Texas Administrative Code
Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES
Part 7 - STATE SECURITIES BOARD
Chapter 109 - TRANSACTIONS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
Section 109.5 - Dealer Registration Exemption for Sales to Financial Institutions and Certain Institutional Investors
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) Availability. The exemption from dealer and agent registration provided by the Texas Securities Act, §5.H, or this section is not available if the financial institution or other institutional investor named therein is in fact acting only as agent for another purchaser that is not a financial institution or other institutional investor listed in §5.H or this section. These exemptions are available only if the financial institution or other institutional investor named therein is acting for its own account or as a bona fide trustee of a trust organized and existing other than for the purpose of acquiring the specific securities for which the dealer or agent is claiming the exemption.
(b) Sales to certain institutional investors. The State Securities Board, pursuant to the Act, §5.T and §12.C, exempts a person from the dealer and agent registration requirements of the Act, when the person sells or offers for sale any securities to any of the following persons:
(c) Financial statements. For purposes of determining a purchaser's total assets or net worth under this section, the issuer and the seller may rely upon the entity's most recent annual balance sheet or other financial statement which shall have been audited by an independent accountant or which shall have been verified by a principal of the purchaser.