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§ 27c. Exclusion of certain other identified banking products
(a) In general
(b) Predominance test
A hybrid instrument shall be considered to be predominantly a banking product for purposes of this section if—
(1) the issuer of the hybrid instrument receives payment in full of the purchase price of the hybrid instrument substantially contemporaneously with delivery of the hybrid instrument;
(2) the purchaser or holder of the hybrid instrument is not required to make under the terms of the instrument, or any arrangement referred to in the instrument, any payment to the issuer in addition to the purchase price referred to in paragraph (1), whether as margin, settlement payment, or otherwise during the life of the hybrid instrument or at maturity;
(3) the issuer of the hybrid instrument is not subject by the terms of the instrument to mark-to-market margining requirements; and
(4) the hybrid instrument is not marketed as a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery (or option on such a contract) subject to the Commodity Exchange Act [7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.].
(c) Mark-to-market margining requirement
(Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title IV, § 405], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–459.)