(1) "Acquire", as applied to an association or a savings and loan holding company, means any of the following actions or transactions:

1. (a) The merger or consolidation of an association with another association or with a savings and loan holding company.
2. (b) The acquisition of the direct or indirect ownership or control of voting shares of another association or savings and loan holding company if, after the acquisition, the acquiring association or savings and loan holding company will directly or indirectly own or control more than ten percent of any class of voting shares of the acquired association or savings and loan holding company.
3. (c) The direct or indirect acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of another association or savings and loan holding company.
4. (d) The taking of any other action that would result in the direct or indirect control of another association or savings and loan holding company.

(4) "Branch office" means any office at which an association accepts deposits. The term branch office does not include:

1. (a) Unmanned automatic teller machines, point-of-sale terminals, remote service units, or similar unmanned electronic banking facilities at which deposits may be accepted;
2. (b) Offices located outside the United States;
3. (c) Loan production offices, representative offices, service corporation offices, or other offices at which deposits are not accepted.