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is given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.
§§ 552 (b)(4) and (b)(6)).
Abstract: The Federal Reserve uses
this information to define relevant
banking markets for specific merger and
acquisition applications and to evaluate
changes in competition that would
result from proposed transactions.
4. Report title: Notice of Branch
Closure
Agency form number: FR 4031
OMB control number: 7100–0264
Frequency: On occasion
Reporters: State member banks
Annual burden hours: 422 hours
Estimated average hours per response:
Reporting requirements, 2 hours;
Disclosure requirements, 1 hour;
Recordkeeping requirements, 8 hours.
Number of respondents: 124
General description of report: This
information collection is mandatory (12
U.S.C. 1831r–l(a)(1)) and may be given
confidential treatment upon request (5
U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Abstract: The mandatory reporting,
recordkeeping, and disclosure
requirements regarding the closing of
any branch of an insured depository
institution are imposed by section 228
of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991.
There is no reporting form associated
with the reporting portion of this
information collection; state member
banks notify the Federal Reserve by
letter prior to closing a branch. The
Federal Reserve uses the information to
fulfill its statutory obligation to
supervise state member banks.
5. Report title: Reports Related to
Securities of State Member Banks as
Required by Regulation H.
Agency form number: Reg H–1
OMB Control number: 7100–0091
Frequency: Quarterly and on occasion
Reporters: State member banks
Annual reporting hours: 1,477 hours
Estimated average hours per response:
5.11 hours
Number of respondents: 17
General description of report: This
information collection is mandatory (15
U.S.C. 781(i)) and is not given
confidential treatment.
Abstract: The Federal Reserve(s
Regulation H requires certain state
member banks to submit information
relating to their securities to the Federal
Reserve on the same forms that bank
holding companies and nonbank
entities use to submit similar
information to the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The information
is primarily used for public disclosure
and is available to the public upon
request.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 6, 2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7–4264 Filed 3–8–07; 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
Governors not later than April 2, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55480-0291:
1. BlackRidge Financial, Inc., Fargo,
North Dakota , to acquire 100 percent of
the voting shares of BlackRidgeBANK,
Fargo, North Dakota, a de novo bank.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200
North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 752012272:
1. Woodforest Financial Group, Inc.,
The Woodlands, Texas; to acquire 100
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percent of the voting shares of Olympic
Savings, SSB, Refugio, Texas. Upon
consummation, Woodforest Final
Group, Inc., will convert Olympic Bank
into a federal savings bank and change
its name to Woodforest Bank, FSB,
Refugio, Texas, and thereby engage in
owning and operating a savings and
loan association, pursuant to section
225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, March 5, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7–4173 Filed 3–8–07; 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
Web site at https://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
Governors not later than April 5, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
(Richard Walker, Community Affairs
Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston,
Massachusetts 02106-2204:
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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 Governors not later than April 2, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480-0291:
1. BlackRidge Financial, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota , to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of BlackRidgeBANK, Fargo, North Dakota, a
de novo bank.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., The Woodlands, Texas; to
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Olympic Savings, SSB,
Refugio, Texas. Upon consummation, Woodforest Final Group, Inc., will
convert Olympic Bank into a federal savings bank and change its name to
Woodforest Bank, FSB, Refugio, Texas, and thereby engage in owning and
operating a savings and loan association, pursuant to section
225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 5, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-4173 Filed 3-8-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S
