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SBA | RIN: 3245-AG67 | Publication ID: Spring 2016 |
Title: Small Business Investment Companies; Passive Business Expansion & Technical Clarifications | |
Abstract:
The SBA is revising the regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program to further expand the use of Passive Businesses and provide needed protections for SBA with regard to such investments. SBICs are generally prohibited from investing in passive businesses under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as amended as well as by regulations. Current program regulations provided for two exceptions that allow an SBIC to structure an investment utilizing a passive small business as a pass-through. The first exception identified in 107.720(b)(2) provides that an SBIC may structure an investment utilizing two pass-through entities to make an investment into an active business. The second exception identified in 107.720(b)(3) allows partnership SBICs with SBA prior approval to invest in a wholly owned passive business that in turn provides financing to an active small business only if a direct financing would cause its investors to incur Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI). The second exception is commonly known as a blocker corporation. The current rule creates unnecessary complications in defining two exceptions and does not provide SBA with sufficient protections. SBA is simplifying the rule to allow a more flexible two pass-through entity structure but provides SBA certain protections to offset risks associated with passive investment structures. As part of the rule, SBA will also make technical corrections and clarifications, including conforming the regulation to the new "family of funds" statutory provision. |
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Agency: Small Business Administration(SBA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 13 CFR 107 | |
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 681 et seq. |
Legal Deadline:
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Additional Information: Included in SBA's Retrospective Review under Executive Orders 13563 and 13610. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes | |
Agency Contact: Theresa M. Jamerson Senior Risk and Investment Policy Advisor, Office of Investment and Innovation Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW, Washington, DC 20461 Phone:202 205-7563 Email: theresa.jamerson@sba.gov |