FRB: H.2--Actions under delegated authority--Week ending November 17, 2012

Community Trust Bank, Choudrant, Louisiana -- to establish a branch at 203 Promenade Boulevard, Flowood, Mississippi.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York -- to establish a branch at One Research Court, Rockville, Maryland.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Salin Bank and Trust Company, Indianapolis, Indiana -- to establish a branch at 11555 Allisonville Road, Fishers.
-Approved, November 7, 2012
(A/C)

Salin Bank and Trust Company, Indianapolis, Indiana -- to establish a branch at 9929 Lima Road, Fort Wayne.
-Approved, November 14, 2012

The Scott County State Bank, Scottsburg, Indiana -- to establish a branch at 307 West Main Street, Austin.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

BancTenn Corp., Kingsport, Tennessee -- to merge with Carter County Bancorp, Inc., Elizabethton, and thereby acquire Carter County Bank.
-Approved, November 13, 2012

Eastern Bank Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts -- to acquire Campello Bancorp, Brockton, and thereby acquire The Community Bank, a Massachusetts Co-operative Bank.
-Approved, November 14, 2012

Home BancShares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas -- to acquire Premier Bank, Tallahassee, Florida; and for its subsidiary, Centennial Bank, Conway, to merge with Premier Bank, Tallahassee, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Orange County Bancorp, Inc., Middletown, New York -- to acquire HV Capital Management, Inc., Goshen, and substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Hudson Valley Investment Advisors, LLC, and thereby engage in investment advisory activities.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

Otto Bremer Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Bremer Financial Corporation -- to acquire Paul Wagner Insurance Agency, Glenwood City, Wisconsin.
-Approved, November 14, 2012

PlainsCapital Corporation, Dallas, Texas; Hilltop Holdings, Inc.; and Diamond A Financial, L.P. -- request for an exemption under the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act and Regulation L.
-Granted, November 13, 2012

Weed Investment Group, Inc., Cheyenne Wells, Colorado -- to acquire Kit Carson Insurance Agency, Inc., Kit Carson, and The Kit Carson State Bank.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Westfield Bancorp, Westfield Center, Ohio -- waiver of application to acquire Western Reserve Bancorp, Medina, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, Westfield Bank, FSB, Westfield Center, and Western Reserve Bank, Medina.
-Granted, November 15, 2012

Wintrust Financial Corporation, Rosemont, Illinois -- to acquire HPK Financial Corporation, Chicago, and thereby acquire Hyde Park Bank & Trust Company.
-Approved, November 5, 2012
(A/C)

HCSB, a State Banking Association, Plainview, Texas -- to merge with Citizens Bank, Slaton, and thereby establish five branches.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

KCB Bank, Kearney, Missouri -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of Northland National Bank, Gladstone, and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, November 15, 2012

Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California -- to make a public welfare investment.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Johnson Bancshares, Inc., Chatfield, Minnesota -- change in bank control of Johnson and its subsidiary bank, Root River State Bank, Chatfield.
-Permitted, November 14, 2012

Strategic Growth Bank Incorporated, El Paso, Texas; Strategic Growth Bancorp Incorporated; and Las Cruces B.R.G., Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico -- elections to become financial holding companies.
-Effective, November 15, 2012

Greenfield Co-operative Bank, Greenfield, Massachusetts -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

OakStar Bank, N.A., Springfield, Missouri -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank.
-Approved, November 16, 2012

Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on October 23-24, 2012.
-Published, November 14, 2012

Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending November 17, 2012

Bank Branches, Domestic

Bank Holding Companies

Bank Mergers

Banks, State Member

Change in Bank Control

Financial Holding Companies

Membership

Regulations and Policies