1. The merger is effective upon the filing of the articles of merger with the secretary of state, or at any later date and time as specified in the articles of merger. The certificate of merger is conclusive evidence of the performance of all conditions precedent to the merger, and of the existence or creation of the resulting state bank, except as against the state.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 524.1405

  • Articles of incorporation: means the original, amended, or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto and includes articles of merger. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Bank: means a corporation organized under this chapter, a national bank, a federal savings association, or an out-of-state bank. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Contract: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • financial institution: means the same as defined in section 527. See Iowa Code 547A.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a state bank incorporated as a stock corporation are divided. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State bank: means any bank incorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter after January 1, 1970, and any "state bank" incorporated pursuant to the laws of this state and doing business as such on January 1, 1970, or a bank organized as a mutual corporation under this chapter. See Iowa Code 524.103
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of banking of this state. See Iowa Code 524.103
 2. When a merger takes effect, all of the following apply:

 a. Every other financial institution to the merger merges into the surviving financial institution and the separate existence of every party except the surviving financial institution ceases.
 b. All property owned by, and every contract right possessed by, each financial institution or other authorized entity that is a party to the merger, other than the resulting bank, are the property and contract rights of the resulting bank without transfer, reversion, or impairment.
 c. All debts, obligations, and other liabilities of each financial institution or other authorized entity that is a party to the merger, other than the resulting bank, are debts, obligations, or liabilities of the resulting bank.
 d. The name of the survivor may, but need not be, substituted in any pending proceeding for the name of any party to the merger whose separate existence ceased in the merger.
 e. For a resulting state bank, the articles of incorporation of the resulting state bank are amended to the extent provided in the articles of merger.
 f. The articles of incorporation of a resulting state bank that is created by the merger become effective.
 g. The shares of each financial institution or authorized entity that is a party to the merger, that are to be converted in accordance with the terms of the merger into any combination of shares or other securities, obligations, rights to acquire shares or other securities, cash, or other property, are converted, and the former holders of such shares are entitled only to the rights provided in the articles of merger or to their rights under section 524.1406.
 h. Except as provided by law or the terms of the merger, all the rights, privileges, franchises, and immunities of each financial institution or other authorized entity that is a party to the merger, other than the resulting bank, are the rights, privileges, franchises, and immunities of the resulting bank.
 3. Upon request, the superintendent shall expressly revoke the authorization to do business of any state bank that is a party to the merger, other than the resulting state bank, and shall return the physical copy of such state bank’s authorization to do business in a manner clearly indicating that the authorization has been revoked.
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