12 C.F.R. § 611.1010 Bank charter amendment procedures.
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
(a) A bank may recommend a charter amendment to accomplish any of the following actions: (1) A merger or consolidation with any other bank or banks operating under title I or III of the Act; (2) A transfer of territory with any other bank operating under the same title of the Act; (3) A change to its name or location; (4) Any other change that is properly the subject of a bank charter; (b) Upon approval of an appropriate resolution by the bank board, the certified resolution, together with supporting documentation, shall be submitted to the Farm Credit Administration for preliminary or final approval, as the case may be. (c) The Farm Credit Administration shall review the material submitted and either approve or disapprove the request. The Farm Credit Administration may require submission of any supplemental materials it deems appropriate. If the request is for merger, consolidation, or transfer of territory, the approval of Farm Credit Administration will be preliminary only, with final approval subject to a vote of the bank's stockholders. (d) Following receipt of the Farm Credit Administration's written preliminary approval, the proposal shall be submitted for approval to the voting stockholders of the bank. A proposal shall be approved if agreed to by a majority of the stockholders of each bank voting, in person or by proxy, at a duly authorized stockholder meeting with each association entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the number of the association's voting shareholders. (e) Upon approval by the stockholders of the bank, the request for final approval and issuance of the appropriate charter or amendments to charter for the banks involved shall be submitted to the Farm Credit Administration.
Title 12: Banks and Banking
PART 611—ORGANIZATION
Subpart F—Bank Mergers, Consolidations and Charter Amendments
§ 611.1010 Bank charter amendment procedures.
