(a) Exempt transactions. The following transactions do not require
notice to the Board under this subpart:
(1) Existing
control relationships. The acquisition of additional voting securities
of a savings and loan holding company by a person who:
(i) Continuously
since March 9, 1979 (or since the institution commenced business,
if later), held power to vote 25 percent or more of any class of voting
securities of the institution; or
(ii) Is presumed, under section 238.31(c)(2),
to have controlled the institution continuously since March 9, 1979,
if the aggregate amount of voting securities held does not exceed
25 percent or more of any class of voting securities of the institution
or, in other cases, where the Board determines that the person has
controlled the institution continuously since March 9, 1979;
(2) Increase of previously authorized acquisitions. Unless the Board
or the Reserve Bank otherwise provides in writing, the acquisition
of additional shares of a class of voting securities of a savings
and loan holding company by any person (or persons acting in concert)
who has lawfully acquired and maintained control of the institution (for
purposes of section 238.31(c)), after complying with the procedures
and receiving approval to acquire voting securities of the institution
under this subpart, or in connection with an application approved
under section 10(e) of HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e) and section 238.11
or section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (Bank Merger
Act, 12 U.S.C. 1828(c));
(3) Acquisitions subject to approval under
HOLA or Bank Merger Act. Any acquisition of voting securities
subject to approval under section 10(e) of HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)
and section 238.11), or section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act (Bank Merger Act, 12 U.S.C. 1828(c));
(4) Transactions
exempt under HOLA. Any transaction described in sections 10(a)(3)(A)
or 10(e)(1)(B)(ii) of HOLA by a person described in those provisions;
(5) Proxy solicitation. The acquisition of
the power to vote securities of a savings and loan holding company
through receipt of a revocable proxy in connection with a proxy solicitation
for the purposes of conducting business at a regular or special meeting
of the institution, if the proxy terminates within a reasonable period
after the meeting;
(6) Stock dividends. The receipt of
voting securities of a savings and loan holding company through a
stock dividend or stock split if the proportional interest of the
recipient in the institution remains substantially the same; and
(7) Acquisition of foreign banking organization. The acquisition of voting securities of a qualifying foreign banking
organization. (This exemption does not extend to the reports and information
required under paragraphs 9, 10, and 12 of the Bank Control Act (12
U.S.C. 1817(j) (9), (10), and (12)) and section 238.34.)
(b) Prior notice exemption.
(1) The following acquisitions
of voting securities of a savings and loan holding company, which
would otherwise require prior notice under this subpart, are not subject
to the prior notice requirements if the acquiring person notifies
the appropriate Reserve Bank within 90 calendar days after the acquisition
and provides any relevant information requested by the Reserve Bank:
(i) Acquisition of voting securities through inheritance;
(ii) Acquisition of voting
securities as a bona fide gift; and
(iii) Acquisition of voting securities
in satisfaction of a debt previously contracted (DPC) in good faith.
(2) The
following acquisitions of voting securities of a savings and loan
holding company, which would otherwise require prior notice under
this subpart, are not subject to the prior notice requirements if
the acquiring person does not reasonably have advance knowledge of
the transaction, and provides the written notice required under section
238.33 to the appropriate Reserve Bank within 90 calendar days after
the transaction occurs:
(i) Acquisition of voting securities
resulting from a redemption of voting securities by the issuing savings
and loan holding company; and
(ii) Acquisition of voting securities
as a result of actions (including the sale of securities) by any third
party that is not within the control of the acquiror.
(3) Nothing
in paragraphs (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section limits the authority
of the Board to disapprove a notice pursuant to section 238.33(h).