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2018.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
(Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice
President) 701 East Byrd Street,
Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528.
Comments can also be sent
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Comments.applications@rich.frb.org.
1. H Bancorp, LLC, Irvine, California;
to acquire 7.5 percent of the voting
shares of Old Line Bancshares, Inc.,
Bowie, Maryland, and thereby indirectly
acquire Old Line Bank, Bowie,
Maryland.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
1. First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc.,
Mattoon, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent
of the voting shares of First BancTrust
Corporation, Champaign, Illinois, and
thereby indirectly acquire First Bank &
Trust IL, Paris, Illinois.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
(David L. Hubbard, Senior Manager)
P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri
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1. Saber Investments, Inc., Irvington,
Kentucky; to become a bank holding
company by acquiring voting shares of
Bancorp of Lexington, Inc., Lexington,
Kentucky and thereby indirectly acquire
Bank of Lexington, Inc., Lexington,
Kentucky.
2. First Breckinridge Bancshares, Inc.
Irvington, Kentucky; to acquire through
its subsidiary, Saber Investment Inc., 81
percent of the voting shares of Bancorp
of Lexington, Inc, Lexington, Kentucky
and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of
Lexington, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.
3. Meade Bancorp, Inc. Brandenburg,
Kentucky; to acquire through its
subsidiary, Saber Investment Inc., 19
percent of the voting shares of Bancorp
of Lexington, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky,
and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of
Lexington, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice
President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas
City, Missouri 64198–0001:
1. Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita,
Kansas; to acquire, through its
subsidiary, Oz Merger Sub, Inc., Topeka,
Kansas, 100 percent of the voting shares
of Kansas Bank Corporation, and
thereby acquire First National Bank of
Liberal, both of Liberal, Kansas.
2. Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita,
Kansas; to acquire, through its
subsidiary, Abe Merger Sub, Inc.,
Jefferson City, Missouri, 100 percent of
the voting shares of Adams Dairy
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby acquire
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Adams Dairy Bank, both of Blue
Springs, Missouri.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, January 24, 2018.
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for
Section 8 of the Clayton Act
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Trade
Commission announces the revised
thresholds for interlocking directorates
required by the 1990 amendment of
Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8
prohibits, with certain exceptions, one
person from serving as a director or
officer of two competing corporations if
two thresholds are met. Competitor
corporations are covered by Section 8 if
each one has capital, surplus, and
undivided profits aggregating more than
$10,000,000, with the exception that no
corporation is covered if the competitive
sales of either corporation are less than
$1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the
Federal Trade Commission to revise
those thresholds annually, based on the
change in gross national product. The
new thresholds, which take effect
immediately, are $34,395,000 for
Section 8(a)(1), and $3,439,500 for
Section 8(a)(2)(A).
DATES: Applicable Date: January 29,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James F. Mongoven, Bureau of
Competition, Office of Policy and
Coordination, (202) 326–2879.
SUMMARY:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–01578 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750–01–P
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[File No. 172 3197]
Bollman Hat Company and
SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC, Jointly
Doing Business as American Made
Matters; Analysis To Aid Public
Comment
Federal Trade Commission.
Proposed consent agreement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The consent agreement in this
matter settles alleged violations of
SUMMARY:
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federal law prohibiting unfair or
deceptive acts or practices. The attached
Analysis to Aid Public Comment
describes both the allegations in the
complaint and the terms of the consent
order—embodied in the consent
agreement—that would settle these
allegations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the
Request for Comment part of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write: ‘‘In the Matter of Bollman
Hat Company and SaveAnAmericanJob,
LLC, jointly d/b/a American Made
Matters, File No. 172 3197’’ on your
comment, and file your comment online
at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/
ftc/bollmanhatconsent by following the
instructions on the web-based form. If
you prefer to file your comment on
paper, write ‘‘In the Matter of Bollman
Hat Company and SaveAnAmericanJob,
LLC, jointly d/b/a American Made
Matters, File No. 172 3197’’ on your
comment and on the envelope, and mail
your comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex D),
Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your
comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th
Street SW, 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex
D), Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Solomon Ensor (202–326–2377) and
Crystal Ostrum (202–326–3405), Bureau
of Consumer Protection, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade
Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
FTC Rule 2.34, 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 23, 2018), on
the World Wide Web, at https://
www.ftc.gov/news-events/commissionactions.
You can file a comment online or on
paper. For the Commission to consider
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton
Act
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds
for interlocking directorates required by the 1990 amendment of Section
8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 prohibits, with certain exceptions, one
person from serving as a director or officer of two competing
corporations if two thresholds are met. Competitor corporations are
covered by Section 8 if each one has capital, surplus, and undivided
profits aggregating more than $10,000,000, with the exception that no
corporation is covered if the competitive sales of either corporation
are less than $1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the Federal Trade
Commission to revise those thresholds annually, based on the change in
gross national product. The new thresholds, which take effect
immediately, are $34,395,000 for Section 8(a)(1), and $3,439,500 for
Section 8(a)(2)(A).
DATES: Applicable Date: January 29, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James F. Mongoven, Bureau of
Competition, Office of Policy and Coordination, (202) 326-2879.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 19(a)(5).
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01578 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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