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Title 7. BANKING AND FINANCE · Chapter 1. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS · Article 1. DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY · Part 10. CHANGE IN CONTROL OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

7-1-230. Definitions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. As used in this part, the term:

  2. (1)

    “Concert with one or more persons” includes, but is not limited to, the following persons and relationships:#

    1. (A)

      A company and any controlling shareholder, partner, trustee, or management official of the company if both the company and the individual own voting securities of the financial institution;#

    2. (B)

      An individual and the individual’s immediate family;#

    3. (C)

      Companies under common control;#

    4. (D)

      Persons that are parties to any agreement, contract, understanding, or other arrangement, whether written or otherwise, regarding the acquisition, voting, or transfer of control of voting securities of a financial institution;#

    5. (E)

      Persons that have made, or propose to make, a joint filing under Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; and#

    6. (F)

      A person and any trust for which the person serves as trustee.#

  3. (2)

    “Control” means the power directly or indirectly to direct the management or policies of a financial institution or to vote 25 percent or more of any class of voting securities of a financial institution.#

  4. (3)

    “Person” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization, or any other form of entity not specifically listed in this paragraph.#

  5. (4)

    “Presumption of control” means a person which directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has the power to vote more than 10 percent but less than 25 percent of any class of voting securities of a financial institution if no other persons will own, control, or hold the power to vote a greater percentage of that class of voting securities immediately after the transaction.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 41A-1005, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1076, § 1; Ga. L. 2022, p. 220, § 2/HB 891.

Amendments

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, added paragraph (1), redesignated former paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), and added paragraph (4).

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