Sec. 80.9. Exempted offerings

Pursuant to section 359-ff, subdivision 3, of the General Business Law of the State of New York, small offerings to a promoter group, small offerings to a related group, as defined in these regulations, offers and sales of any interest or participation in a collective trust fund maintained by a bank which interest or participation is issued in connection with a stock bonus, pension, or profit-sharing plan which meets the requirements for qualification under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and offerings made to fewer than 10 persons are hereby exempted from the provisions of section 359-ff of the General Business Law. Offerings within the scope of this section are automatically exempted without application.