Transactions with management and affiliates

Ark. Code Ann. § 23-51-510 — under ARKANSAS TRUST INSTITUTIONS ACT OF 2025.

Ark. Code Ann. § 23-51-510

(a) Without the prior approval of a disinterested majority of the board of a state trust company recorded in the minutes, or if a disinterested majority cannot be obtained, the prior written approval of a majority of the disinterested directors of a state trust company and the Bank Commissioner, a state trust company shall not directly or indirectly:(1) Sell or lease an asset of the state trust company to an officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company;(2) Purchase or lease an asset in which an officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company has an interest; or(3) Subject to § 23-51-501, extend credit to an officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company.

(1) Sell or lease an asset of the state trust company to an officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company;

(2) Purchase or lease an asset in which an officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company has an interest; or

(3) Subject to § 23-51-501, extend credit to an officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company.

(b) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a lease transaction described in subdivision (a)(2) of this section involving real property shall not be consummated, renewed, or extended without the prior written approval of the commissioner.(2) For purposes of this subsection only, an affiliate of the state trust company does not include a subsidiary of the state trust company.

(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a lease transaction described in subdivision (a)(2) of this section involving real property shall not be consummated, renewed, or extended without the prior written approval of the commissioner.

(2) For purposes of this subsection only, an affiliate of the state trust company does not include a subsidiary of the state trust company.

(c) Subject to § 23-51-501, a state trust company shall not directly or indirectly extend credit to an employee, officer, director, or principal shareholder of the state trust company or an affiliate of the state trust company, unless:(1) The extension of credit:(A) Is made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions by the state trust company with persons who are not employees, officers, directors, principal shareholders, or affiliates of the state trust company; and(B) Does not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features; and(2) The state trust company follows credit underwriting procedures that are not less stringent than those applicable to comparable transactions by the state trust company with persons who are not employees, officers, directors, principal shareholders, or affiliates of the state trust company.

(1) The extension of credit:(A) Is made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions by the state trust company with persons who are not employees, officers, directors, principal shareholders, or affiliates of the state trust company; and(B) Does not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features; and

(A) Is made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions by the state trust company with persons who are not employees, officers, directors, principal shareholders, or affiliates of the state trust company; and

(B) Does not involve more than the normal risk of repayment or present other unfavorable features; and

(2) The state trust company follows credit underwriting procedures that are not less stringent than those applicable to comparable transactions by the state trust company with persons who are not employees, officers, directors, principal shareholders, or affiliates of the state trust company.

(d) An officer or director of the state trust company who knowingly participates in or knowingly permits a violation of this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class D felony.

(e) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement and administer this section, including rules to establish limits, requirements, or exemptions other than those specified by this section for particular categories of transactions.