                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATE ASSOCIATION OR ASSOCIATION HOLDING COMPANY ACQUIRING BANK; ASSOCIATION
ACQUIRED BY BANK OR BANK HOLDING COMPANY; MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF ASSOCIATION
AND BANK (§ 6.2-1146)

A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 6.2-874, 6.2-885, or 6.2-886, and
subject to the prior approval of the Commission:

   1. A state association or a federal savings institution may become a
   subsidiary of (i) a state bank or a national bank whose main office is located
   within the Commonwealth or (ii) a bank holding company whose banking
   subsidiaries principally conduct their operations within the Commonwealth;

   2. A state bank may become a subsidiary of (i) a state association or a
   federal savings institution whose main office is located within the
   Commonwealth or (ii) a savings and loan holding company whose principal place
   of business is located within the Commonwealth;

   3. A state association or a federal savings institution may merge into or
   consolidate with a state bank or a national bank whose main office is located
   within the Commonwealth or a state bank or a national bank may merge into or
   consolidate with a state association or a federal savings institution whose
   main office is located within the Commonwealth;

   4. A state savings bank may become a subsidiary of (i) a state association,
   state bank, federal savings institution or national bank the main office of
   which is located within the Commonwealth or (ii) a financial institution
   holding company whose subsidiaries principally conduct their operations within
   the Commonwealth;

   5. A state bank or state association may become a subsidiary of a state
   savings bank;

   6. A state savings bank may merge into or consolidate with a state
   association, state bank, federal savings institution or national bank whose
   main office is located within the Commonwealth; and

   7. A state association, state bank or federal financial institution may merge
   into or consolidate with a state savings bank.

B. If the resulting entity is to do business as a bank, the Commission shall not
approve the merger or consolidation unless the applicant meets the standards
established by &#xA7; 6.2-816. If the resulting entity is to do business as a
savings institution, the Commission shall not approve the merger or
consolidation unless the applicant meets the standards established by &#xA7;
6.2-1118. In either case, the order granting a certificate of authority to do
business shall designate the main office of the resulting entity.

C. The resulting entity shall be permitted to operate all branch offices of the
merging or consolidating entities that could have been established de novo by
the resulting entity or that were in operation at least five years prior to the
date of the order permitting merger or consolidation. Within one year of such
merger or consolidation, the resulting entity shall conform its assets and
operations to the provisions of law regulating the operation of savings
institutions if the resulting entity is operated as a savings institution or to
the provisions of law regulating the operation of banks if the resulting entity
is operated as a bank. The Commission may grant the resulting entity additional
one-year periods, not to exceed a total of four additional years, in which to
conform its assets and operations as provided herein.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 224, § 6.1-195.57:1; 1985, c. 425, § 6.1-194.40; 1991, cc.
228, 230, § 6.1-194.131; 1996, c. 26; 2010, c. 794.