Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-406
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Amendments - Change of name - Change in location - Change
Official statutory text
in number and par value of shares - Bank's abandonment of trust
powers - Right of dissent.
A. Change of name. A bank or trust company, by majority vote
of the outstanding voting stock, may upon written notice to and may
after obtaining approval by the Commissioner change its corporate
name by appropriate amendment of its certificate of incorporation.
B. Change in location. 1. An application to change a bank or
trust company's main office location must be authorized by majority
vote of the outstanding voting stock. The application shall be
submitted upon a form provided by the Commissioner, and shall
contain a copy of the resolution adopted by the stockholders at the
stockholders' meeting authorizing the proposed change in location,
and shall be verified by the president or secretary of the
corporation. An application fee in an amount provided by Board rule
shall accompany the application.
2. If the applicant bank's deposits are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Commissioner may condition the
approval upon the approval of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
3. The Commissioner may, in the discretion of the Commissioner,
approve the application and authorize amendment of the certificate
of incorporation.
C. Change in number and par value of shares. Upon application
of a bank or trust company authorized by a majority vote of the
outstanding voting stock to amend its certificate of incorporation
by changing the number or par value of shares, the Commissioner
shall approve the application and authorize amendment unless the
change will inequitably affect the interest of any stockholders and
the bank or trust company does not have sufficient surplus and
undivided profits to pay dissenting stockholders the fair value of
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their shares and have remaining adequate capital as determined by
the Commissioner.
D. Bank's abandonment of trust powers. Upon application
approved by majority vote of the outstanding voting stock
authorizing the abandonment of its trust powers, and upon compliance
with Section 1017 of this title, the Commissioner may, in the
discretion of the Commissioner, approve the application and permit
amendment of the applicant's certificate of incorporation deleting
trust powers.
E. Other amendments. The Commissioner may, in the discretion
of the Commissioner, permit amendments to the applicant's
certificate of incorporation in addition to those specifically set
forth in this section and in Section 405 of this title, if the
Commissioner finds and determines the public and interested parties
would be served by the approval of such amendments.
F. Right of dissent. Shareholders of banking corporations
shall have the right of dissent to corporate action, in the same
manner as provided by Section 1104 of this title with respect to the
adoption of the following type of amendments to the applicant's
certificate of incorporation:
1. With respect to holders of a class of stock, a decrease in
the par value per share of the outstanding shares of such class of
stock, or a reverse stock split that decreases the aggregate par
value of a shareholder's total shares of the affected class of
stock;
2. A change of the main office location to a different town or
city;
3. With respect to preferred shareholders, a conversion of
preferred stock into common stock, other than in accordance with
conversion features, if any, which were contained in the terms of
the preferred stock when it was originally issued; and
4. With respect to preferred shareholders, any other amendment
which would modify preferred stock to reduce the dividend rate, to
make cumulative dividends noncumulative, to reduce the redemption or
liquidation price, to eliminate or adversely affect any conversion
rights or to eliminate or diminish any voting rights related
thereto.
of
the preferred stock when it was originally issued; and
4. With respect to preferred shareholders, any other amendment
which would modify preferred stock to reduce the dividend rate, to
make cumulative dividends noncumulative, to reduce the redemption or
liquidation price, to eliminate or adversely affect any conversion
rights or to eliminate or diminish any voting rights related
thereto.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to
transactions which are subject to dissenters' rights as provided by
Sections 1104 and 1109 of this title. Shareholders of banking
corporations shall also be entitled to appraisal rights granted with
respect to any type of transaction pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma General Corporation Act, except for transactions subject to
dissenters' rights as provided by the provisions of this section and
Sections 1104 and 1109 of this title.
powers - Right of dissent.
A. Change of name. A bank or trust company, by majority vote
of the outstanding voting stock, may upon written notice to and may
after obtaining approval by the Commissioner change its corporate
name by appropriate amendment of its certificate of incorporation.
B. Change in location. 1. An application to change a bank or
trust company's main office location must be authorized by majority
vote of the outstanding voting stock. The application shall be
submitted upon a form provided by the Commissioner, and shall
contain a copy of the resolution adopted by the stockholders at the
stockholders' meeting authorizing the proposed change in location,
and shall be verified by the president or secretary of the
corporation. An application fee in an amount provided by Board rule
shall accompany the application.
2. If the applicant bank's deposits are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Commissioner may condition the
approval upon the approval of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
3. The Commissioner may, in the discretion of the Commissioner,
approve the application and authorize amendment of the certificate
of incorporation.
C. Change in number and par value of shares. Upon application
of a bank or trust company authorized by a majority vote of the
outstanding voting stock to amend its certificate of incorporation
by changing the number or par value of shares, the Commissioner
shall approve the application and authorize amendment unless the
change will inequitably affect the interest of any stockholders and
the bank or trust company does not have sufficient surplus and
undivided profits to pay dissenting stockholders the fair value of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 6. Banks and Trust Companies Page 58
their shares and have remaining adequate capital as determined by
the Commissioner.
D. Bank's abandonment of trust powers. Upon application
approved by majority vote of the outstanding voting stock
authorizing the abandonment of its trust powers, and upon compliance
with Section 1017 of this title, the Commissioner may, in the
discretion of the Commissioner, approve the application and permit
amendment of the applicant's certificate of incorporation deleting
trust powers.
E. Other amendments. The Commissioner may, in the discretion
of the Commissioner, permit amendments to the applicant's
certificate of incorporation in addition to those specifically set
forth in this section and in Section 405 of this title, if the
Commissioner finds and determines the public and interested parties
would be served by the approval of such amendments.
F. Right of dissent. Shareholders of banking corporations
shall have the right of dissent to corporate action, in the same
manner as provided by Section 1104 of this title with respect to the
adoption of the following type of amendments to the applicant's
certificate of incorporation:
1. With respect to holders of a class of stock, a decrease in
the par value per share of the outstanding shares of such class of
stock, or a reverse stock split that decreases the aggregate par
value of a shareholder's total shares of the affected class of
stock;
2. A change of the main office location to a different town or
city;
3. With respect to preferred shareholders, a conversion of
preferred stock into common stock, other than in accordance with
conversion features, if any, which were contained in the terms of
the preferred stock when it was originally issued; and
4. With respect to preferred shareholders, any other amendment
which would modify preferred stock to reduce the dividend rate, to
make cumulative dividends noncumulative, to reduce the redemption or
liquidation price, to eliminate or adversely affect any conversion
rights or to eliminate or diminish any voting rights related
thereto.
of
the preferred stock when it was originally issued; and
4. With respect to preferred shareholders, any other amendment
which would modify preferred stock to reduce the dividend rate, to
make cumulative dividends noncumulative, to reduce the redemption or
liquidation price, to eliminate or adversely affect any conversion
rights or to eliminate or diminish any voting rights related
thereto.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to
transactions which are subject to dissenters' rights as provided by
Sections 1104 and 1109 of this title. Shareholders of banking
corporations shall also be entitled to appraisal rights granted with
respect to any type of transaction pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma General Corporation Act, except for transactions subject to
dissenters' rights as provided by the provisions of this section and
Sections 1104 and 1109 of this title.
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