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28. As used in sections 28 through 36 of P.L.1996, c.17 (C.17:9A-409 through C.17:9A-417): "Acquire" means:
(1)That a company merges or consolidates with a bank holding company;
(2)That a company assumes direct or indirect ownership or control of:
(a)more than 25 percent of any class of voting shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was not a bank holding company prior to that acquisition;
(b)more than 5 percent of any class of voting shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was a bank holding company prior to that acquisition;
(c)all or substantially all of the assets of a bank holding company or a bank; or (3) That a company takes any other action that results in the direct or indirect acquisition or control by that company of
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28. As used in sections 28 through 36 of P.L.1996, c.17 (C.17:9A-409 through C.17:9A-417): "Acquire" means: (1) That a company merges or consolidates with a bank holding company; (2) That a company assumes direct or indirect ownership or control of: (a) more than 25 percent of any class of voting shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was not a bank holding company prior to that acquisition; (b) more than 5 percent of any class of voting shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was a bank holding company prior to that acquisition; (c) all or substantially all of the assets of a bank holding company or a bank; or (3) That a company takes any other action that results in the direct or indirect acquisition or control by that company of a bank holding company or a bank. "Affiliate," "bank," "company," and "subsidiary" have the meanings set forth in section 2 of the federal "Bank Holding Company Act of 1956," 12 U.S.C. 1841. "Bank holding company" has the meaning set forth in subsection (a) of section 2 of the federal "Bank Holding Company Act of 1956," 12 U.S.C. 1841(a) and, unless the context requires otherwise, includes a New Jersey bank holding company, an out-of-State bank holding company and a foreign bank holding company. "Bank supervisory agency" means any of the following: (1) The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any successor to these agencies; and (2) Any agency of another state with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks. "Branch" has the meaning set forth in section 1 of P.L.1948, c.67 (C.17:9A-1). "Control" shall be construed consistently with the provisions of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 2 of the "Bank Holding Company Act of 1956," 12 U.S.C. 1841(a)(2). "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Banking. "Deposit" has the meaning set forth in the "Federal Deposit Insurance Act," 12 U.S.C. 1813. "Depository institution" means any institution included for any purpose within the definitions of "insured depository institution" as set forth in the "Federal Deposit Insurance Act," 12 U.S.C. 1813(c)(2) and (3). "Foreign bank holding company" means a bank holding company that is organized under the laws of a country other than the United States, including any territory or possession thereof. "New Jersey bank" means a bank that is: (1) organized under P.L.1948, c.67 (C.17:9A-1 et seq.); or (2) organized under federal law and having its principal place of business in this State. "New Jersey bank holding company" means a bank holding company that: (1) has its principal place of business in this State; and (2) is not controlled by a bank holding company other than a New Jersey bank holding company. "Out-of-State bank holding company" means: (1) a bank holding company that is not a New Jersey bank holding company; and (2) unless the context requires otherwise, includes a foreign bank holding company. "Person" has the meaning given it pursuant to R.S.1:1-2. "Principal place of business" of a bank holding company means the state in which the total deposits of its bank subsidiaries are the greatest. "State" means any state, territory, or other possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia. L.1996,c.17,s.28.