Connecticut General Statutes 36a-110 – Dividends
(a) Except for dividends payable in shares of its capital stock, no capital stock Connecticut bank shall declare a dividend on its capital stock except from its net profits, unless the bank has received the prior approval of the commissioner. As used in this subsection, “net profits” means the remainder of all earnings from current operations. The total of all dividends declared by such bank in any calendar year shall not, unless specifically approved by the commissioner, exceed the total of its net profits of that year combined with its retained net profits of the preceding two years.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-110
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Capital stock: when used in conjunction with any bank or out-of-state bank means a bank or out-of-state bank that is authorized to accumulate funds through the issuance of its capital stock. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Connecticut bank: means a bank and trust company, savings bank or savings and loan association chartered or organized under the laws of this state. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Governing board: means the group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of a financial institution irrespective of the name by which such group is designated. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(b) Subject to the approval of the commissioner, stock dividends may be declared and paid by a capital stock Connecticut bank in its own authorized but unissued shares to the extent of its surplus earnings, provided such shares shall be issued at not less than the par value thereof, if any. There shall be transferred from its surplus or undivided profits account, or both, as determined by the governing board, to its capital account at the time such dividend is paid an amount equal to (1) in the case of a dividend payable in its own shares having a par value, the aggregate par value of the shares to be issued as a dividend, and (2) in the case of a dividend payable in its own shares without par value, at such aggregate stated value as shall be fixed by the governing board by resolution adopted at the time such dividend is declared. A split-up or division of the issued shares of any class into a greater number of shares of the same class without increasing the stated capital of the capital stock Connecticut bank is not a stock dividend within the meaning of this subsection.