Delaware § 807 Divestiture

Delaware Statutes

§ 807 — Divestiture

Delaware § 807

JurisdictionDelaware

Title5

PartBanks and Trust Companies

Ch. 8ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS IN BANKING INSTITUTIONS; BANK HOLDING COMPANIES

Subch.Acquisition of Stock in New Banks in Delaware before September 29, 1995

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Del. Code tit. 5, § 807 (2026).

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(a)Upon the Commissioner’s determination that any out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof is holding stock in a bank located in this State in violation of the conditions set forth in § 803 of this title or of its agreement pursuant to § 804(a) of this title the Commissioner may order such out-of-state holding company or subsidiary thereof to take steps to remedy such violation by a date certain.

(b)The Commissioner shall have the authority to order an out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof to divest any shares of a bank that it has acquired under this subchapter upon the Commissioner’s determination that such holding company or subsidiary continues to own shares of stock of a bank located in this State in violation of the conditions contained in § 803 of

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(a) Upon the Commissioner’s determination that any out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof is holding stock in a bank located in this State in violation of the conditions set forth in § 803 of this title or of its agreement pursuant to § 804(a) of this title the Commissioner may order such out-of-state holding company or subsidiary thereof to take steps to remedy such violation by a date certain.

(b) The Commissioner shall have the authority to order an out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof to divest any shares of a bank that it has acquired under this subchapter upon the Commissioner’s determination that such holding company or subsidiary continues to own shares of stock of a bank located in this State in violation of the conditions contained in § 803 of this title or of its agreement pursuant to § 804(a) of this title after the date fixed for compliance by any order issued under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) An out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof shall divest any shares of a bank that it has acquired under this subchapter within 2 years of the date an order issued under subsection (b) of this section becomes final and subject to no further judicial review; provided that the Commissioner may extend such 2-year period for a further period or periods upon the Commissioner’s determination that such an extension would not be detrimental to the public interest.

(d) The Court of Chancery of the State will have exclusive original jurisdiction of any judicial review of an order issued under subsection (b) of this section, any other provision of law notwithstanding. Such review may be sought by the out-of-state bank holding company or subsidiary thereof that is the subject of such divestiture order at any time within 1 year of the date of such order. Review of a divestiture order shall be de novo and such order will be specifically enforced by the Court of Chancery upon a final determination that, at the time of its issuance, the divestiture order was valid in all respects. An order issued under subsection (a) of this section shall not be subject to judicial review.