The bank, trust company, national banking association, or domestic bank holding company to be acquired shall include with the application each of the following items of information:
(a) A statement verifying that the bank, trust company, national banking association or domestic bank holding company to be acquired is in such a liquidity or financial condition as to be in danger of closing, failing or insolvency, setting forth with specificity the circumstances upon which such conclusion is based.
(b) A statement of all courses of action actively considered as an alternative to the proposed merger or acquisition; a statement of why each such course of action or combination of more than one of them was not taken; a statement as to why assistance available from the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or other governmental agency either alone or in combination with other actions is not sufficient to alleviate the liquidity or financial situation so as to avoid the danger of closing, failing or insolvency; and if known, the course or courses of action which will be taken in the event the merger or acquisition is not consummated.
(c) Financial records including: (1) Copies of reports of condition required to be filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities and financial statements showing its assets and liabilities as of the end of each of the six most recent quarterly periods of operation; (2) copies of income and expense statements for each of the six most recent quarterly periods of operation; and (3) a copy of the most recent independent audit report.
Information submitted in response to this subsection shall be consolidated figures for the entire organization. If individual figures for operating subsidiaries are available, they shall also be submitted.
(d) A statement setting forth which, if any, state banks, trust companies, or national banking associations doing business in this state, or domestic bank holding companies have been solicited to make an offer for acquisition or merger. If no such solicitations have been made, the application shall include an explanation of the decision not to make such solicitations. The application shall include a summary of the terms of any bona fide offer for merger or acquisition received from any domestic bank, trust company, national banking association or bank holding company, and shall further state whether any domestic offerors have been given the opportunity to match the terms of the proposed acquisition by or merger with the out-of-state bank holding company.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
30.04.030 and
43.320.040. WSR 00-17-141, recodified as § 208-548-040, filed 8/22/00, effective 9/22/00. Statutory Authority: RCW
30.04.230 as amended by 1983 c 157 § 9. WSR 83-20-073 (Order 56), § 50-48-040, filed 10/3/83.]