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 April 12, 2014

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

BERKSHIRE HILLS BANCORP, INC

* 3A1

Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Berkshire), to become a bank holding company pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, in connection with the conversion of its subsidiary savings bank, Berkshire Bank, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to a Massachusetts trust company. Berkshire also elects to become a financial holding company.

Newspaper:	05/02/2014
Federal Register:	05/01/2014

BLUE HILLS BANCORP, INC

* 3A1

Application by Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc., Hyde Park, Massachusetts to acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Blue Hills Bank, Hyde Park, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act of 1956, as amended, in connection with the conversion of Hyde Park Bancorp, MHC, Hyde Park, Massachusetts from mutual to stock form.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	04/21/2014

KENNEBEC SAVINGS, MHC

* 3A1
* 3A3

Kennebec Savings, MHC and Kennebec Savings, Inc., both of Augusta, Maine, to become a mutual bank holding company and a stock bank holding company, respectively, by acquiring Kennebec Savings Bank, Augusta, Maine, pursuant to sections 3(a)(1) and 3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	05/01/2014

MELROSE BANCORP, INC.

* 3A1

Melrose Bancorp, Inc., Melrose, Massachusetts to acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Melrose Cooperative Bank, Melrose, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act, in connection with the conversion of the bank from mutual to stock form.

Newspaper:	04/14/2014
Federal Register:	04/21/2014

MERIDIAN BANCORP, INC.

* 3A1

Meridian Bancorp, Inc., Peabody, Massachusetts to acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock of East Boston Savings Bank, East Boston, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act, in connection with the conversion of Meridian Financial Services, Inc., East Boston, Massachusetts, from mutual to stock form.

Newspaper:	04/09/2014
Federal Register:	04/10/2014

PILGRIM BANCSHARES, INC.

* 3A1

Application by Pilgrim Bancshares, Inc., Cohasset, Massachusetts to acquire 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Pilgrim Bank, Cohasset, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act, in connection with the conversion of Conahasset Bancshares, MHC from mutual to stock form.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	04/22/2014

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

* Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act

District: 1 Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending April 12, 2014

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston