Conversion of State Banks into or Consolidation with National Banks.

Ala. Code tit. 5, ch. 7A, art. 3

in effect

Ala. Code § 5-7A-40 Authorized; Exchange of Stock.

5-7A-40. Authorized; Exchange of Stock. Any state bank may, with the consent of the holders of a majority in amount of its stock obtained at a meeting of the shareholders called therefor, be converted or merged into or consolidate with a national bank, in such manner as may, at the time of such conversion, merger or consolidation, be prescribed by the laws of the United States, and the stock of such state bank may be exchanged for stock in such national bank upon such terms as the consenting shareholders may, at the meeting at which the conversion, merger or consolidation is authorized, determine or upon such terms as the holders of a majority of the stock of such state bank may, at any other meeting called for such purpose, determine. All proceedings relating to such a conversion, merger or consolidation shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 2A of Title 10, except that if any provision thereof shall conflict with or be more restrictive than the requirements set forth at 12 U.S.C. §214a then the procedures set forth in such §214a shall govern. (Acts 1980, No. 80-658, p. 1259, §5-7-40; Acts 1981, No. 81-504, p. 863, §1.)

Ala. Code § 5-7A-41 Meeting of Stockholders for Purpose of Conversion or Consolidation.

5-7A-41. Meeting of Stockholders for Purpose of Conversion or Consolidation. All meetings of shareholders, called for any of the purposes provided for in Section 5-7A-40, shall be called by resolution of the board of directors. Notice of such meeting and of the purposes thereof shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date of such meeting in some newspaper with a general circulation in the city, town or village in which the principal place of business of said state bank is located, provided, that newspaper publication may be dispensed with entirely if waived by all the shareholders, and in the case of a merger or consolidation, one publication at least 10 days before the meeting shall be sufficient if publication for four weeks is waived by holders of at least two-thirds of each class of capital stock. The state bank shall send such notice to each shareholder of record by registered mail or by certified mail at least 10 days prior to the meeting, which notice may be waived specifically by any shareholder. (Acts 1980, No. 80-658, p. 1259, §5-7-41; Acts 1981, No. 81-504, p. 863, §1.)

Ala. Code § 5-7A-42 Transfer of Property of State Bank to National Bank.

5-7A-42. Transfer of Property of State Bank to National Bank. At the time when such conversion of or consolidation or merger by the state bank with a national bank, under the charter of the latter, becomes effective, all the property of the state bank including all its rights, title and interest in and to all property of whatsoever kind, whether real, personal or mixed, and things in action, and every right, privilege, interest and asset of any conceivable value or benefit then existing, belonging or appertaining to it or which would inure to it, shall immediately, by act of law and without any conveyance or transfer and without any further act or deed, be vested in and become the property of the national bank, which shall have, hold and enjoy the same in its own right as fully and to the same extent as if the same were possessed, held and enjoyed by the state bank. (Acts 1980, No. 80-658, p. 1259, §5-7-42; Acts 1981, No. 81-504, p. 863, §1.)

Ala. Code § 5-7A-43 Continuation of Identity, Obligations, Etc., of State Bank.

5-7A-43. Continuation of Identity, Obligations, Etc., of State Bank. Upon such conversion, merger or consolidation becoming effective, the national bank shall be deemed to be a continuation of the entity and of the identity of the state bank and all the rights, obligations and relations of the state bank to or in respect to any person, estate, creditor, depositor, trustee or beneficiary of any trust and in, or in respect to, any executorship or trusteeship or other trust or fiduciary function shall remain unimpaired. The national bank, as of the time of the taking effect of such conversion, merger or consolidation shall succeed to all such rights, obligations, relations and trusts and the duties and liabilities connected therewith and shall execute and perform each and every such trust or relation in the same manner as if the national bank had itself assumed the trust or relation, including the obligations and liabilities connected therewith. If the state bank is acting as administrator, co-administrator, executor, co-executor, trustee or co-trustee of or in respect to any estate or trust being administered under the laws of this state, such relation, as well as any other or similar fiduciary relations, and all rights, privileges, duties and obligations connected therewith shall remain unimpaired and shall continue into and in said national bank from and as of the time of the taking effect of such conversion, merger or consolidation, irrespective of the date when any such relation may have been created or established and irrespective of the date of any trust agreement relating thereto or the date of the death of any testator or decedent whose estate is being so administered. Nothing done in connection with the conversion to or merger or consolidation of a state bank with a national bank, shall, in respect to any such executorship, trusteeship or similar fiduciary relation, be deemed to be or to effect, under the laws of this state, a renunciation or revocation of any letters of administration or letters testamentary pertaining to such relation, nor a removal or resignation from any such executorship or trusteeship or other fiduciary relationship, nor shall the same be deemed to be of the same effect as if the executor or trustee or other fiduciary had died or otherwise become incompetent to act. (Acts 1980, No. 80-658, p. 1259, §5-7-43; Acts 1981, No. 81-504, p. 863, §1.)

Ala. Code § 5-7A-44 Rights of Dissenting Shareholders.

5-7A-44. Rights of Dissenting Shareholders. The rights of shareholders of a national bank dissenting from the conversion, merger or consolidation of the bank shall be governed exclusively by the applicable laws of Congress. A shareholder of a state bank who votes against the conversion, merger or consolidation of that state bank with or to a national bank, or who has given notice in writing to the bank at or prior to such meeting that he dissents from the conversion, merger or consolidation shall be entitled to receive in cash the value of the shares held by him, if and when the conversion, merger or consolidation is consummated, upon written request made to the resulting national bank at any time before 30 days after the date of consummation of such conversion, merger or consolidation, accompanied by the surrender of his stock certificates. The value of such shares shall be determined as of the date on which the shareholders meeting was held authorizing the conversion, merger or consolidation by a committee of three persons, one to be selected by unanimous vote of the dissenting shareholders entitled to receive the value of their shares, one by the directors of the resulting national bank and the third by the two so chosen. The valuation agreed upon by any two of three appraisers thus chosen shall govern; but, if the value so fixed shall not be satisfactory to any dissenting shareholder who has requested payment as provided herein, such shareholder may within five days after being notified of the appraised value of his shares appeal to the superintendent, who shall cause a reappraisal to be made, which shall be final and binding as to the value of the shares of the appellant. If within 90 days from the date of consummation of the conversion, merger or consolidation, for any reason one or more of the appraisers is not selected as herein provided, or the appraisers fail to determine the value of such shares, the superintendent shall upon written request of any interested party, cause an appraisal to be made, which shall be final and binding on all parties. The expenses of the superintendent in making the reappraisal, or the appraisal as the case may be, shall be paid by the resulting national bank. The plan of conversion, merger or consolidation, shall provide the manner of disposing of the shares of the resulting national bank not taken by the dissenting shareholders of the state bank. (Acts 1981, No. 81-504, p. 863, §2.)

Ala. Code § 5-7A-46 Sections Not to Affect General or Local Law, Etc.

5-7A-46. Sections Not to Affect General or Local Law, Etc. Except to the extent necessary to give effect to Section 5-7A-45(b), no general or local law or general law of local application shall be deemed to have been modified or repealed by Sections 5-7A-40 through 5-7A-46, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed in any way to change or repeal the provisions of Section 5-2A-7 or 5-5A-20. (Acts 1981, No. 81-504, p. 863, §5.)

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