120.376—Special requirements.
         The following special conditions apply (otherwise, 7(a) loan eligibility criteria apply):
    
    
        
        (a) 
         The Associate Administrator for Business Development may waive the direct loan administrative ceiling of $150,000, and raise it to $750,000.
    
    
    
        
        (c) 
         The interest rate on a guaranteed loan shall be the same as on 7(a) guaranteed business loans. The interest rate on a direct loan shall be one percent less than on a regular direct loan.
    
    
        
        (d) 
         For a direct loan or SBA's portion of an immediate participation loan, SBA shall subordinate its security interest on all collateral to other debt of the applicant.