(a) In determining whether a certificate of public convenience and advantage shall be issued with respect to any limited purpose trust company, the Commissioner shall consider:

(1) The financial and managerial resources of the limited purpose trust company and whether it will have sufficient capital to support its business operations; provided however, that in no event shall the capital of the limited purpose trust company be less than that required by § 745 of this title;

(2) The future prospects of the limited purpose trust company;

(3) The financial history of affiliates of the limited purpose trust company, if any;

(4) Whether the organization of the limited purpose trust company may result in undue concentration of resources or substantial lessening of competition in this State; and

(5) The convenience and needs of the public and this State.

(b) No certificate of public convenience and advantage shall be issued with respect to any limited purpose trust company except on a finding:

(1) That the limited purpose trust company will be operated in a manner so as not to attract customers from the general public in this State to the substantial detriment of existing banks or trust companies located in this State other than corporations established under this subchapter, provided that such limited purpose trust company may be operated in a manner likely to attract and retain customers with whom it or any affiliate thereof have or have had business relations;

(2) That the limited purpose trust company itself, or together with its affiliates, will employ within 3 years of its commencement of business in this State at least 100 persons within this State; provided, that the Commissioner shall extend, upon request of the limited purpose trust company, the time within which to employ such 100 persons to a 4th year if 50 such persons are employed by the end of the 3rd year and thereafter to a 5th year for reasonable cause shown; provided however, that the requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to a limited purpose trust company established under this subchapter on or after January 1, 1996;

(3) That the limited purpose trust company itself, or together with its affiliates, has a total ownership equity of at least $25,000,000; provided, however, that the requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to a limited purpose trust company established under this subchapter on or after January 1, 1996;

(4) That the limited purpose trust company shall maintain its headquarters in this State; and

(5) That, pursuant to its application for such certificate, the limited purpose trust company has specifically agreed to be bound by the conditions set forth in this subchapter.

(c) Every corporation formed under this subchapter shall operate in compliance with the standards set forth in subsection (b) of this section; provided however, that any limited purpose trust company established under this subchapter before January 1, 1996, may file an application with the Commissioner for the waiver of either or both of the conditions specified in subsections (b)(2) and (3) of this section. Such application shall contain such information as the Commissioner may by regulation require, shall be accompanied by an investigation fee of $1,150 payable to the Office of the State Bank Commissioner and shall be approved by the Commissioner upon finding that the applicable provisions of law have been complied with. In determining whether to approve an application pursuant to this subsection, the Commissioner shall consider the convenience and needs of the public of this State and, in the case of an application to waive the requirement of subsection (b)(3) of this section, whether the limited purpose trust company will have sufficient capital to support its business operations; provided however, that in no event shall the capital of the limited purpose trust company be less than that required by § 745 of this title.

63 Del. Laws, c. 261, § 3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 327, §§ 6-10; 71 Del. Laws, c. 254, § 9.