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Federal

reserve

bank

OF DALLAS

Dallas, Texas, February 3,1945

A M E N D E D S U P P L E M E N T T O R E G U L A T IO N U

T o A ll Banking Institutions in the
Eleventh Federal Reserve D istr ic t:

There is enclosed a revised supplement to Regulation U, issued by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The supplement to
Regulation U has been amended by the Board, effective February 5, 1945,
by changing the maximum loan value figure “ 60 per cent” in the first para­
graph to “ 50 per cent,” and by changing the maximum loan value figure
“75 per cent” in the second paragraph to “ 65 per cent.”
Member banks of the Federal Reserve System are requested to insert
the revised supplement to Regulation U in their ring binders in lieu of the
February 24,1941, supplement to Regulation U.
Yours very truly,
R. R. GILBERT
President

VICTORY
BUY
WAR

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SUPPLEMENT TO REGULATION U

ISSU ED B Y T H E B O A R D O F G O V E R N O R S
OF T H E FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Effective February 5, 1945

F o r the purpose o f section 1 o f Regulation U , the maximum loan
value o f any stock, whether or not registered on a national securities
exchange, shall be 50 per cent o f its current market value, as determined
by any reasonable method.

Loans to B rokers and Dealers.— Notwithstanding the foregoing,
a stock, if registered on a national securities exchange, shall have a
special maximum loan value o f 65 per cent o f its current market value,
as determined by any reasonable method, in the case of a loan to a
broker or dealer from whom the bank ( 1 ) accepts in good faith a signed
statement to the effect that he is subject to the provisions o f Regulation
T

(o r that he does not extend or maintain credit to or for customers

except in accordance therewith as if he were subject thereto), and (2 )
receives written notice, pursuant to a rule of the Securities and Exchange
Commission concerning the hypothecation o f customers’ securities by
brokers or dealers (R ule X -8 C -1 or Rule X -1 5 C 2 -1 ) , to the effect that
the stock is a security carried for the account o f a customer.