9-911. Declarations of dividends. (a) The directors of any stock bank or trust company or of any mutual bank may declare cash dividends only from undivided profits. For a stock bank, before paying this dividend, the directors shall ensure that the surplus fund equals or exceeds the capital stock account. If the surplus fund is less than the capital stock account, the directors shall transfer 25% of the net profits of the bank or trust company, since the last preceding dividend from undivided profits to the surplus fund, except no additional transfers shall be required once the surplus fund equals the capital stock account.
(b) The directors of any bank or trust company may not declare or pay an asset dividend, other than cash dividends allowed pursuant to subsection (a), without prior approval from the commissioner.
History: L. 1947, ch. 102, § 24; L. 1989, ch. 48, § 23; L. 2015, ch. 38, § 42; L. 2018, ch. 75, § 19; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 9 - Banks And Banking; Trust Companies
Article 9 - Banking Code; Capital Stock And Structure
9-903 Transfer of stock; report to commissioner.
9-904 Reduction of capital stock, when.
9-905 Increase of capital stock.
9-906 Restoration of impaired capital.
9-907 Delinquent stockholders; public or private sale of stock.
9-909 Preferred stock; rights and immunities of holders.
9-910 Dividends from capital stock prohibited; how current dividends paid.