Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
9.1 Books and Records. Each resulting branch must keep a separate set of books and records as if it were an entity separate from the rest of the bank that operates such resulting branch. These books and records must reflect the following items attributable to the resulting branch:
9.1.1 Assets and the credit equivalent amounts of offbalance sheet items used in computing the riskbased capital ratio under 12 C.F.R. part 325 ;
9.1.2 Liabilities;
9.1.3 Income and gain;
9.1.4 Expense and loss.
9.2 Consolidation of Delaware Branches. If a bank operates more than one resulting branch, it may treat all resulting branches as a single separate entity for purposes of computing the assets, liabilities, income, gain, expense, and loss referred to above.
9.3 Determining Assets Attributable to a Resulting Branch
9.3.1 General Principle of Asset Attribution. The general principle will be to attribute assets to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participate in the solicitation, investigation, negotiation, approval, or administration of an asset.
9.3.2 Loans and Finance Leases. These assets will be attributed to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participated in the solicitation, investigation, negotiation, final approval, or administration of a loan or financing lease. Loans include all types of loans, including credit and travel card accounts receivable.
9.3.3 Stocks and Debt Securities. These assets will be attributed to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participated in the acquisition of such assets.
9.3.4 Foreign Exchange Contracts and Futures, Options, Swaps, and Similar Assets. These assets will be attributed to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participated in the solicitation, investigation, negotiation, acquisition, or administration of such assets.
9.3.5 Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Similar Intellectual Property. These assets will be attributed to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participated in the licensing of such asset.
9.3.6 Currency. U.S. and foreign currency will be attributed to a resulting branch if physically stored at the resulting branch.
9.3.7 Tangible Personal and Real Property. These assets (including bullion and other precious metals) will be attributed to a resulting branch if they are located at or are part of the physical facility of a resulting branch.
9.3.8 Other Business Assets. Other business assets will be attributed to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participated in the acquisition of such assets.
9.3.9 Credit Equivalent Amounts of Regulatory Off-Balance Sheet Items Taken Into Account in Determining Risk-Based Capital Ratio. These are the credit equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet items described in Appendix A to 12 C.F.R. part 325 (the "Appendix") not otherwise addressed above (e.g., guarantees, surety contracts, standby letters of credit, commercial letters of credit, risk participations, sale and repurchase agreements and asset sales with recourse if not already included on the balance sheet, forward agreements to purchase assets, securities lent (if the lending bank is exposed to risk of loss), bid and performance bonds, commitments, revolving underwriting facilities, note issuance facilities described in the Appendix). These assets will be attributed to a resulting branch if personnel at the resulting branch actively and materially participated in the solicitation, investigation, negotiation, acquisition, or administration of such assets.
9.4 Liabilities Attributable to a Resulting Branch. The liabilities attributable to a resulting branch shall be the deposits recorded on the books of the resulting branch plus any other legally enforceable obligations of the resulting branch recorded on the books of the resulting branch or its parent.
9.5 Income of a Resulting Branch.
9.5.1 Income from Assets. Income and gain from assets (including fees from off-balance sheet items) attributed to a resulting branch in accordance with the rules in section 9.3 above will be attributed to the resulting branch.
9.5.2 Income from Fees. Fee income not attributed to a resulting branch in accordance with paragraph 9.5.1. above will be attributed to the resulting branch depending on the type of fee income.
9.5.2.1 Fee income from letters of credit, travelers checks, and money orders will be attributed to the resulting branch if the letters of credit, travelers checks, or money orders are issued by the resulting branch, except to the extent that paragraph 9.5.1 above requires.
9.5.2.2 Fee income from services (e.g., trustee and custodian fees) will be attributed to the resulting branch if the services generating the fees are performed by personnel at the resulting branch. If services are performed both within and without Delaware, the fees from such services must be allocated between Delaware and other states based on the relative value of the services or upon the time spent in rendering the services or on some other reasonable basis. The basis for allocation must be disclosed and applied consistently from period to period.
9.6 Determining the Expenses of a Resulting Branch.
9.6.1 Interest. The amount of interest expense of a resulting branch shall be the actual interest booked by the resulting branch, which should reflect market rates.
9.6.2 Direct Expenses of a Resulting Branch. Expenses or other deductions that can be specifically identified with the gross income, gains, losses, deductions, assets, liabilities or other activities of the resulting branch are direct expenses of such resulting branch. Examples of such expenses are payroll, rent, depreciation and amortization of assets attributed to the resulting branch, some taxes, insurance, the cost of supplies and fees for services rendered to the resulting branch.
9.6.3 Indirect Expenses of a Resulting Branch. Expenses or other deductions that cannot be specifically identified with the gross income, gains, losses, deductions, assets, liabilities, or other activities of a resulting branch must be allocated between the resulting branch and the rest of the bank operating the resulting branch. If the bank makes such an allocation on any reasonable basis, and applies such basis consistently from period to period, the allocation likely will be respected. If the bank makes no such allocation, such expenses could be allocated on the basis of the ratio of assets of the resulting branch to the assets of the entire bank or based on the ratio of gross income of the resulting branch to gross income of the entire bank.