1. Restriction. A subsidiary bank established pursuant to a reorganization under chapter 105 must be organized as a corporation.

[PL 1997, c. 398, Pt. C, §17 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-B Sec. 319

  • Affiliate: means any company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-B Sec. 131
  • 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.
  • Director: means a member of the governing body of a financial institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-B Sec. 131
  • Minority: when used in reference to age shall mean under the age of 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Officer: means an employee of a financial institution who has been given managerial or other high-level duties by the governing body of the financial institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-B Sec. 131
  • Subsidiary: means a corporation, partnership, business trust, association or similar organization, all of which are referred to in this subsection as "another company" owned or controlled by a financial institution or financial institution holding company. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 9-B Sec. 131
2. Board of directors. With respect to a subsidiary bank established pursuant to a reorganization under chapter 105 from and after the time that subsidiary bank includes stockholders other than the mutual holding company, the articles of incorporation of the subsidiary bank must be amended to provide for proportionate representation of the minority stockholders on the board of directors of the subsidiary bank based on the percentage of common stock owned by the minority stockholders in the aggregate relative to the total amount of common stock then issued and outstanding, except that the minority stockholder representatives on the board of directors of the subsidiary bank may not be fewer than 2. A director or officer of a mutual holding company or subsidiary bank or any affiliate of that company or institution is prohibited from serving as a designated minority stockholder representative on the board of directors of the subsidiary bank. Shares of stock of the subsidiary bank owned directly or indirectly by an individual director or officer of the mutual holding company are deemed to be owned by the mutual holding company for purposes of determining proportionate representation of minority stockholders on the board of directors of the subsidiary bank. Representatives of the mutual holding company that serve on the board of directors of the subsidiary bank must be selected in accordance with chapter 105.

[PL 1997, c. 398, Pt. C, §17 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1997, c. 398, §C17 (NEW).