(a) The authorized capital stock of any state bank may be increased or decreased by amendment to its articles of incorporation, subject to the requirements pertaining to such amendments contained in ยงยง 23-48-307 and 23-48-308.
(b) A capital stock increase may be effected by the issuance and sale of additional shares, which additional shares may be of the same class as the shares then outstanding or may be represented by a different class or classes having privileges, preferences, and voting rights greater or less than those appurtenant to the then outstanding shares, whether common stock or preferred stock.
(c) Stock dividends may be paid out of surplus or undivided profits.
(d) A state bank may authorize common stock, which may be retained, unissued by the institution, until such time as the board of directors shall order its sale or distribution.
(e) No decrease of the capital stock shall be permitted without the consent of the Bank Commissioner and in no event shall the capital be reduced to a figure below the minimum prescribed by law.
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