2020 Georgia Code
Title 7 - Banking and Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Institutions
Article 2 - Banks and Trust Companies
Part 9 - Financial Structure
§ 7-1-419. Subordinated Securities

1. A bank or trust company may issue notes, debentures, or other obligations in the form of "subordinated securities," provided that they:
   1. Are subordinated in right of payment, in the event of insolvency or liquidation of the bank or trust company, to the prior payment of all deposits of the bank or trust company and of all claims of other creditors of the bank or trust company except the holders of securities on a parity therewith and the holders of securities expressly subordinated thereto;
   2. Are authorized by the same votes of directors as those required for authorization of an increase in capital stock or any instrument convertible into capital stock of the bank or trust company;
   3. Contain provisions for amortization, serial maturities, transfers to a sinking fund, allocation of reserves, or other provisions sufficient to pay or to have paid at maturity all amounts due thereon;
   4. Furnish disclosures to investors of the risks associated with the subordinated securities prior to investment; and
   5. Include notice that, if the bank or trust company becomes subject to a regulatory action, then the bank or trust company may be prohibited from paying or retiring the subordinated securities.
2. The aggregate amount of the obligations of a bank or trust company in the form of subordinated securities shall at no time exceed 50 percent of the sum of the unimpaired capital stock and unimpaired paid-in capital of the bank or the trust company.
3. If at or after the payment or retirement of the subordinated securities of a bank or trust company there is or would be a deficiency in the capital stock of the bank or trust company, such fact shall be reported to the department in advance of the payment or retirement. The department may, upon receipt of such report, order a restoration of capital stock or take other appropriate remedial measures under this chapter.
4. Subordinated securities shall not be considered in determining the amount of ad valorem taxes payable by the bank or trust company.

(Code 1933, § 13-2025.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1965, p. 494, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1045, §§ 6, 7; Code 1933, § 41A-1910, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 705, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 193, § 11/HB 143; Ga. L. 2019, p. 828, § 12/HB 185.)

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted "capital stock and unimpaired paid-in capital" for "capital stock, unimpaired paid-in capital, and appropriated retained earnings" near the end of subsection (b).

- Order of payment of liabilities of financial institution which is liquidated or dissolved and whose assets are insufficient to pay in full all liabilities, § 7-1-202.

- Borrowed money, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Banking and Finance, Banks, Chapter 80-1-9.

Cited in Georgia R.R. Bank & Trust Co. v. FDIC, 758 F.2d 1548 (11th Cir. 1985).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 10 Am. Jur. 2d, Banks and Financial Institutions, § 498.

- Trust or preference in assets of insolvent bank in respect of funds intended to aid bank in financial difficulty, 88 A.L.R. 996.

Trust or preference in respect of funds deposited by executors, administrators, testamentary trustees, or guardians, 101 A.L.R. 602.

Rights and preferences in respect of assets of insolvent bank as affected by its division into departments, 114 A.L.R. 680.

PART 10 SHAREHOLDERS

Law reviews.

- For comment, "A Snapshot of Dual-Class Share Structures in the Twenty-First Century: A Solution to Reconcile Shareholder Protections with Founder Autonomy," see 68 Emory L.J. 337 (2018).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Duty and liability of bank under agreement to remit money, 69 A.L.R. 673.

4A Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Banks, § 9 et seq.