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PUBLIC LAW 90-255-FEB. 14, 1968

[82 STAT.

"(ii) to acquire, except with the prior written approval of the Corporation, by the process of merger, consolidation, or purchase of assets, another insured or uninsured institution or a savings and loan holding company, or all or substantially all of the assets of any such institution or holding company; "(iii) to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or to retain for more than one year after the enactment of this amendment, any of the voting shares of an insured institution not a subsidiary, or of a savings and loan holding company not a subsidiary, or, in the case of a multiple savings and loan holding company^, to so acquire or retain more than 5 per centum of the voting shares of any company not a subsidiary which is engaged in any business activity other than those specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this section; or "(iv) to acquire the control of an uninsured institution, or to retain for more than one year after the effective date of this amendment or from the date on which such control was acquired, whichever is later, the control of any such institution; " (B) any other company, without the prior written approval of the Corporation, directly or indirectly, or through one or more subsidiaries or through one or more transactions, to acquire the control of one or more insured institutions, except that such approval shall not be required in connection with the control of an insured institution (i) acquired by devise under the terms of a will creating a trust which is excluded from the definition of 'savings and loan holding company' under subsection (a) of this section, or (ii) acquired in connection with a reorganization in which a person or group of persons, having had control of an insured institution for more than three years, vests control of that institution in a newly formed holding company subject to the control of the same person or group of persons. The Corporation shall approve an acquisition of an insured institution under this subparagraph unless it finds the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the company and institution involved to be such that the acquisition would be detrimental to the institution or the insurance risk of the Corporation, and shall render its decision within ninety days after submission to the Board of the complete record on the application. "(2) The Corporation shall not approve any acquisition under subparagraphs (A)(i) or (A) (ii), or of more than one insured institution under subparagraph (B), of paragraph (1) of this subsection except in accordance with this paragraph. I n every case, the Corporation shall take into consideration the financial and managerial resources and future prospects of the company and institution involved, and the convenience and needs of the community to be served, and shall render its decision within ninety days after submission to the Board of the complete record on the application. Before approving any such acquisition, the Corporation shall request from the Attorney General and consider any report rendered within thirty days on the competitive factors involved. The Corporation shall not approve any proposed acquisition— " (A) which would result in a monopoly, or which would be in furtherance of any combination or conspiracy to monopolize or to attempt to monopolize the savings and loan business in any part of the United States, or " (B) the effect of which in any section of the country may be substantially to lessen competition, or tend to create a monopoly, or which in any other manner would be in restraint of trade, un-

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