Savings and Loan Holding Companies Notice of Significant Transactions or Activities and OTS Review of Capital Adequacy

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The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to require certain savings and loan holding companies to notify OTS before engaging in or committing to engage in a limited set of debt transactions, transactions that reduce capital, some asset acquisitions, and other transactions. The proposal would generally exclude holding companies whose subsidiary savings associations' assets represent a small percent of consolidated assets and holding companies that would have consolidated tangible capital of ten percent or greater following the transaction. OTS also seeks comment on its proposal to codify its current practices for reviewing the capital adequacy of savings and loan holding companies and, when necessary, requiring additional capital on a case-by-case basis. This notice identifies certain key factors that OTS uses to evaluate the need for additional holding company capital.