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Subject to § 1539 of this title, no corporation created under this chapter may merge or consolidate with any other corporation or entity except that any 2 or more corporations created under this chapter may merge or consolidate into a single corporation which shall be any 1 of the merging or consolidating credit card institutions. The procedure for the merger or consolidation of such corporations and the legal effect of any such merger or consolidation and the manner of making and effecting the same shall be as prescribed in Chapter 1 of Title 8 for the merger or consolidation of 2 or more corporations organized under that chapter. No agreement of merger or consolidation of corporations created under this chapter shall be received or filed by the Secretary of State or be deemed or held to be effective unless and until the proposed agreement of merger or consolidation shall have been submitted to the State Bank Commissioner and shall have been approved both in substance and in form by the State Bank Commissioner.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 5. Banking § 1538. Merger and consolidation--Authorized; procedure - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-5-banking/de-code-sect-5-1538/
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