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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="3-403" title_number="3" title_name="Banking Institutions -- Commercial Banks" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Directors and Officers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After the initial issuance of capital stock by a commercial bank, each of its directors shall own in good faith and of record unencumbered shares of the capital stock of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The commercial bank; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A corporation that owns more than 80 percent of the capital stock of the commercial bank.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The unencumbered capital stock owned by the director shall be in the amount of at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$500; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$250, if the commercial bank is a State bank that has $50,000 or less in capital stock.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To determine the amount of capital stock owned by a director:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Based on the value of the stock on the date of purchase or on the date the director took office, whichever is greater, any one or more of the following may be considered:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Aggregate par value in the amount required under either paragraph (2)(i) or (ii) of this subsection;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Aggregate shareholder’s equity in the amount required under either paragraph (2)(i) or (ii) of this subsection; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Aggregate fair market value in the amount required under paragraph (2)(i) or (ii) of this subsection; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Debt instruments of the commercial bank or corporation may not be considered.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 30% of the directors of a commercial bank shall be residents of this State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
