This article defines banking terms used elsewhere in the article, including “acquire,” “bank,” “bank holding company,” and related terms.
For purposes of this article: (a) “Acquire” means: (1) For a company to merge or consolidate with a bank holding company; (2) For a company to assume direct or indirect ownership or control of: (I) More than 25 percent of any class of voting shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was not a bank holding company prior to such acquisition; (II) More than five percent of any class of voting shares of a bank holding company or a bank, if the acquiring company was a bank holding company prior to such acquisition; or (III) All or substantially all of the assets of a bank holding company or a bank; or (3) For a company to take any other action that results in the direct or indirect acquisition of control by such company of a bank holding company or a bank; however, formation of a de novo bank pursuant to Chapter 5A of this title is not an acquisition for purposes of this article. (b) “Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act. (c) “Alabama bank” means a bank that is: (1) Organized under the laws of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the superintendent; or (2) Organized under federal law and having its main office in this state. (d) “Alabama bank holding company” means a bank holding company that: (1) Had its principal place of business in this state on July 1, 1966, or the date on which it became a bank holding company, whichever is later; and (2) Is not controlled by a bank holding company other than an Alabama bank holding company. (e) “Bank” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act. (f) “Bank holding company”: (1) Has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act; and (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, includes an Alabama bank holding company, an out-of-state bank holding company, and a foreign bank holding company. (g) “Bank Holding Company Act” means the federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, 12 U.S.C. §§1841 et seq. (h) “Bank supervisory agency” means any of the following: (1) The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and any successor to these agencies; and (2) Any agency of another state with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising banks. (i) “Branch” has the same meaning as “domestic branch” defined in Section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; however, an automated teller machine shall not constitute a branch. (j) “Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) of the Bank Holding Company Act, and includes a bank holding company. (k) “Control” shall be construed consistently with the provisions of Section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act. (l) “Deposit” has the meaning set forth in 12 U.S.C. §1813 (l). (m) “Depository institution” means any institution included for any purpose within the definitions of “insured depository institution” as set forth in 12 U.S.C. §1813(c) (2) and (3). (n) “Foreign bank holding company” means a bank holding company that is organized under the laws of a country other than the United States, including any territory or possession thereof. (o) “Home state regulator” means, with respect to an out-of-state bank holding company, the bank supervisory agency of the state in which such company maintains its principal place of business. (p) “Out-of-state bank holding company” means: (1) A bank holding company that is not an Alabama bank holding company; and (2) Unless the context requires otherwise, includes a foreign bank holding company. (q) “Principal place of business” of a bank holding company means the state in which the total deposits of all bank subsidiaries of such company were the greatest on the later of July 1, 1966, or the date on which such company became a bank holding company. (r) “State” means any state, territory, or other possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia. (s) “Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) of the Bank Holding Company Act. (t) “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Banks then in office and, where appropriate, all of his or her successors and predecessors in office.