This web page serves as a resource center for materials and information related to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Document Resource Center 

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• Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ("EESA")
  • Speech: Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari, October 13, 2008
  • Press Release: Regulatory Capital Impact of EESA on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Preferred Stock (not a PDF)
    
  • Act: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

• Troubled Assets Relief Program ("TARP") Capital Purchase Program
  • Description: Capital Purchase Program
    
  • Notice: TARP Federal Register Notice, October 14, 2008
  • Speech: Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr., October 20, 2008 (not a PDF)
  • Application Documents—Public Institutions
  • Application Guidelines
    
  • Securities Purchase Agreement
  • Form of Letter Agreement
  • Certificate of Designations
  • Form of Warrant
  • Form of Warrant—Stockholder Approval Required
  • Term Sheet
  • SEC, FASB Letter on Warrant Accounting
  • Frequently Asked Questions (not a PDF)
  • Application Documents—Privately Held Institutions
  • Securities Purchase Agreement
  • Form of Letter Agreement
  • Certificate of Designation—Warrant Preferred, Non-Cumulative
  • Certificate of Designation—Standard Preferred, Non-Cumulative
  • Certificate of Designation—Warrant Preferred, Cumulative
  • Certificate of Designation—Standard Preferred, Cumulative
  • Form of Warrant
  • Term Sheet: Privately Held Institutions
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Privately Held Institutions (not a PDF)
    

• FDIC Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
  • Press Release: "FDIC Announces Plan to Free Up Bank Liquidity"
    
  • Fact Sheet: Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program

• Commercial Paper Funding Program
  • Press Release: Commercial Paper Funding Facility
  • Program Terms and Conditions: Commercial Paper Funding Facility
    
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Commercial Paper Funding Facility

• Executive Compensation Rules Under EESA
  • Press Release: "Treasury Announces Executive Compensation Rules Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act"
  • Notice: Executive Compensation Capital Purchase Program Interim Rule
  • Notice: Executive Compensation Troubled Assets Auction Purchase Notice
  • Notice: Executive Compensation Programs for Systemically Significant Failing Institutions Notice
  • Notice: Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Payments
    

• President/Treasury/FDIC/Federal Reserve Statements
  • Speech: President George W. Bush, October 14, 2008
  • Speech: Joint Statement by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke; and FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair; October 14, 2008
  • Speech: Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, October 14, 2008
  • Speech: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, October 14, 2008
  • Speech: FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair, October 14, 2008

• Liquidity and Commercial Paper Program Summary
  • Summary: Liquidity and Commercial Paper Program

• Department of the Treasury Website
  • Website: Department of the Treasury (not a PDF)

E*Communications Resource Center

Below are links to several of Jones Walker's fiscal recovery-related publications.

• E*Bulletins:
  
• October 3, 2008: Bush Signs Historic Bail Out Legislation
• October 20, 2008: Treasury Releases Guidelines on Application Process for TARP Capital Purchase Program
  
• November 18, 2008: TARP Capital Purchase Program for Privately Held Financial Institutions
• November 25, 2008: Participation by Privately Held Financial Institutions: TARP Capital Purchase Program 
• December 12, 2008: Treasury Releases Transaction Documents for Privately Held Organizations
  
• E*Zines:
  
• October 2008: Treasury's TARP Capital Purchase Program and FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
• October 2008: Executive Compensation Under EESA
• November 2008: U.S. Treasury Issues Capital Purchase Program Documents for Publicly Traded Financial Institutions
  

News

• Hamilton Joins Financier Worldwide Roundtable Panel for Discussion on Financial Services Outlook

Publications

• Buying Distressed Assets: All Change
  David P. Sofge
  Banking & Financial Services E*Lert, November 13, 2008