Secretary
Cadence Bancorp LLC, Houston, Texas -- (1) for Cadence Bancorp to acquire Encore Bancshares, Inc., Houston, and thereby acquire Encore Bank, National Association; (2) for Cadence Bancorp's subsidiary, EMS Sub I, Inc., to become a bank holding company; and (3) elections by Cadence Bancorp and Cadence Financial Corporation, Starkville, Mississippi, to become financial holding companies.
-Approved, May 30, 2012