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15 U.S.C. § 80a–54 — Acquisition of assets by business development companies
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**(a) Permissible assets; percentage** It shall be unlawful for a business development company to acquire any assets (other than those described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection) unless, at the time the acquisition is made, assets described in paragraphs (1) through (6) below represent at least 70 per centum of the value of its total assets (other than assets described in paragraph (7) below):
(1) securities purchased, in transactions not involving any public offering or in such other transactions as the Commission may, by rule, prescribe if it finds that enforcement of this subchapter and of the Securities Act of 1933 [[15 U.S.C. 77a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section77a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] with respect to such transactions is not necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors by reason of the small amount, or the limited nature of the public offering, involved in such transactions—
(A) from the issuer of such securities, which issuer is an eligible portfolio company, from any person who is, or who within the preceding thirteen months has been, an affiliated person of such eligible portfolio company, or from any other person, subject to such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors; or
(B) from the issuer of such securities, which issuer is described in section 80a–2(a)(46)(A) and (B) of this title but is not an eligible portfolio company because it has issued a class of securities with respect to which a member of a national securities exchange, broker, or dealer may extend or maintain credit to or for a customer pursuant to rules or regulations adopted by the Board of Gover
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**(a) Permissible assets; percentage** It shall be unlawful for a business development company to acquire any assets (other than those described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection) unless, at the time the acquisition is made, assets described in paragraphs (1) through (6) below represent at least 70 per centum of the value of its total assets (other than assets described in paragraph (7) below):
(1) securities purchased, in transactions not involving any public offering or in such other transactions as the Commission may, by rule, prescribe if it finds that enforcement of this subchapter and of the Securities Act of 1933 [[15 U.S.C. 77a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section77a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] with respect to such transactions is not necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors by reason of the small amount, or the limited nature of the public offering, involved in such transactions—
(A) from the issuer of such securities, which issuer is an eligible portfolio company, from any person who is, or who within the preceding thirteen months has been, an affiliated person of such eligible portfolio company, or from any other person, subject to such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors; or
(B) from the issuer of such securities, which issuer is described in section 80a–2(a)(46)(A) and (B) of this title but is not an eligible portfolio company because it has issued a class of securities with respect to which a member of a national securities exchange, broker, or dealer may extend or maintain credit to or for a customer pursuant to rules or regulations adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under [section 78g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78g&num=0&edition=prelim), or from any person who is an officer or employee of such issuer, if—
(i) at the time of the purchase, the business development company owns at least 50 per centum of—
(I) the greatest number of equity securities of such issuer and securities convertible into or exchangeable for such securities; and
(II) the greatest amount of debt securities of such issuer,
held by such business development company at any point in time during the period when such issuer was an eligible portfolio company, except that options, warrants, and similar securities which have by their terms expired and debt securities which have been converted, or repaid or prepaid in the ordinary course of business or incident to a public offering of securities of such issuer, shall not be considered to have been held by such business development company for purposes of this requirement; and
(ii) the business development company is one of the 20 largest holders of record of such issuer’s outstanding voting securities;
(2) securities of any eligible portfolio company with respect to which the business development company satisfies the requirements of [section 80a–2(a)(46)(C)(ii) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80a–2/a/46/C/ii&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) securities purchased in transactions not involving any public offering from an issuer described in sections 80a–2(a)(46)(A) and (B) of this title or from a person who is, or who within the preceding thirteen months has been, an affiliated person of such issuer, or from any person in transactions incident thereto, if such securities were—
(A) issued by an issuer that is, or was immediately prior to the purchase of its securities by the business development company, in bankruptcy proceedings, subject to reorganization under the supervision of a court of competent jurisdiction, or subject to a plan or arrangement resulting from such bankruptcy proceedings or reorganization;
(B) issued by an issuer pursuant to or in consummation of such a plan or arrangement; or
(C) issued by an issuer that, immediately prior to the purchase of such issuer’s securities by the business development company, was not in bankruptcy proceedings but was unable to meet its obligations as they came due without material assistance other than conventional lending or financing arrangements;
(4) securities of eligible portfolio companies purchased from any person in transactions not involving any public offering, if there is no ready market for such securities and if immediately prior to such purchase the business development company owns at least 60 per centum of the outstanding equity securities of such issuer (giving effect to all securities presently convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities of such issuer as if such securities were so converted or exchanged);
(5) securities received in exchange for or distributed on or with respect to securities described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection, or pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants, or rights relating to securities described in such paragraphs;
(6) cash, cash items, Government securities, or high quality debt securities maturing in one year or less from the time of investment in such high quality debt securities; and
(7) office furniture and equipment, interests in real estate and leasehold improvements and facilities maintained to conduct the business operations of the business development company, deferred organization and operating expenses, and other noninvestment assets necessary and appropriate to its operations as a business development company, including notes of indebtedness of directors, officers, employees, and general partners held by a business development company as payment for securities of such company issued in connection with an executive compensation plan described in [section 80a–56(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80a–56/j&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Valuation of assets** For purposes of this section, the value of a business development company’s assets shall be determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements filed by such company with the Commission pursuant to [section 78m of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78m&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall be determined no less frequently than annually.
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**(a) Reports by issuer of security; contents** Every issuer of a security registered pursuant to section 78l of this title shall file with the Commission, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the proper protection of investors and to insure fair dealing in the security—
(1) such information and documents (and such copies thereof) as the Commission shall require to keep reasonably current the information and documents required to be included in or filed with an application or registration statement filed pursuant to section 78l of this title, except that the Commission may not require the filing of any material contract wholly executed before July 1, 1962.
(2) such annual reports (and such copies thereof), certified if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission by independent public accountants, and such quarterly reports (and such copies thereof), as the Commission may prescribe.
Every issuer of a security registered on a national securities exchange shall also file a duplicate original of such information, documents, and reports with the exchange. In any registration statement, periodic report, or other reports to be filed with the Commission, an emerging growth company need not present selected financial data in accordance with section 229.301 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, for any period prior to the earliest audited period presented in connection with its first registration statement that became effective under this chapter or the Securities Act of 1933 [[15 U.S.C. 77a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section77a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and, with respect to any such statement or reports, an emerging growth company may not be
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Securities Act of 1933”.
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**(a) Rules and regulations for extension of credit; standard for initial extension; undermargined accounts** For the purpose of preventing the excessive use of credit for the purchase or carrying of securities, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall, prior to October 1, 1934, and from time to time thereafter, prescribe rules and regulations with respect to the amount of credit that may be initially extended and subsequently maintained on any security (other than an exempted security or a security futures product). For the initial extension of credit, such rules and regulations shall be based upon the following standard: An amount not greater than whichever is the higher of—
(1) 55 per centum of the current market price of the security, or
(2) 100 per centum of the lowest market price of the security during the preceding thirty-six calendar months, but not more than 75 per centum of the current market price.
Such rules and regulations may make appropriate provision with respect to the carrying of undermargined accounts for limited periods and under specified conditions; the withdrawal of funds or securities; the substitution or additional purchases of securities; the transfer of accounts from one lender to another; special or different margin requirements for delayed deliveries, short sales, arbitrage transactions, and securities to which paragraph (2) of this subsection does not apply; the bases and the methods to be used in calculating loans, and margins and market prices; and similar administrative adjustments and details. For the purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection, until July 1, 1936, the lowest price at which a security has sold on or after July 1, 1933, shall be considered as the lowest price at which such security has sold during t
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 77b
7025, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The
President.
CHAPTER 2A—SECURITIES AND TRUST
INDENTURES
SUBCHAPTER I—DOMESTIC SECURITIES
Sec.
77a.
Short title.
77b.
Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competi-
tion, and capital formation.
77b–1.
Swap agreements.
77c.
Classes of securities under this subchapter.
77d.
Exempted transactions.
77d–1.
Requirements with respect to certain small
transactions.
77e.
Prohibitions relating to interstate commerce
and the mails.
77f.
Registration of securities.
77g.
Information required in registration state-
ment.
77h.
Taking effect of registration statements and
amendments thereto.
77h–1.
Cease-and-desist proceedings.
77i.
Court review of orders.
77j.
Information required in prospectus.
77k.
Civil liabilities on account of false registra-
tion statement.
77l.
Civil liabilities arising in connection with
prospectuses and communications.
77m.
Limitation of actions.
77n.
Contrary stipulations void.
77o.
Liability of controlling persons.
77p.
Additional remedies; limitation on remedies.
77q.
Fraudulent interstate transactions.
77r.
Exemption from State regulation of securi-
ties offerings.
77r–1.
Preemption of State law.
77s.
Special powers of Commission.
77t.
Injunctions and prosecution of offenses.
77u.
Hearings by Commission.
77v.
Jurisdiction of offenses and suits.
77w.
Unlawful representations.
77x.
Penalties.
77y.
Jurisdiction of other Government agencies
over securities.
77z.
Separability.
77z–1.
Private securities litigation.
77z–2.
Application of safe harbor for forward-look-
ing statements.
77z–2a.
Conflicts of interest relating to certain
securitizations.
77z–3.
General exemptive authority.
77z
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