FRB: H.2--Actions under delegated authority--Week ending December 17, 2011

American Trust & Savings Bank, Dubuque, Iowa -- to establish a branch at 1422 9th Street, SE, Dyersville.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

Southern Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 2080 Three Rivers Boulevard, Poplar Bluff.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

Bankia, S.A., Valencia, Spain -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Caja Madrid Cibeles, S.A., Madrid; CM Florida Holdings, Inc., Coral Gables, Florida; and City National Bank of Florida, Miami.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

F.N.B. Corporation, Hermitage, Pennsylvania -- to acquire Parkvale Financial Corporation, Monroeville, and thereby acquire Parkvale Savings Bank.
-Approved, December 12, 2011

Financial Services Holding Corporation, Henderson, Kentucky -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire The Bank of Henderson, Inc., Henderson.
-Approved, December 14, 2011

First Financial Corporation, Terre Haute, Indiana -- waiver of application to acquire Freestar Bank, National Association, Pontiac, Illinois, from its parent company, PNB Holding Co., in connection with the merger of Freestar with and into First Financial's subsidiary bank, First Financial Bank, National Association, Terre Haute, Indiana.
-Granted, December 15, 2011

Independent Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Red Bay, Alabama -- to acquire additional shares of Independent Bancshares, Inc., Red Bay, and its subsidiary bank, Community Spirit Bank, along with Spirit Bancshares, Inc., Belmont, Mississippi, and Spirit Bank.
-Approved, December 12, 2011

Prime Banc Corp., Dieterich, Illinois -- to acquire Red Bud Bancorp, Inc., Red Bud, and thereby acquire First State Bank of Red Bud.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

S&T Bancorp, Inc., Indiana, Pennsylvania -- to merge with Mainline Bancorp, Inc., Ebensburg, and thereby acquire Mainline National Bank, Portage.
-Approved, December 12, 2011

Strategic Growth Banking, LLC, El Paso, Texas, and Strategic Growth Banking Partners, LLC -- to become bank holding companies and to acquire Las Cruces B.R.G., Incorporated, Las Cruces, New Mexico, and thereby indirectly acquire control of Bank of the Rio Grande, National Association, and to retain control of Capital Bank, State Savings Bank, El Paso, Texas.
-Approved, December 15, 2011

Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (with 401(k) Provisions), The Woodlands, Texas, and Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Trust -- to acquire shares of Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., The Woodlands, and indirectly acquire Woodforest National Bank, Houston.
-Withdrawn, December 15, 2011

California Republic Bank, Newport Beach, California -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of the Westlake Village branch of National Bank of California, N.A., Los Angeles.
-Approved, December 14, 2011

Midwest Independent Bank, Jefferson City, Missouri -- to merge with Nebraska Bankers' Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska, and thereby establish a branch.
-Approved, December 12, 2011

Heartland Bank, Gahanna, Ohio -- request to exceed the limit on investment in bank premises.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

Bankia, S.A., Valencia, Spain -- to establish a branch in Miami, Florida.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

Danske Bank A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark -- to establish a branch in New York, New York.
-Withdrawn, December 12, 2011

Waukon State Bank, Waukon, Iowa -- extension to March 8, 2012, to merge with Viking State Bank and Trust, Decorah, and thereby establish two branches.
-Granted, December 16, 2011

Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California -- two-year extension beyond the statutory ten-year holding period for certain venture capital investments held by funds advised by or affiliated with Norwest Venture Partners.
-Withdrawn, December 15, 2011

First Missouri National Bank, Brookfield, Missouri -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank, First Missouri Bank.
-Approved, December 15, 2011

The First National Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool, Pennsylvania -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

The First National Bank of Palmerton, Palmerton, Pennsylvania -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank, First Northern Bank and Trust Co.
-Approved, December 14, 2011

Grundy National Bank of Grundy Center, Grundy Center, Iowa -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank, GNB Bank.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

Lewisburg Banking Company, Lewisburg, Kentucky -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, December 12, 2011

Patriot Community Bank, Woburn, Massachusetts -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, December 13, 2011

Regulation BB (Community Reinvestment) -- interagency annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define "small" and "intermediate small" banks and savings associations under the Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
-Approved, December 16, 2011

Greene County Bancorp, MHC, Catskill, New York -- to establish an operating subsidiary, Greene Property Holdings, Ltd, Catskill.
-Approved, December 12, 2011

Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending December 17, 2011

Bank Branches, Domestic

Bank Holding Companies

Bank Mergers

Bank Premises

Banks, Foreign

Extensions of Time

Membership

Regulations and Policies

Savings and Loan Holding Companies