[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 239 (Thursday, December 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 75488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29027]


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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION


Small Business Investment Companies; Increase in Maximum Leverage 
Ceiling

    13 CFR 107.1150(a) sets forth the maximum amount of Leverage (as 
defined in 13 CFR 107.50) that a Small Business Investment Company may 
have outstanding at any time. The maximum Leverage amounts are adjusted 
annually based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index published by 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cited regulation states that the 
Small Business Administration will publish the indexed maximum Leverage 
amounts each year in a Notice in the Federal Register.
    Accordingly, effective the date of publication of this Notice, and 
until further notice, the maximum Leverage amounts under 13 CFR 
107.1150(a) are as stated in the following table:

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    If your leverageable capital is:      Then your maximum leverage is:
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(1) Not over $22,800,000...............  300 percent of Leverageable
                                          Capital.
(2) Over $22,800,000 but not over        $68,400,000 + [2 x
 $45,700,000.                             (Leverageable Capital -
                                          $22,800,000)].
(3) Over $45,700,000 but not over        $114,200,000 + (Leverageable
 $68,600,000.                             Capital $45,700,000).
(4) Over $68,600,000...................  $137,100,000.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 59.011, Small 
Business Investment Companies)

    Dated: December 2, 2008.
A. Joseph Shepard,
Associate Administrator for Investment.
[FR Doc. E8-29027 Filed 12-10-08; 8:45 am]
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