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Delaware Code Title 5. Banking § 862. Becoming a Delaware savings and loan holding company

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Any corporation intending to become a Delaware savings and loan holding company shall file an application with the Commissioner for approval to acquire a Delaware savings bank.  The application shall contain such information as the Commissioner may by regulation require, shall, if not a Delaware corporation, designate a resident of the State as the applicant's agent for the service of any paper or notice of legal process on the applicant in connection with matters arising out of this subchapter and shall be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of $5,750 for the use of the State and a nonrefundable investigation fee in such amount as the Commissioner shall from time to time fix by regulation, payable to and for the use of the office of the Bank Commissioner.

(b) In determining whether or not to approve such acquisition by a Delaware savings and loan holding company, the Commissioner shall consider:

(1) The financial and the managerial resources of the Delaware savings and loan holding company;

(2) The future prospects of the Delaware savings and loan holding company and the Delaware savings bank whose assets or shares it will acquire;

(3) The financial history of the Delaware savings and loan holding company;

(4) Whether such acquisition or holding may result in undue concentration of resources or substantial lessening of competition within this State;  and

(5) The convenience and needs of the public of this State.

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