Arkansas Code
Subchapter 4 - Operation Generally
§ 23-37-403. Dividends

(a)
(1) After providing for payment of the expenses of operation of the association and for the required minimum transfer to its general loss reserves on each closing day as prescribed by the Supervisor of Savings and Loan Associations, the board of directors of an association may declare a dividend on savings accounts of record on the last business day of March, June, September, and December. The dividends shall be payable as of the dividend date or at a later date not more than thirty (30) days following the dividend date.
(2) Dividends shall be declared on the withdrawal value of each savings account at the beginning of the dividend period, plus additions thereto made during the dividend period less amounts withdrawn, which for dividend purposes shall be deducted from the latest previous additions thereto, computed at the declared rate for the time invested.
(3) For dividend purposes, the date of investment shall be the date fixed by the board of directors of an association with the approval of the Savings and Loan Association Board [abolished] which shall be not later than thirty (30) days after or prior to the date of actual receipt by the association of an account or an addition to an account.
(4) Dividends shall be credited to savings accounts on the books of the association unless the association shall have agreed to pay dividends on all or any part of any savings account in cash.
(5) All savings account holders shall participate equally in dividends pro rata to the withdrawal value of their savings accounts; no association shall be required to pay or credit dividends on accounts of ten dollars ($10.00) or less.

(b) With the approval of the Savings and Loan Association Board [abolished], a savings and loan or building and loan association operating under authority of the statutes of Arkansas may pay to the holders of its savings accounts any rate of dividend, or bonus, or special dividend, or classify its savings accounts for the purpose of paying a differential or variable dividend, or adopt any other dividend policy that is authorized for federal associations operating in this state, irrespective of any limitation contained in this chapter or other laws of this state.

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