On February 28, 2014, the OCC issued
an interim final rule to bring its subordinated debt regulations in
conformity with its revised capital rules. The interim final rule
provided that all national banks now must receive prior OCC
approval in order to prepay subordinated debt that is included in
tier 2 capital, and certain banks must receive prior approval to
prepay subordinated debt that is not included in tier 2 capital. If
the prepayment is in the form of a call option and the subordinated
debt is included in tier 2 capital, a national bank must submit the
information required for general prepayment requests and also
submit either: (1) a statement explaining why the bank believes
that following the proposed prepayment the bank would continue to
hold an amount of capital commensurate with its risk; or (2) a
description of the replacement capital instrument that meets the
criteria for tier 1 or tier 2 capital, including the amount of such
instrument and the time frame for issuance. The interim final rule
also provided that prepayment of subordinated debt securities or
mandatorily redeemable preferred stock included in tier 2 capital
by Federal savings associations requires prior OCC approval. If the
prepayment is in the form of a call option, the information
required for general prepayment requests must be submitted along
with either: (1) a statement explaining why the Federal savings
association believes that following the proposed prepayment the
savings association would continue to hold an amount of capital
commensurate with its risk; or (2) a description of the replacement
capital instrument that meets the criteria for tier 1 or tier 2
capital, including the amount of such instrument and the time frame
for issuance. OMB granted emergency clearance for these collections
of information and the OCC is now seeking to extend that clearance
for three years.
Jean Campbell 202 874-5090
jean.campbell@occ.treas.gov
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
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(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.