Financial Requirements

SECTION 2. ELIGIBILITY TO GUARANTEE IBS.

[Effective dates of amendments: December 17, 1999; December 31, 2001; September 30, 2004; December 4, 2006; October 20, 2008; and June 14, 2010.]

(a) A Member FCM, other than a Forex Dealer Member, which knows or should know that its Adjusted Net Capital is less than the greatest of:

(i) 150% of the amount set forth in NFA Financial Requirements Section 1(a)(i);

(ii) For Member FCMs with less than $2,000,000 in Adjusted Net Capital, $9,000 for each remote location operated (i.e., proprietary branch offices, main office of each guaranteed IB and branch offices of each guaranteed IB);

(iii) For Member FCMs with less than $2,000,000 in Adjusted Net Capital, $4,500 for each AP sponsored (including APs sponsored by guaranteed IBs);

(iv) For securities brokers or dealers, the amount of capital specified in Rule 17(a)-11(b) of the Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (17 CFR 240.17a-11(b)); or

(v) One hundred and ten (110) percent of the amount required in Financial Requirements Section 1(a)(v)

may not enter into a guarantee agreement with an IB until it files three successive month-end statements where the Member FCM's Adjusted Net Capital is equal to or greater than the amount required by this subsection.

(b) A Forex Dealer Member which knows or should know that its Adjusted Net Capital is less than the amount required by Financial Requirements Section 11 may not enter into a guarantee agreement with an IB until it files three successive month-end statements where the Member FDM's Adjusted Net Capital is equal to or greater than the amount required by Financial Requirements Section 11.

(c) A Member FCM or RFED which is a party to a guarantee agreement with an IB and whose Adjusted Net Capital is less than the amount set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as applicable, must also provide its DSRO, NFA and any IBs which it guarantees with a notice that the FCM's or RFED's Adjusted Net Capital is less than the amount required by paragraph (a) or (b). If the FCM or RFED cannot demonstrate to NFA and its DSRO, within 30 days after filing the required notice, that its Adjusted Net Capital is greater than the amount required by paragraph (a) or (b), the FCM must immediately notify, in writing, any IB which it guarantees that the guarantee agreement will terminate 30 days following the notice. A copy of the notice must also be filed with the CFTC, NFA, and the DSRO of the FCM or RFED. If the FCM or RFED demonstrates to its DSRO and NFA prior to the effective date of the termination of the guarantee agreement that its Adjusted Net Capital is greater than the amount required by paragraph (a) or (b), then it may notify any IB which it guarantees, the CFTC, NFA, and its DSRO, that the guarantee agreement will not terminate.