---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 238.102"
title: "12"
number: "238.102"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/238.102"
---

# §238.102. Definitions.


The following definitions apply to this subpart:

- (a) **Appropriate Federal banking agency—** has the same meaning as in [12 U.S.C. 1813(q)](/usc/12/1813.md?p=q) and includes, with respect to agreements entered into and conditions imposed prior to July 21, 2011, the Office of Thrift Supervision.
- (b) **Dividend—** means:
  - (1) A distribution of cash or other property to owners of a savings association made on account of their ownership, but not any dividend consisting only of shares or rights to purchase shares; or
  - (2) **Any transaction that the Board determines, by order or regulation, to be in substance a dividend.**
- (c) Shares means common and preferred stock, and any options, warrants, or other rights for the acquisition of such stock. The term “share” also includes convertible securities upon their conversion into common or preferred stock. The term does not include convertible debt securities prior to their conversion into common or preferred stock or other securities that are not equity securities at the time of a dividend.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 559; 12 U.S.C. 1462, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1467, 1467a, 1468, 5365; 1813, 1817, 1829e, 1831i, 1972, 15 U.S.C. 78 l.

### Source

Source: Reg. LL, 76 FR 56532, Sept. 13, 2011, unless otherwise noted.