(A) A state savings bank must hold an annual meeting of its members or stockholders, at a time and place as provided in the bylaws or determined by the board of directors. The annual meeting must be held for the purpose of electing directors and for other purposes as specified by the board of directors or pursuant to procedures as provided for in the bylaws.

(B) The board of directors of a mutual state savings bank shall cause to be published once a week for two weeks preceding the meeting, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the state savings bank has its principal office, a notice of the meeting, stating the time and place where it is to be held. In addition to the notice, a mutual state savings bank must disseminate additional notice of an annual meeting by notice made available to all members entering the premises of a branch office of the state savings bank in the regular course of business by posting notice, in one or more conspicuous places, announcing the pending meeting, the time, date, place and purpose of the meeting. The additional notice must be given at least fourteen days before the meeting and shall continue through the time of the meeting.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 34-30-1060

  • bank: as used in this title must be construed to include all institutions doing any kind of banking business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, excluding a savings bank, and "building and loan association" as used in this title must be construed to include a mutual or stock savings association, savings and loan association, or savings bank and all other institutions doing any kind of building and loan business whose deposits are eligible for insurance by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. See South Carolina Code 34-1-10
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

(C) The board of directors of a stock state savings bank shall give written or printed notice, stating the time and place of the annual meeting, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, the notice is considered to be delivered when deposited in the United States postal service addressed to the stockholder at the address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid.