Annual Report of Merchant Banking Investments Held for an Extended Period (initial)

DRAFT
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF

Financial Statements for
Holding Companies
For purposes of this report, all references to ‘‘bank(s)’’ and ‘‘associated bank(s)’’ are
inclusive of ‘‘savings association(s)’’ unless otherwise noted.

, and U.S. intermediate holding companies,

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Who Must Report
A. Reporting Criteria
All bank holding companies, savings and loan holding
companies,1 and securities holding companies (collectively ‘‘holding companies’’) regardless of size, are
required to submit financial statements to the Federal
Reserve, unless specifically exempted (see description of
exemptions below).
The specific reporting requirements for each holding
company depend upon the size of the holding company,
or other specific factors as determined by the appropriate
Federal Reserve Bank. Holding companies must file the
appropriate forms as described below:
(1) Holding Companies with Total Consolidated Assets
of $1 billion or More. Holding companies with total
consolidated assets of $1 billion or more (the top tier
of a multi-tiered holding company, when applicable)
must file:
(a) the Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C) quarterly, as of the
last calendar day of March, June, September, and
December.
(b) the Parent Company Only Financial Statements
for Large Holding Companies (FR Y-9LP) quarterly, as of the last calendar day of March, June,
September, and December.
1. Savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs) do not include any
trust (other than a pension, profit-sharing, stockholders’ voting, or business
trust) which controls a savings association if such trust by its terms must
terminate within 25 years or not later than 21 years and 10 months after the
death of individuals living on the effective date of the trust, and (a) was in
existence and in control of a savings association on June 26, 1967, or, (b) is
a testamentary trust. See Section 238.2 of the interim final rule for more
information.
FR Y9C
General Instructions March 2015

Each holding company that files the FR Y-9C
must submit the FR Y-9LP for its parent company.
For tiered holding companies. When holding companies with total consolidated assets of $1 billion, or
more, own or control, or are owned or controlled by,
other holding companies (i.e., are tiered holding
companies), only the top-tier holding company must
file the FR Y-9C for the consolidated holding company organization unless the top-tier holding company is exempt from reporting the FR Y-9C. If a
top-tier holding company is exempt from reporting
the FR Y-9C, then the lower-tier holding company
(with total consolidated assets of $1 billion or more)
must file the FR Y-9C.
In addition, such tiered holding companies, regardless of the size of the subsidiary holding companies,
must also submit, or have the top-tier holding company subsidiary submit, a separate FR Y-9LP for
each lower-tier holding company of the top-tier
holding company.
(2) Holding Companies that are Employee Stock Ownership Plans. Holding companies that are employee
stock ownership plans (ESOPs) as of the last calendar
day of the calendar year must file the Financial
Statements for Employee Stock Ownership Plan Holding Companies (FR Y-9ES) on an annual basis, as of
December 31. No other FR Y-9 series form is required.
However, holding companies that are subsidiaries of
ESOP holding companies (i.e., a tiered holding company) must submit the appropriate FR Y-9 series in
accordance with holding company reporting requirements.
(3) Holding Companies with Total Consolidated Assets
of Less Than $1 billion. Holding companies with
total consolidated assets of less than $1 billion must
file the Parent Company Only Financial Statements
for Small Holding Companies (FR Y-9SP) on a
GEN-1

September 2016