(a) Existing Delaware banks may be merged with or into out-of-state banks to result in an out-of-state state bank; provided, that written approval by the State Bank Commissioner is required for any such merger of an existing Delaware bank that is a Delaware state bank, which shall be in the same manner as that prescribed in §§ 784, 788, 789, 790, 791 and 792 of this title and as prescribed in subsection (b) of this section; further provided, that the action by a national bank shall be taken in the manner prescribed by and subject to limitations and requirements imposed by the laws of the United States, which shall also govern the rights of its dissenting stockholders; and further provided, that the action by an out-of-state state bank shall be taken in the manner prescribed by and subject to limitations and requirements imposed by the laws of the state under whose laws such out-of-state state bank is chartered, which shall also govern the rights of its dissenting stockholders.

(b) Following the approval of the merger agreement both in substance and form by the Commissioner, in the same manner as that prescribed in § 784 of this title, the procedure for a merger involving a Delaware state bank which is to result in an out-of-state state bank and the legal effect of any such merger (except as regards the rights to payment for their shares of dissenting stockholders of any merging bank that is a Delaware state bank) and the manner of making and effecting the same shall be as prescribed in Chapter 1 of Title 8 for the merger or consolidation of domestic and foreign corporations.

70 Del. Laws, c. 112, § 15.