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Actions taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago under delegated authority

Bank Branches, Domestic

Midwest Bank, Monmouth, Illinois -- to establish a branch at 1750 East U.S. Highway 136, Table Grove, Illinois.
- Approved, January 28, 2026

Bank Holding Companies

HBT Financial, Inc., Bloomington, Illinois -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to acquire CNB Bank Shares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire CNB Bank & Trust, N.A. (CNB), both of Carlinville, Illinois, in connection with the merger of CNB with and into Heartland Bank and Trust Company, Bloomington, Illinois.
- Granted, January 28, 2026

Nicolet Bankshares, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to merge with MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly owned subsidiary, MidWestOne Bank, both of Iowa City, Iowa, in connection with the merger of MidWestOne Bank with and into Nicolet National Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
- Granted, January 22, 2026

Horicon Bank Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Horicon, Wisconsin -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring voting shares of Sword Financial Corporation and thereby acquiring voting shares of Horicon Bank, both of Horicon, Wisconsin.
- Approved, January 21, 2026

First Merchants Corporation, Muncie, Indiana -- waiver of filing requirement under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act to acquire First Savings Financial Group, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First Savings Bank, both of Jeffersonville, Indiana, in connection with the merger of First Savings Bank with and into First Merchants Bank, Muncie, Indiana.
- Granted, January 15, 2026

Change In Bank Control

Capra Financial, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa -- Fuller Family Holdings LLLP, Dubuque, Iowa, a qualified family partnership, Alison J. Fuller 2025 GST Trust, Lynn H. Fuller as trustee, and the Lynn H. Fuller Family GST Trust, Thomas J. Fuller as trustee, as limited partners of Fuller Family Holdings LLLP, all of Dubuque, Iowa, and Thomas Fuller Family Holdings LLLP, Dubuque, Iowa, a qualified family partnership, to become members of the Fuller Family Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Capra Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Capra Bank, Dubuque, Iowa.
- Permitted, January 22, 2026

Arthur R. Murray, Inc., Milford, Illinois -- the Murray Family Trust, dated December 28, 2015, Citizens State Bank, as trustee, Arthur R. Murray, III, all of Milford, Illinois, and Christopher Murray, Baldwin, Illinois, with voting rights; Arthur R. Murray, III, individually and as executor of the Estate of Phyllis M. Murray, Milford, Illinois, to form the Murray Family Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Arthur R. Murray, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Citizens State Bank of Milford, Milford, Illinois, and Dewey Bank, Dewey, Illinois.
- Permitted, January 5, 2026

Banks, State Member

CIBC Bank USA, Chicago, Illinois -- to make a public welfare investment.
- Approved, January 28, 2026

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Last Update: February 5, 2026