Bank Holding Company

The Bank Holding Company structure provides significant strategic and product/service advantages.  Bank Holding Companies can engage in financial planning, brokerage and insurance services, and other non-traditional lines of banking.

The Bank Holding Company formation process is fairly lengthy and complex.  Steps involved in the formation of a Bank Holding Company include:

t Filing of incoporator financial and biographical information

t Preperation of incorporation papers

t Interim bank charter application 

t Completion of regulatory applications

t Preperation of merger agreement between iterim and operating banks

t Preperation of shareholder proxy materials

t Preperation of SEC registration materials (if applicable)

t Shareholder meetings ard regulatory approvals

In addition, Bank Holding Companies allow corporate leverage to facilitate mergers and acquisitions, enhanced stock redemption and shareholder management capabilities.  AFSI coordinates the complex process and guides legal and accounting professionals, as appropriate, throughout the formation process to ensure a timely re-structuring of the organization.

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