CFR > Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance > CHAPTER I—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION > PART 107—SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES > SUBPART J—Licensee's Noncompliance With Terms of Leverage (§107.1800 to §107.1850) > 107.1830—Licensee's Capital Impairment—definition and general requirements.

107.1830—Licensee's Capital Impairment—definition and general requirements.

(a) Applicability of this section. This section applies to Leverage issued on or after April 25, 1994. For Leverage issued before April 25, 1994, you must comply with paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section and the Capital Impairment regulations in this part in effect when you issued your Leverage. For all Leverage issued, you must also comply with any contractual provisions to which you have agreed.
(b) Significance of Capital Impairment condition. If you have a condition of Capital Impairment, you are not in compliance with the terms of your Leverage. As a result, SBA has the right to impose the applicable remedies for noncompliance in §§ 107.1810(g) and 107.1820(f).
(c) Definition of Capital Impairment condition. You have a condition of Capital Impairment if your Capital Impairment Percentage, as computed in § 107.1840, exceeds:
(1) For Section 301(d) Licensees, 75 percent.
(2) For Section 301(c) Licensees, the appropriate percentage from the following table:
Maximum Permitted Capital Impairment Percentages for Section 301(c) Licensees
If the percentage of equity capital investments (at cost) in your portfolio is: And your ratio of outstanding leverage to leverageable capital is: Then your maximum permitted capital impairment percentage is:
67% 100% or less 70
Over 100% but not over 200% 60
Over 200% 50
At least 40% but under 67% 100% or less 55
Over 100% but not over 200% 50
Over 200% 40
Under 40% 100% or less 45
Over 100% but not over 200% 40
Over 200% 35
(d) Phase-in of maximum permitted Capital Impairment Percentages for If you are a Section 301(c) Licensee, regardless of your maximum permitted Capital Impairment Percentage under paragraph (c) of this section, you will not have a condition of Capital Impairment if:
(1) Your Capital Impairment Percentage does not exceed 50 percent; and
(2) You have not reached your first fiscal year end occurring after April 25, 1995.
(e) Quarterly computation requirement and procedure. You must determine whether you have a condition of Capital Impairment as of the end of each fiscal quarter. You must notify SBA promptly if you are capitally impaired.
(f) SBA's right to determine Licensee's Capital Impairment condition. SBA may make its own determination of your Capital Impairment condition at any time.

Code of Federal Regulations

[61 FR 3189, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 5873, Feb. 5, 1998]