Federal Reserve Release, H2, Actions of the Board, its Staff, and the Federal Reserve Banks; Applications and Reports Received

District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending October 22, 2005

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

BUTLER BANCORP, MHC

* 3A1
* 3A3

Application by Butler Bancorp, MHC and Butler Bancorp, Inc., both of Lowell, Massachusetts, to become a mutual bank holding company and a stock bank holding company, respectively, by acquiring Butler Bank, Lowell, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 3(a)(1) and section 3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	10/14/2005

SALEM FIVE BANCORP

* 3A1
* 3A3

Section 3(a)(1) and 3(a)(3) application by Salem Five Bancorp, Salem, Massachusetts to become a mutual bank holding company through the acquisition of Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, Salem, Massachusetts, and immediately thereafter to acquire Heritage Co-operative Bank, Salem, Massachusetts.

Newspaper:	11/05/2005
Federal Register:	11/04/2005

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

The Community Reinvestment Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2901) and is implemented by Regulation BB (12 CFR 228). The regulation was revised in May 1995.

The CRA requires that each depository institution's record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution's application for deposit facilities.

A copy of an institution's CRA evaluation may be obtained directly from the institution or Reserve Bank.

Federal bank regulators use the following performance levels to rate an institution's performance under CRA:

O = Outstanding
S = Satisfactory
NI = Needs to improve
SN = Substantial noncompliance

The following state member banks have been examined and their CRA public evaluations are now available.

Institution / Location	RSSD ID	Exam Date	CRA Public Date	CRA Rating	Exam Method
NONE

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

Institution	Location
NONE

District: 1 Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending October 22, 2005

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston