Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 1332-1333 [E7-243]

Download as PDF cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES 1332 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 7 / Thursday, January 11, 2007 / Notices disclosure and reporting requirements of Regulation G, https:// www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/ reportforms/review.cfm. The disclosure and reporting requirements in connection with Regulation G are mandatory and apply to state member banks and their subsidiaries; bank holding companies; affiliates of bank holding companies, other than banks, savings associations, and subsidiaries of banks and savings associations; and NGEPs that enter into covered agreements with any of the aforementioned companies. Current Actions: On October 18, 2006, the Federal Reserve published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 61473) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the Disclosure and Reporting Requirements of CRA–Related Agreements. The comment period for this notice expired on December 18, 2006. The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments. (2) Report title: Disclosure Requirements in Connection With Regulation H (Consumer Protections in Sales of Insurance) Agency form number: Reg H–7 OMB control number: 7100–0298 Frequency: On occasion Reporters: State member banks Annual reporting hours: 14,159 hours Number of respondents: 899 Estimated average hours per response: 1.5 minutes General description of report: This information collection is mandatory pursuant the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1831x. Since the Federal Reserve does not collect any information, no issue of confidentiality normally arises. Abstract: Section 305 of the GrammLeach-Bliley Act requires financial institutions to provide written and oral disclosures to consumers in connection with the initial sale of an insurance product or annuity concerning its uninsured nature and the existence of the investment risk, if appropriate, and the fact that insurance sales and credit may not be tied. Covered persons must make insurance disclosures before the completion of the initial sale of an insurance product or annuity to a consumer. The disclosure must be made orally and in writing to the consumer that: (1) the insurance product or annuity is not a deposit or other obligation of, or guaranteed by, the financial institution or an affiliate of the financial institution; (2) the insurance product or annuity is not insured by the FDIC or any other agency of the United States, the financial institution, or (if applicable) an affiliate of the financial VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:52 Jan 10, 2007 Jkt 211001 institution; and (3) in the case of an insurance product or annuity that involves an investment risk, there is investment risk associated with the product, including the possible loss of value. Covered persons must make a credit disclosure at the time a consumer applies for an extension of credit in connection with which an insurance product or annuity is solicited, offered, or sold. The disclosure must be made orally and in writing that the financial institution may not condition an extension of credit on either: (1) the consumer’s purchase of an insurance product or annuity from the financial institution or any of its affiliates; or (2) the consumer’s agreement not to obtain, or a prohibition on the consumer from obtaining, an insurance product or annuity from an unaffiliated entity. Current Actions: On October 18, 2006, the Federal Reserve published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 61473) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the Disclosure Requirements in Connection With Regulation H. The comment period for this notice expired on December 18, 2006. The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments. (3) Report title: Domestic Branch Notification Agency form number: FR 4001 OMB Control number: 7100–0097 Frequency: On occasion Reporters: State member banks Annual reporting hours: 2,244 hours Estimated average hours per response: 30 minutes for expedited notifications; 1 hour for nonexpedited notifications Number of respondents: 382 expedited; 2,053 nonexpedited General description of report: This information collection is mandatory per Section 9(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. § 321) and is not given confidential treatment. Abstract: The Federal Reserve Act and Regulation H require a state member bank to seek prior approval of the Federal Reserve System before establishing or acquiring a domestic branch. Such requests for approval must be filed as notifications at the appropriate Reserve Bank for the state member bank. Due to the limited information that a state member bank generally has to provide for branch proposals, there is no formal reporting form for a domestic branch notification. A state member bank is required to notify the Federal Reserve by letter of its intent to establish one or more new branches, and provide with the letter evidence that public notice of the proposed branch(es) has been published by the state member bank in the PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 appropriate newspaper(s). The Federal Reserve uses the information provided to fulfill its statutory obligation to review any public comment on proposed branches before acting on the proposals, and otherwise to supervise state member banks. Current Actions: On October 18, 2006, the Federal Reserve published a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 61472) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the Domestic Branch Notification. The comment period for this notice expired on December 18, 2006. The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 8, 2007. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E7–247 Filed 1–10–07 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 7 / Thursday, January 11, 2007 / Notices Governors not later than February 5, 2007. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Douglas A. Banks, Vice President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566: 1. Middlefield Banc Corp, Middlefield, Ohio;, to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Emerald Bank and EB Interim Bank, both of Dublin, Ohio. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 1. Grant County State Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Swayzee, Indiana;, to increase its ownership to 42 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Grant County State Bancshares, Inc., Swayzee, Indiana, as a result of a stock redemption, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of Grant County State Bank, Swayzee, Indiana. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than January 26, 2007. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 1. State Center Financial, Inc., State Center, Iowa, to engage de novo in extending credit and servicing loans, pursuant to section 225.28 (b)(1) of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 8, 2007. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E7–244 Filed 1–10–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 8, 2007. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E7–243 Filed 1–10–07; 8:45 am] [File No. 042 3127] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S AGENCY: Goen Technologies Corp., et al.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment ACTION: FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM cprice-sewell on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:52 Jan 10, 2007 Jkt 211001 Federal Trade Commission. Proposed consent agreement. SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent order—embodied in the consent agreement—that would settle these allegations. Comments must be received on or before February 5, 2007. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments. Comments should refer to ‘‘Goen Technologies Corp., et al., File No. 042 3127,’’ to facilitate the organization of comments. A comment filed in paper form should include this reference both in the text and on the envelope, and should be mailed or delivered to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room 135–H, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. Comments containing confidential material must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’ and must comply with Commission Rule 4.9(c). 16 CFR 4.9(c) (2005).1 The DATES: 1 The comment must be accompanied by an explicit request for confidential treatment, including the factual and legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions of the PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1333 FTC is requesting that any comment filed in paper form be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions. Comments that do not contain any nonpublic information may instead be filed in electronic form as part of or as an attachment to email messages directed to the following email box: consentagreement@ftc.gov. The FTC Act and other laws the Commission administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. All timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, will be considered by the Commission, and will be available to the public on the FTC Web site, to the extent practicable, at www.ftc.gov. As a matter of discretion, the FTC makes every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments it receives before placing those comments on the FTC Web site. More information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, may be found in the FTC’s privacy policy, at https://www.ftc.gov/ ftc/privacy.htm. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Daynard (202/326–3291), Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 6(f) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and § 2.34 of the Commission Rules of Practice, 16 CFR 2.34, notice is hereby given that the above-captioned consent agreement containing a consent order to cease and desist, having been filed with and accepted, subject to final approval, by the Commission, has been placed on the public record for a period of thirty (30) days. The following Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes the terms of the consent agreement, and the allegations in the complaint. An electronic copy of the full text of the consent agreement package can be obtained from the FTC Home Page (for January 4, 2007), on the World Wide Web, at https://www.ftc.gov/ os/2007/01/index.htm. A paper copy can be obtained from the FTC Public Reference Room, Room 130–H, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580, either in person or by calling (202) 326–2222. comment to be withheld from the public record. The request will be granted or denied by the Commission’s General Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c). E:\FR\FM\11JAN1.SGM 11JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 7 (Thursday, January 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1332-1333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-243]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding 
Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other 
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company 
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the 
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the 
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, 
including the companies listed below.
    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings 
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available 
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested 
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated 
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the 
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether 
the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards 
in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, 
nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. 
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained 
from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of

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Governors not later than February 5, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Douglas A. Banks, Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Middlefield Banc Corp, Middlefield, Ohio;, to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Emerald Bank and EB Interim Bank, both 
of Dublin, Ohio.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Grant County State Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership 
Plan, Swayzee, Indiana;, to increase its ownership to 42 percent of the 
outstanding voting shares of Grant County State Bancshares, Inc., 
Swayzee, Indiana, as a result of a stock redemption, and thereby 
increase its indirect ownership of Grant County State Bank, Swayzee, 
Indiana.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 8, 
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-243 Filed 1-10-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S
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