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12 U.S.C. § 215a–2 — Expedited procedures for certain reorganizations
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**(a) In general** A national bank may, with the approval of the Comptroller, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Comptroller, and upon the affirmative vote of the shareholders of such bank owning at least two-thirds of its capital stock outstanding, reorganize so as to become a subsidiary of a bank holding company or of a company that will, upon consummation of such reorganization, become a bank holding company.
**(b) Reorganization plan** A reorganization authorized under subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with a reorganization plan that—
(1) specifies the manner in which the reorganization shall be carried out;
(2) is approved by a majority of the entire board of directors of the national bank;
(3) specifies—
(A) the amount of cash or securities of the bank holding company, or both, or other consideration to be paid to the shareholders of the reorganizing bank in exchange for their shares of stock of the bank;
(B) the date as of which the rights of each shareholder to participate in such exchange will be determined; and
(C) the manner in which the exchange will be carried out; and
(4) is submitted to the shareholders of the reorganizing bank at a meeting to be held on the call of the directors in accordance with the procedures prescribed in connection with a merger of a national bank under [section 215a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section215a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Rights of dissenting shareholders** If, pursuant to this section, a reorganization plan has been approved by the shareholders and the Comptroller, any shareholder of the bank who has voted against the reorganization at the meeting referred to in subsection (b)(4), or has given notice in writing at o
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**(a) In general** A national bank may, with the approval of the Comptroller, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Comptroller, and upon the affirmative vote of the shareholders of such bank owning at least two-thirds of its capital stock outstanding, reorganize so as to become a subsidiary of a bank holding company or of a company that will, upon consummation of such reorganization, become a bank holding company.
**(b) Reorganization plan** A reorganization authorized under subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance with a reorganization plan that—
(1) specifies the manner in which the reorganization shall be carried out;
(2) is approved by a majority of the entire board of directors of the national bank;
(3) specifies—
(A) the amount of cash or securities of the bank holding company, or both, or other consideration to be paid to the shareholders of the reorganizing bank in exchange for their shares of stock of the bank;
(B) the date as of which the rights of each shareholder to participate in such exchange will be determined; and
(C) the manner in which the exchange will be carried out; and
(4) is submitted to the shareholders of the reorganizing bank at a meeting to be held on the call of the directors in accordance with the procedures prescribed in connection with a merger of a national bank under [section 215a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section215a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Rights of dissenting shareholders** If, pursuant to this section, a reorganization plan has been approved by the shareholders and the Comptroller, any shareholder of the bank who has voted against the reorganization at the meeting referred to in subsection (b)(4), or has given notice in writing at or prior to that meeting to the presiding officer that the shareholder dissents from the reorganization plan, shall be entitled to receive the value of his or her shares, as provided by [section 215a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section215a&num=0&edition=prelim) for the merger of a national bank.
**(d) Effect of reorganization** The corporate existence of a national bank that reorganizes in accordance with this section shall not be deemed to have been affected in any way by reason of such reorganization.
**(e) Approval under the Bank Holding Company Act** This section does not affect in any way the applicability of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 [[12 U.S.C. 1841](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1841&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] to a transaction described in subsection (a).
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**(a) Approval of Comptroller, board and shareholders; merger agreement; notice; capital stock; liability of receiving association** One or more national banking associations or one or more State banks, with the approval of the Comptroller, under an agreement not inconsistent with this subchapter, may merge into a national banking association located within the same State, under the charter of the receiving association. The merger agreement shall—
(1) be agreed upon in writing by a majority of the board of directors of each association or State bank participating in the plan of merger;
(2) be ratified and confirmed by the affirmative vote of the shareholders of each such association or State bank owning at least two-thirds of its capital stock outstanding, or by a greater proportion of such capital stock in the case of a State bank if the laws of the State where it is organized so require, at a meeting to be held on the call of the directors, after publishing notice of the time, place, and object of the meeting for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the place where the association or State bank is located, or, if there is no such newspaper, then in the newspaper of general circulation published nearest thereto, and after sending such notice to each shareholder of record by certified or registered mail at least ten days prior to the meeting, except to those shareholders who specifically waive notice, but any additional notice shall be given to the shareholders of such State bank which may be required by the laws of the State where it is organized. Publication of notice may be waived, in cases where the Comptroller determines that an emergency exists justifying such waiver, by unanimous action of the shareholders of the association
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection, “bank holding company” means any company which has control over any bank or over any company that is or becomes a bank holding company by virtue of this chapter.
(2) Any company has control over a bank or over any company if—
(A) the company directly or indirectly or acting through one or more other persons owns, controls, or has power to vote 25 per centum or more of any class of voting securities of the bank or company;
(B) the company controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors or trustees of the bank or company; or
(C) the Board determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the company directly or indirectly exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of the bank or company.
(3) For the purposes of any proceeding under paragraph (2)(C) of this subsection, there is a presumption that any company which directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has power to vote less than 5 per centum of any class of voting securities of a given bank or company does not have control over that bank or company.
(4) In any administrative or judicial proceeding under this chapter, other than a proceeding under paragraph (2)(C) of this subsection, a company may not be held to have had control over any given bank or company at any given time unless that company, at the time in question, directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or had power to vote 5 per centum or more of any class of voting securities of the bank or company, or had already been found to have control in a proceeding under paragraph (2)(C).
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection—
(A) No bank and no company owning or controlling voting shares of a bank is a bank hold
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TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING
§ 1841
Sec.
1842.
Acquisition of bank shares or assets.
1843.
Interests in nonbanking organizations.
1844.
Administration.
1845.
Repealed.
1846.
Reservation of rights to States.
1847.
Penalties.
1848.
Judicial review.
1848a.
Repealed.
1849.
Saving provision.
1850.
Acquisition of subsidiary and tying arrange-
ment: Federal Reserve Board proceedings;
application for authorization; competitor as
party in interest and person aggrieved; judi-
cial review.
1850a.
Securities holding companies.
1851.
Prohibitions on proprietary trading and cer-
tain relationships with hedge funds and pri-
vate equity funds.
1852.
Concentration limits on large financial firms.
§ 1841. Definitions
(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of
this subsection, ‘‘bank holding company’’ means
any company which has control over any bank
or over any company that is or becomes a bank
holding company by virtue of this chapter.
(2) Any company has control over a bank or
over any company if—
(A) the company directly or indirectly or
acting through one or more other persons
owns, controls, or has power to vote 25 per
centum or more of any class of voting securi-
ties of the bank or company;
(B) the company controls in any manner the
election of a majority of the directors or
trustees of the bank or company; or
(C) the Board determines, after notice and
opportunity for hearing, that the company di-
rectly or indirectly exercises a controlling in-
fluence over the management or policies of the
bank or company.
(3) For the purposes of any proceeding under
paragraph (2)(C) of this subsection, there is a
presumption that any company which directly
or indirectly owns, controls, or has power to
vote less than 5 per centum of any
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