§ 23-48-316 — Transfer of stock

(a) The stock of every state bank shall be transferrable only on the books of the bank. (b) (1) When any number of shares of the stock of a state bank or shares of stock in an Arkansas bank holding company shall be transferred to any transferee or joint transferees, the state bank or Arkansas bank holding company shall promptly transmit to the Bank Commissioner a certificate, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, showing the transfer. (2) The certificate also shall show the total number of shares at that time outstanding in the name of the transferee or anyone known by the state bank or Arkansas bank holding company to be the nominee of the transferee or holding in trust for the transferee. (3) This subsection does not apply to a state bank or Arkansas bank holding company that: (A) Is required to file reports under section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2017; or (B) Has a class of equity securities registered under section 12(b) or section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2017.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2017, No. 548,§ 8, eff. 3/21/2017. Acts 1997, No. 89, § 1.