Delaware Code Title 5. Banking § 832. Acquisition authority

(a) An out-of-state savings institution, out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state bank holding company, or any subsidiary of the foregoing, may acquire or retain ownership or control of a Delaware savings bank or a Delaware savings and loan holding company;  provided, that the out-of-state savings institution, out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state bank holding company, or any subsidiary of the foregoing, makes application under and at all times complies with all regulations, decrees, cooperative agreements and orders duly promulgated by the Commissioner with respect to both the implementation of this subchapter generally, and the operations of such out-of-state savings institution, out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state bank holding company and the Delaware savings bank that it acquires specifically.

(b) The Commissioner may approve an acquisition, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, even though the out-of-state savings institution, out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state bank holding company, or any subsidiary of the foregoing, that acquires a Delaware savings bank or a Delaware savings and loan holding company, would control, together with any affiliated insured depository institution (as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(c)), 30 percent or more of the total amount of deposits of insured depository institutions in this State.  In determining whether to approve an acquisition pursuant to this subsection, the Commissioner shall consider the convenience and needs of the public of this State.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this title or by applicable law of the United States, no out-of-state savings institution, out-of-state savings and loan holding company or out-of-state bank holding company, or any subsidiary of the foregoing, may acquire or retain ownership or control of a Delaware savings bank or a Delaware savings and loan holding company.