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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N EW YORK

December 22, 1969

Amendments to R egulation F — S ecu rities of Member State Banks

To State M em ber Banks in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Board of Governors of the Fed­
eral Reserve System:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced today amendments
to its Regulation F, "Securities of Member State Banks,” relating to the form and content
of commercial bank financial statements and proxy solicitation provisions. This regula­
tion applies the disclosure provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to the secu­
rities of State member banks that have 500 or more stockholders.
The amendments, which are effective December 31, are essentially the same as
those proposed by the Board on November 14 and were issued after consideration of com ­
ments received since that time.
The major change will implement the "net income" concept in bank income reports.
Briefly, this change will require a bank to (1) recognize a loan loss factor in reporting
operating expenses, (2) report securities gains and losses, as realized, in its statement
of income, and (3) designate the last line in the statement of income as "net incom e."
Another change will require reporting of per share earnings. The revisions are in­
tended to make financial reports required by Regulation F consistent with the format and
instructions for the preparation of other financial reports banks are required to publish.
Extensive revisions of the regulatory provisions relating to proxy solicitations are
also included in the amendments. These are mainly intended to clarify the applicability
of the various provisions of the regulation and to incorporate administrative practices
adopted during the five years since Regulation F was first issued, generally, without
imposing any additional requirements.
Under the amendments, reports of all banks subject to Regulation F will be available
for public inspection at the New York, Chicago, and San Francisco Reserve Banks, and
at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Washington headquarters. The nine other
Federal Reserve Banks will have available for inspection only those reports of Regula­
tion F banks located in their own Federal Reservs Districts.
In addition, the amendments reduce the time permitted for banks to file annual re ­
ports with the Board from 120 to 90 days after the close of its fiscal year, or within 30
days of the mailing of a bank’ s annual report to stockholders, whichever first occurs.
The time permitted for banks to file quarterly reports is reduced from 45 days to 30
days after the close of each quarter.
Regulation F and its related form s, as amended, are being reprinted and will be sent to
you shortly.




Alfred Hayes,
President.