equal or prior lien on the same property, state the nature of such other liens. (f) If any obligations issued or to be issued by the EBRD will, as to the payment of interest and principal, rank prior to the obligations to be distributed, describe the nature and extent of such priority, to the extent known. (g) Outline briefly any provisions of the governing instruments under which the terms of the obligations to be distributed may be amended or modified by the holders thereof or otherwise. (h) Outline briefly any other material provisions of the governing instruments pertaining to the rights of the holders of the obligations to be distributed or pertaining to the duties of the EBRD with respect thereto. (1) The name and address of the fiscal or paying agent of the EBRD, if any. Item 2: Distribution of obligations. (a) Outline briefly the plan of distribution of obligations and state the amount of the participation of each principal underwriter, if any. (b) Describe any arrangements known to the EBRD or to any principal underwriter named above designed to stabilize the market for the obligations for the account of the EBRD or the principal underwriters as a group and indicate whether any transactions have already been effected to accomplish that purpose. (c) Describe any arrangements for withholding commissions, or otherwise, to hold each underwriter or dealer responsible for the distribution of his participation. Item 3: Distribution spread. The following information shall be given, in substantially the tabular form indicated, as to all primary obligations that are to be offered for cash (estimate, if necessary): ers. If any dealers are to act in the pacity of sub-underwriters and are be allowed or paid any additional counts or commissions for acting such capacity, a general statement that effect will suffice, without givi the additional amounts to be so paid. Item 5: Other expenses of the distrit tion. Furnish a reasonably itemized stat ment of all expenses of the EBRD connection with the issuance and tribution of the obligations, except derwriters' or dealers' discounts at commissions that are provided in Item 2, 3 and 4. Instruction Insofar as practicable, the itemizati shall include transfer agents' fees, cost printing and engraving, and legal and counting fees. The information may be give as subject future contingencies. If the amounts of any items are not known, est mates, designated as such, shall be given. Item 6: Application of proceeds. Make a reasonably itemized state ment of the purposes, so far as deter minable, for which the net proceeds to the EBRD from the obligations are to: be used, and state the approximate amount to be used for each such purpose. Item 7: Exhibits to be furnished. A copy of each of the following documents shall be attached to or otherwise furnished as a part of the report: (a) Each constituent instrument defining the rights evidenced by the obligations. (b) An opinion of counsel, written in the English language, as to the legality of the obligations. (c) Each material contract pertaining to the issuance or distribution of the obligations, to which the EBRD or any principal underwriter of the obligations is or is to be a party, except selling group agreements. (d) Any prospectus or other sales literature to be provided by the EBRD or any of the principal underwriters for general use in connection with the initial distribution of the obligations to the public. 0.500 General. 0.501 Claim for cash. 1502 Claim for securities. 1503 Voidable securities transactions. AUTHORITY: Sec. 3, 84 Stat. 1636, as amend15 U.S.C. 78ccc. OURCE: 44 FR 5077, Jan. 25, 1979, unless erwise noted, unless otherwise noted. NOTE: The numbers to the right of the deci1 points correspond with the respective e numbers of the rules of the Securities restor Protection Corporation (hereinafter erred to as "SIPC"). EXPLANATORY NOTE: Pursuant to section )(2)(D) of the Securities Investor Protecn Act of 1970 (hereinafter referred to as le Act"), the Securities and Exchange mmission (hereinafter referred to as "the mmission") shall approve a proposed rule change submitted by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation if it finds that such proposed rule change is in the public interest and is consistent with the purposes of the Act, and any proposed rule change so approved shall be given force and effect as if promulgated by the Commission. The rules of this part 300 have been so approved. ACCOUNTS OF "SEPARATE” CUSTOMERS OF SIPC MEMBERS §300.100 General. (a) For the purpose of sections 9(a)(2) and 16(12) of the Securities Investor Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), these rules will be applied in determining what accounts held by a person with a member of SIPC (hereinafter called a "member") are to be deemed accounts held in a capacity other than his individual capacity. (b) Accounts held by a customer in different capacities, as specified by these rules, shall be deemed to be accounts of "separate" customers. (c) A "person" as used in these rules includes, but is not limited to, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or a government or political subdivision thereof. (d) The burden shall be upon the customer to establish each capacity in which he claims to hold accounts separate from his individual capacity. §300.101 Individual accounts. (a) Except as otherwise provided in these rules, all accounts held with a member by a person in his own name, and those which under these rules are deemed his individual accounts, shall be combined so as to constitute a single account of a separate customer. (b) An account held with a member by an agent or nominee for another person as a principal or beneficial owner shall, except as otherwise provided in these rules, be deemed to be an individual account of such principal or beneficial owner. § 300.102 Accounts held by executors, administrators, guardians, etc. (a) Accounts held with a member in the name of a decedent or in the name of his estate or in the name of the executor or administrator of the estate of the decedent shall be combined so as to constitute a single account of a separate customer. (b) An account held with a member by a guardian, custodian, or conservator for the benefit of a ward or for the benefit of a minor under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or in a similar capacity shall be deemed to be held by such guardian, custodian, or conservator in a different capacity from any account or accounts maintained by such person in his individual capacity. $300.103 Accounts held by a corporation, partnership or unincorporated association. A corporation, partnership or unincorporated association holding an account with a member shall be deemed to be a separate customer distinct from the person or persons owning such corporation or comprising such partnership or unincorporated association if on the filing date it existed for a purpose other than primarily to obtain or increase protection under the Act. §300.104 Trust accounts. (a) A trust account held with a member shall be deemed a “qualifying trust account" if it is held on behalf of a valid and subsisting express trust created by a written instrument. No account held on behalf of a trust that on the filing date existed primarily to obtain or increase protection under the Act shall be deemed to be a qualifying trust account. (b) A qualifying trust account held with a member shall be deemed held by a separate customer of the member, distinct from the trustee, the testator or his estate, the settlor, or any beneficiary of the trust. (c) Any account held with a member on behalf of a trust which does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this rule shall be deemed to be an individual account of the settlor of the trust on behalf of which the account is held. §300.105 Joint accounts. (a) A joint account shall be deemed to be a "qualifying joint account" if it is owned jointly, whether by the own ers thereof as joint tenants with t right of survivorship, as tenants by t entirety or as tenants in common, by husband and wife as communit property, but only if each co-own possesses authority to act with respe to the entire account. (b) Subject to paragraph (c) of th rule, each qualifying joint accour with a member shall be deemed held b one separate customer of the membe (c) All qualifying joint accounts wit a member owned by the same person shall be deemed held by the same cus tomer so that the maximum protection afforded to such accounts in the aggregate shall be the protection afforded to one separate customer of the member (d) A joint account with a membe which does not meet the requirement of paragraph (a) of this rule shall b deemed to be an individual or qualify ing joint account of the co-owner or co owners having the exclusive power t act with respect to it. ACCOUNTS INTRODUCED BY OTHER $300.200 General. A person having one or more accounts cleared by the member on a fully disclosed basis for one or more introducing brokers or dealers is a customer of the member and shall be protected with respect to such account or accounts without regard to the protection available for any other account or accounts he may have with the member. §300.201 Accounts introduced by same or different broker or dealer. All accounts of a person which are introduced by the same broker or dealer shall be combined and protected as the single account of a separate customer, unless such accounts are maintained in different capacities as specified in §§ 300.100 through 300.105; accounts introduced by different brokers or dealers shall be protected separately. CLOSEOUT OR COMPLETION OF OPEN AUTHORITY Sec. 3, 6(d), Pub. L. 91-598, 84 Stat. 1636 (15 U.S.C. 78ccc, 78fff(d)), as amended by secs. 3, 5, 9, Pub. L. 95-283, 92 Stat. 249. For the purpose of these rules, adoptd pursuant to section 8(e) of the Secuities Investor Protection Act of 1970, 18 amended (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act"): (a) The term failed to receive shall nean a contractual commitment of the lebtor made in the ordinary course of Jusiness to pay to another broker or lealer the contract price in cash upon receipt from such broker or dealer of securities purchased: Provided, That the respective obligations of the partles remained outstanding until the close of business on the filing date as defined in section 16(8) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the “filing date”). (b) The term failed to deliver shall mean a contractual commitment of the debtor, made in the ordinary course of business, to deliver securities to another broker or dealer against receipt from such broker or dealer of the contract price in cash: Provided, That the respective obligations of the parties remained outstanding until the close of business on the filing date. (c) The term open contractual commitment shall mean a failed to receive or a failed to deliver which had a settlement date prior to the filing date and the respective obligations of the parties remained outstanding on the filing date or had a settlement date which occurs on or within five business days subsequent to the filing date: Provided, however, That the term "open contractual commitment" shall not include any contractual commitment for which the security which is the subject of the trade had not been issued by the issuer as of the trade date. (d) The term customer shall mean a person (other than a broker or dealer) in whose behalf a broker or dealer has executed a transaction out of which arose an open contractual commitment with the debtor, but shall not include any person to the extent that such person at the filing date (1) had a claim for property which by contract, agreement of understanding, or by operation of law, was a part of the capital of the broker or dealer who executed such transaction or was subordinated to the claims of creditors of such broker or dealer, or (2) had a relationship with the debtor which is specified in section 9(a)(4) of the Act. §300.301 Contracts to be closed out or completed. An open contractual commitment shall be closed out or completed if: (a) The open contractual commitment: in in (1) Arises from a transaction which a customer (as defined §300.300) of the other broker or dealer had an interest. For the purposes of this rule a customer is deemed to have an interest in a transaction if (1) the other broker was acting as agent for the customer or (ii) the other dealer was not a market maker in the security involved, to the extent such other dealer held a firm order from the customer and in connection therewith: In the case of a buy order, prior to executing such customer's order purchased as principal the same number of shares or purchased shares to accumulate the number of shares necessary to complete the order; or in the case of a sell order, prior to executing such customer's order sold the same number of shares or a portion thereof; and (2)(i) Had a settlement date on or within 30 calendar days prior to the filing date and the respective obligations of the parties remained outstanding on the filing date or had a settlement date which occurs on or within five business days subsequent to the filing date; and (ii) Had a trade date on or within five business days prior to such settlement date; and (b) The other broker or dealer can establish to the satisfaction of the trustee through appropriate documentation that: (1) In the case of a broker or dealer who maintains his records on a specific identification basis: (1) The open contractual commitment arose out of a transaction in which his customer had such an interest, and (ii) In the case of a failed to deliver of the debtor, as of the filing date such broker's or dealer's customer's interest had not been sold to such broker or dealer; or (2) In the case of a broker or dealer who maintains his records other than on a specific identification basis, he has determined that a customer had such an interest in a manner consistent with that used by such broker or dealer prior to the filing date to allocate fails to receive and fails to deliver in computing the special reserve bank account requirement pursuant to the provisions of Rule 15c3-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.15c3-3); or (3) In the case of a broker or dealer not described in paragraph (b)(1) or (2) of this section, he has made the determination in a manner which the trustee finds to be fair and equitable. $300.302 Mechanics completion. of closeout or (a) The closeout or completion of an open contractual commitment meeting the requirements of §300.301 shall be effected only: (1) By the buy-in or sell-out of the commitment by the other broker or dealer in accordance with the usual trade practices initiated by the other broker or dealer within or promptly upon the expiration of a period of 30 calendar days after settlement date; or (2) At the option of the trustee by the delivery of securities against receipt of the contract price or payment of the contract price against the receipt of the securities at any time within 30 calendar days after settlement date unless the commitment previously has been bought-in or sold-out in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section; or (3) In the event of the refusal of the other broker or dealer to accept completion of an open contractual commitment in accordance with paragraph (a)(2) of this section, or the failure of the other broker or dealer to promptly buy-in or sell-out a commitment in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or in the event of the failure of the other broker or dealer to provide the trustee with appropriate documentation as required by §300.303, by delivery of securities against receipt of the contract price or payment of the contract price against receipt of securities, or the buy-in or sell-out of the commitment or cancellation of the commitment or otherwise, as may be appropriate, as the trustee in his discretion will most benefit the estate of the debtor. (b) In the event of a close-out of an open contractual commitment pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the money differences resulting from such close-out shall be payable by the other broker or dealer to the trustee or by the trustee to the other broker or dealer, whichever would be entitled to receive such difference under the usual trade practices: Provided, however, (1) That prior to the payment of any such money difference by the trustee to such other broker or dealer with respect to transactions executed by such other broker or dealer for any separate customer account, all open contractual commitments with respect to such account which meet the requirements of §300.301 must have been completed by delivery of securities against receipt of the contract price or by payment of the contract price against receipt of the securities in conformity with paragraph (a)(2) of this section, or by buy-in or sell-out in conformity with paragraph (a)(1) of this section, and (2) that the net amount so payable by the trustee to the other broker or dealer shall not exceed $40,000 with respect to any separate customer account. §300.303 Report to trustee. Promptly upon the expiration of 30 calendar days after the filing date, or if by the expiration of such 30-day period notice pursuant to section 8(a) of the Act of the commencement of proceed ings has not been published, then soon as practicable after publication of such notice, a broker or dealer who had executed transactions in securities out of which arose open contractual commitments with the debtor shall furnish to the trustee such information with respect to the buy-in, sell-out or other status of open contractual commitments as called for by Forms 300-A, B and C (§§ 301.300a-301.300c of this chap ter) including appropriate supporting documentation and schedules. § 300.304 Retained rights of brokers or dealers. (a) Nothing stated in these rules shall be construed to prejudice the |