(a) The board of directors of each association offering preferred stock must adopt a policy that addresses the association's conditions or limits on the amount of preferred stock that any one holder, or small number of holders may acquire.
(b) Each association offering preferred stock must make the stock available for purchase to each of its members on the same basis.
(c) An association may not extend credit for purchases of preferred stock in the association.
[70 FR 53908, Sept. 13, 2005]
authority: Secs. 1.5, 1.7, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.12, 3.1, 3.7, 3.11, 3.25, 4.3, 4.3A, 4.9, 4.14B, 4.25, 5.9, 5.17, 8.0, 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8, 8.10, 8.12 of the Farm Credit Act (
12 U.S.C. 2013,
2015,
2018,
2019,
2020,
2073,
2074,
2075,
2076,
2093,
2122,
2128,
2132,
2146,
2154,
2154a,
2160,
2202b,
2211,
2243,
2252,
2279aa,
2279aa-3,
2279aa-4,
2279aa-6,
2279aa-8,
2279aa-10,
2279aa-12); sec. 301(a), Pub. L. 100-233, 101 Stat. 1568, 1608, as amended by sec. 301(a), Pub. L. 103-399, 102 Stat 989, 993 (
12 U.S.C. 2154 note); sec. 939A, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1326, 1887 (
15 U.S.C. 78o-7 note)
cite as: 12 CFR 615.5245