The following transactions
are exempt from the market-terms requirement of section 223.51.
(a) Purchases of certain
asset-backed commercial paper. Purchases of asset-backed commercial
paper from an affiliated SEC-registered open-end investment company
that holds itself out as a money market mutual fund under SEC Rule
2a-7 (17 CFR 270.2a-7), if the member bank:
(1) Purchases the asset-backed commercial
paper on or after September 19, 2008;
(2) Pledges the asset-backed commercial
paper to a Federal Reserve Bank to secure financing from the asset-backed
commercial paper lending facility (AMLF) established by the Board
on September 19, 2008; and
(3) Has not been specifically informed
by the Board, after consultation with the member bank’s appropriate
federal banking agency, that the member bank may not use this exemption.
(b) [Reserved]