§ 23-48-505 — Merger of state bank into an out-of-state state-chartered bank

(a) Subject to the provisions of this subchapter and provided that no Arkansas bank which is a party to the merger has a de novo charter, a state bank may merge into an out-of-state bank. (b) The action to be taken by a merging state bank and its rights and liabilities and those of its shareholders shall be the same as those prescribed for the out-of-state state-chartered banks, at the time of the action, by the laws of the home state of the out-of-state state-chartered bank, and not by the law of this state, except that: (1) The assenting vote of the holders of a simple majority of each class of voting stock of a state bank shall be required for the merger; and (2) Upon the merger of a state bank into an out-of-state state-chartered bank, the stockholders of the state bank shall have dissenters' rights. (c) The merger shall only be consummated after compliance with all applicable provisions of § 23-48-901 et seq. (d) Upon the completion of the merger, the charter of any merging state bank shall automatically terminate.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 408, § 15.