(a) Control of mutual savings association. No savings and loan holding company or any subsidiary thereof, or any director, officer, or employee of a savings and loan holding company or subsidiary thereof, or person owning, controlling, or holding with power to vote, or holding proxies representing, more than 25 percent of the voting shares of such holding company or subsidiary, may hold, solicit, or exercise any proxies in respect of any voting rights in a mutual savings association.
(b) Management interlocks. No director or officer of a savings and loan holding company, or any person owning, controlling, or holding with power to vote, or holding proxies representing more than 25 percent of the voting shares of such holding company may acquire control of any savings association not a subsidiary of such savings and loan holding company, unless such acquisition is approved by the Office pursuant to Sec. 574.3(a) of this chapter.
(c) Convicted persons. No individual who has been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust may serve or act as a director, officer, or trustee of, or become a partner in, any savings and loan holding company, except with the prior written approval of the Office.
(d) Applications for approval. Applications for an approval under paragraph (c) of this section shall contain a full statement of the reasons in support thereof. Such applications shall be filed with the OTS. [54 FR 49708, Nov. 30, 1989, as amended at 57 FR 14349, Apr. 20, 1992]