(a) In general. Subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the
Currency, a national banking association may, by a vote of shareholders
owning, in the aggregate, two-thirds of its capital stock, reduce
its capital.
(b) Shareholder
distributions authorized. As part of its capital reduction plan
approved in accordance with subsection (a), and with the affirmative
vote of shareholders owning at least two thirds of the shares of each class
of its stock outstanding (each voting as a class), a national banking
association may distribute cash or other assets to its shareholders.
[12 USC 59. Section 5143, Revised Statutes, as amended and reenacted
by this section, was further amended by acts of Aug. 23, 1935 (49
Stat. 720) and Oct. 13, 2006 (120 Stat. 1971).]