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The term major swap participant means any person: (i) That is not a swap dealer; and (ii) (A) That maintains a substantial position in swaps for any of the major swap categories, excluding both positions held for hedging or mitigating commercial risk, and positions maintained by any employee benefit plan (or any contract held by such a plan) as defined in paragraphs (3) and (32) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1002, for the primary purpose of hedging or mitigating any risk directly associated with the operation of the plan; (B) Whose outstanding swaps create substantial counterparty exposure that could have serious adverse effects on the financial stability of the United States banking system or financial markets; or (C) That is a financial entity that: (1) Is highly leveraged relative to the amount of capital such entity holds and that is not subject to capital requirements established by an appropriate Federal banking agency (as defined in section 1a(2) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 1a(2)); and (2) Maintains a substantial position in outstanding swaps in any major swap category.

  Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for:

x is a major swap participant.

 

G 6 x is a major swap participant. 1 It is not true that x is a major swap participant. 0 x is a swap dealer. 0->1 yes 2 x maintains a substantial position in swaps for any of the major swap categories. 0->2 no 3 x maintains positions held for hedging or mitigating commercial risk. 2->3 yes 10 x's outstanding swaps create substantial counterparty exposure. 2->10 no 4 x's outstanding swaps create substantial counterparty exposure. 3->4 yes 9 x maintains positions by any employee benefit plan (or any contract held by such a plan) for the primary purpose of hedging or mitigating any risk directly associated with the operation of the plan. 3->9 no 5 x's outstanding swaps could have serious adverse effects on the financial stability of the United States banking system or financial markets. 4->5 yes 7 x is highly leveraged relative to the amount of capital such entity holds. 4->7 no 5->6 yes 5->7 no 7->1 no 8 x is not subject to capital requirements established by an appropriate Federal banking agency. 7->8 yes 8->6 yes 8->1 no 9->6 no 9->4 yes 10->1 no 11 x's outstanding swaps could have serious adverse effects on the financial stability of the United States banking system or financial markets. 10->11 yes 11->6 yes 11->1 no