Wisconsin § 221.0327 Surplus fund.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 221.0327 — Surplus fund.

Wisconsin § 221.0327

Ch. 221State banks

Subch.subch. III of ch. 221 SUBCHAPTER III

PURPOSES AND POWERS

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Wis. Stat. § 221.0327 (2026).

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221.0327 221.0327(1) (1) Charges to surplus account. A loss sustained by a bank in excess of its undivided profits may be charged to its surplus account, if its surplus fund is thereafter reimbursed from its earnings. Cash dividends on capital stock may not be declared or paid by the bank in excess of 50 percent of its net earnings until its surplus fund is fully restored to the amount that was in the surplus account immediately preceding the charge of the loss. 221.0327(2) (2) Reimbursement of surplus and restricted dividends. If the surplus fund of a bank is in excess of 100 percent of its capital stock and if losses charged against it do not reduce the surplus account to an amount less than 100 percent of its capital stock, the bank is not subject to sub.

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221.0327
221.0327(1) (1) Charges to surplus account. A loss sustained by a bank in excess of its undivided profits may be charged to its surplus account, if its surplus fund is thereafter reimbursed from its earnings. Cash dividends on capital stock may not be declared or paid by the bank in excess of 50 percent of its net earnings until its surplus fund is fully restored to the amount that was in the surplus account immediately preceding the charge of the loss.
221.0327(2) (2) Reimbursement of surplus and restricted dividends. If the surplus fund of a bank is in excess of 100 percent of its capital stock and if losses charged against it do not reduce the surplus account to an amount less than 100 percent of its capital stock, the bank is not subject to sub. (1) with respect to reimbursement of the surplus account and with respect to restricted dividends on capital stock.