engaged during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient's fiscal year containing that date, a compensation consultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during this period;
(xiii) [Identify TARP recipient] has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient's fiscal year containing that date;
(xiv) [Identify TARP recipient] has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between [identify TARP recipient] and Treasury, including any amendments;
(xv) [Identify TARP recipient] has submitted to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and the twenty next most highly compensated employees for the current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal year, with the non-SEOs ranked in descending order of level of annual compensation, and with the name, title, and employer of each SEO and most highly compensated employee identified; and[.
(xvi) I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in connection with this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. (See, for example, 18 U.S.C. 1001.)”
Appendix B to § 30.15 - Model Certification for Years Following First Fiscal Year Certification
(i) The compensation committee of [identify TARP recipient] has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at least every six months during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period, senior executive officer (SEO) compensation plans and employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to [identify TARP recipient];
(v) The compensation committee of [identify TARP recipient] will provide a narrative description of how it limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period the features in
(vi) [Identify TARP recipient] has required that bonus payments to SEOs or any of the next twenty most highly compensated employees, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA (bonus payments), be subject to a recovery or “clawback” provision during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period if the bonus payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria;
(vii) [Identify TARP recipient] has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to a SEO or any of the next five most highly compensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(viii) [Identify TARP recipient] has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance with section 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance established thereunder during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period [for recipients of exceptional assistance] and has received or is in the process of receiving approvals from the Office of the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation for compensation payments and structures as required under the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, and has not made any payments inconsistent with those approved payments and structures;
(x) [Identify TARP recipient] will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable Federal securities rules and regulations on the disclosures provided under the Federal securities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(xii) [Identify TARP recipient] will disclose whether [identify TARP recipient], the board of directors of [identify TARP recipient], or the compensation committee of [identify TARP recipient] has engaged during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period a compensation consultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during this period;
(xiii) [Identify TARP recipient] has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highly compensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;
(xvi) I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in connection with this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. (See, for example 18 U.S.C. 1001.)”
[74 FR 28405, June 15, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 63992, Dec. 7, 2009]
Appendix A to § 30.15 - Model Certification for First Fiscal Year CertificationAppendix B to § 30.15 - Model Certification for Years Following First Fiscal Year Certification