---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 251.5"
title: "12"
number: "251.5"
heading: "No evasion."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/251.5"
---

# §251.5. No evasion.


A financial company may not organize or operate its business or structure any acquisition of or merger or consolidation with another company in such a manner that results in evasion of the concentration limit established by section 14 of the Bank Holding Company Act or this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1818, 1844(b), 1852, 3101 et seq .

### Source

Source: 79 FR 68104, Nov. 14, 2014, unless otherwise noted.