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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending October 23, 2010


Bank Branches, Domestic

Dallas
Comerica Bank, Dallas, Texas -- to establish branches at 2875 West Wheatland Road, Dallas; 12035 Foothill Boulevard, Rancho Cucamonga, California; and 1 South Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida.
-Approved, October 22, 2010

St. Louis
Ohio Valley Financial Group, Inc., Henderson, Kentucky -- to establish a branch at 7516 Eagle Crest Boulevard, Suite E, Evansville, Indiana.
-Approved, October 20, 2010

Bank Holding Companies

Kansas City
BancFirst Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- to acquire Exchange Bancshares of Moore, Inc., Moore, and Exchange National Bank.
-Approved, October 20, 2010

Boston
Eastern Bank Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts -- to acquire Wainwright Bank & Trust Company, Boston.
-Approved, October 21, 2010

Kansas City
Everest Bancshares, Inc., Everest, Kansas -- to acquire Bancshares of McLouth, Inc., McLouth, and Bank of McLouth.
-Approved, October 22, 2010

Kansas City
FSC Bancshares, Inc., Cameron, Missouri -- waiver of application to acquire Fairfax Bancshares, Inc., Fairfax, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiary banks, Farmers State Bank, Cameron, and Exchange Bank of Fairfax, Fairfax.
-Granted, October 22, 2010

San Francisco
Grandpoint Capital, Inc., Los Angeles, California -- to acquire Southern Arizona Community Bank, Tucson, Arizona.
-Approved, October 21, 2010

Chicago
Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc., Morton, Illinois, and Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust -- to merge with CSBC Financial Corporation, Cropsey, and thereby acquire Citizens State Bank of Cropsey; and for Morton Community Bank, Morton, to merge with Citizens State Bank of Cropsey and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, October 21, 2010

New York
People's United Financial, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut -- waiver of applications to merge Smithtown Bancorp, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, and LSB Corporation, North Andover, Massachusetts, with People's, in connection with the mergers of their subsidiary banks, The Bank of Smithtown, Smithtown, New York, and River Bank, North Andover, respectively, with and into People's subsidiary bank, People's United Bank, Bridgeport.
-Granted, October 20, 2010

Chicago
Taylor Capital Group, Inc., Rosemont, Illinois -- to purchase loans from its subsidiary bank, Cole Taylor Bank, Chicago, and thereby engage in extending credit and servicing loans.
-Approved, October 22, 2010

Dallas
TLCM Holdings, LLC, Richardson, Texas -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire EJ Financial Corp., Dallas; EJ Delaware Bancshares, Inc., Dover, Delaware; and Equity Bank, SSB, Dallas, Texas.
-Approved, October 19, 2010

Change in Bank Control

Kansas City
Cass County State Company, Plattsmouth, Nebraska -- to retain control of Cass County State and its subsidiary bank, Cass County Bank, Plattsmouth.
-Permitted, October 19, 2010

Extensions of Time

Chicago
Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois -- extension to January 22, 2011, to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of First Farmers State Bank, Minier.
-Granted, October 18, 2010

International Operations

Director, BS&R
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York -- modification of the aggregate investment limit of Regulation K in connection with an internal reorganization involving a United Kingdom-based subsidiary.
-Approved, October 22, 2010

Secretary
Wachovia International Banking Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina -- to amend its articles of association to change its name to Wells Fargo International Banking Corporation.
-Approved, October 20, 2010

Regulations and Policies

Director, MA
Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) -- final rule implementing the annual indexing of the low reserve tranche, reserve requirement exemption amount, nonexempt deposit cutoff level, and reduced reporting limit for 2011.
-Approved, October 21, 2010

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