Specific actions authorized

The appropriate Federal banking agency shall carry out this section by taking 1 or more of the following actions:

(A) Requiring recapitalization Doing 1 or more of the following: (i) Requiring the institution to sell enough shares or obligations of the institution so that the institution will be adequately capitalized after the sale. (ii) Further requiring that instruments sold under clause (i) be voting shares. (iii) Requiring the institution to be acquired by a depository institution holding company, or to combine with another insured depository institution, if 1 or more grounds exist for appointing a conservator or receiver for the institution.

(B) Restricting transactions with affiliates (i) Requiring the institution to comply with section 371c of this title as if subsection (d)(1) of that section (exempting transactions with certain affiliated institutions) did not apply. (ii) Further restricting the institution’s transactions with affiliates.

(C) Restricting interest rates paid (i) In general Restricting the interest rates that the institution pays on deposits to the prevailing rates of interest on deposits of comparable amounts and maturities in the region where the institution is located, as determined by the agency. (ii) Retroactive restrictions prohibited This subparagraph does not authorize the agency to restrict interest rates paid on time deposits made before (and not renewed or renegotiated after) the agency acted under this subparagraph.

(D) Restricting asset growth Restricting the institution’s asset growth more stringently than subsection (e)(3), or requiring the institution to reduce its total assets.

(E) Restricting activities Requiring the institution or any of its subsidiaries to alter, reduce, or terminate any activity that the agency determines poses excessive risk to the institution.

(F) Improving management Doing 1 or more of the following: (i) New election of directors Ordering a new election for the institution’s board of directors. (ii) Dismissing directors or senior executive officers Requiring the institution to dismiss from office any director or senior executive officer who had held office for more than 180 days immediately before the institution became undercapitalized. Dismissal under this clause shall not be construed to be a removal under section 1818 of this title . (iii) Employing qualified senior executive officers Requiring the institution to employ qualified senior executive officers (who, if the agency so specifies, shall be subject to approval by the agency).

(G) Prohibiting deposits from correspondent banks Prohibiting the acceptance by the institution of deposits from correspondent depository institutions, including renewals and rollovers of prior deposits.

(H) Requiring prior approval for capital distributions by bank holding company Prohibiting any bank holding company having control of the insured depository institution from making any capital distribution without the prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(I) Requiring divestiture Doing one or more of the following: (i) Divestiture by the institution Requiring the institution to divest itself of or liquidate any subsidiary if the agency determines that the subsidiary is in danger of becoming insolvent and poses a significant risk to the institution, or is likely to cause a significant dissipation of the institution’s assets or earnings. (ii) Divestiture by parent company of nondepository affiliate Requiring any company having control of the institution to divest itself of or liquidate any affiliate other than an insured depository institution if the appropriate Federal banking agency for that company determines that the affiliate is in danger of becoming insolvent and poses a significant risk to the institution, or is likely to cause a significant dissipation of the institution’s assets or earnings. (iii) Divestiture of institution Requiring any company having control of the institution to divest itself of the institution if the appropriate Federal banking agency for that company determines that divestiture would improve the institution’s financial condition and future prospects.

(J) Requiring other action Requiring the institution to take any other action that the agency determines will better carry out the purpose of this section than any of the actions described in this paragraph.