Section 3-709 - Certificate of consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-709. Certificate of consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets.
 

(a)  Issuance of certificate.- When the executed agreement and a copy of the resolution of the stockholders of each constituent bank, certified by its secretary or cashier, have been filed with the Commissioner and the Commissioner has approved the transaction, the Commissioner shall issue to the successor a certificate of consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets that sets forth the name of each constituent bank and the name of the successor. 

(b)  Designation in certificate of effective date of transaction.- The constituent banks may designate an effective date and time, not earlier than the date of the certificate, to be included in the certificate of consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets. 

(c)  Transaction effective upon issuance of certificate.- Unless the certificate of consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets specifies a later effective date and time, the consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets becomes effective upon issuance of the certificate by the Commissioner. 

(d)  Certificate as evidence.- This certificate is conclusive evidence of the consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets and of the correctness of all proceedings relating to it. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 11, §§ 109, 114; 1980, ch. 33, § 2; ch. 807, § 1; 1996, ch. 326, § 2.]