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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending November 17, 2012


Bank Branches, Domestic

Dallas
Community Trust Bank, Choudrant, Louisiana -- to establish a branch at 203 Promenade Boulevard, Flowood, Mississippi.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

New York
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York -- to establish a branch at One Research Court, Rockville, Maryland.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Chicago
Salin Bank and Trust Company, Indianapolis, Indiana -- to establish a branch at 11555 Allisonville Road, Fishers.
-Approved, November 7, 2012
(A/C)

Chicago
Salin Bank and Trust Company, Indianapolis, Indiana -- to establish a branch at 9929 Lima Road, Fort Wayne.
-Approved, November 14, 2012

St. Louis
The Scott County State Bank, Scottsburg, Indiana -- to establish a branch at 307 West Main Street, Austin.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

Bank Holding Companies

Atlanta
BancTenn Corp., Kingsport, Tennessee -- to merge with Carter County Bancorp, Inc., Elizabethton, and thereby acquire Carter County Bank.
-Approved, November 13, 2012

Secretary
Eastern Bank Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts -- to acquire Campello Bancorp, Brockton, and thereby acquire The Community Bank, a Massachusetts Co-operative Bank.
-Approved, November 14, 2012

St. Louis
Home BancShares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas -- to acquire Premier Bank, Tallahassee, Florida; and for its subsidiary, Centennial Bank, Conway, to merge with Premier Bank, Tallahassee, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

New York
Orange County Bancorp, Inc., Middletown, New York -- to acquire HV Capital Management, Inc., Goshen, and substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Hudson Valley Investment Advisors, LLC, and thereby engage in investment advisory activities.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

Minneapolis
Otto Bremer Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Bremer Financial Corporation -- to acquire Paul Wagner Insurance Agency, Glenwood City, Wisconsin.
-Approved, November 14, 2012

General Counsel
PlainsCapital Corporation, Dallas, Texas; Hilltop Holdings, Inc.; and Diamond A Financial, L.P. -- request for an exemption under the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act and Regulation L.
-Granted, November 13, 2012

Kansas City
Weed Investment Group, Inc., Cheyenne Wells, Colorado -- to acquire Kit Carson Insurance Agency, Inc., Kit Carson, and The Kit Carson State Bank.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Cleveland
Westfield Bancorp, Westfield Center, Ohio -- waiver of application to acquire Western Reserve Bancorp, Medina, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, Westfield Bank, FSB, Westfield Center, and Western Reserve Bank, Medina.
-Granted, November 15, 2012

Chicago
Wintrust Financial Corporation, Rosemont, Illinois -- to acquire HPK Financial Corporation, Chicago, and thereby acquire Hyde Park Bank & Trust Company.
-Approved, November 5, 2012
(A/C)

Bank Mergers

Dallas
HCSB, a State Banking Association, Plainview, Texas -- to merge with Citizens Bank, Slaton, and thereby establish five branches.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Kansas City
KCB Bank, Kearney, Missouri -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Northland National Bank, Gladstone, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

Banks, State Member

Secretary
Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California -- to make a public welfare investment.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Change in Bank Control

Minneapolis
Johnson Bancshares, Inc., Chatfield, Minnesota -- change in bank control of Johnson and its subsidiary bank, Root River State Bank, Chatfield.
-Permitted, November 14, 2012

Financial Holding Companies

Dallas
Strategic Growth Bank Incorporated, El Paso, Texas; Strategic Growth Bancorp Incorporated; and Las Cruces B.R.G., Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico -- elections to become financial holding companies.
-Effective, November 15, 2012

Membership

Boston
Greenfield Co-operative Bank, Greenfield, Massachusetts -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

St. Louis
OakStar Bank, N.A., Springfield, Missouri -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Regulations and Policies

FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on October 23-24, 2012.
-Published, November 14, 2012

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