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 July 17, 2021

Filer

Filing Type

Filing Proposal

End of Comment Period

INDEPENDENT BANK CORP.

* 3A5
* 3A1
* 3A3

Independent Bank Corp., Rockland, Massachusetts and Bradford Merger Sub Inc. (a to be formed merger entity) request approval to acquire Meridian Bancorp, Inc., Peabody, Massachusetts by merger and thereby Meridian's wholly owned subsidiary bank, East Boston Savings Bank, Boston, Massachusetts, pursuant to section 3(a)(1), 3(a)(3) and 3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended and section 225.15 of the Board's Regulation Y.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	08/13/2021

READING CO-OPERATIVE BANK

* 18C
* Branch

Reading Cooperative Bank, Reading, Massachusetts, files an Interagency Bank Merger Act application for the purchase and assumption of two branches located at 400 Broadway, Lynn and 28 Nahant Road, Nahant both in Massachusetts, from Coastal Heritage Bank, Weymouth, Massachusetts, pursuant to Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	Not applicable

VANGUARD GROUP, INC.

CIC

Notification submitted by The Vanguard Group, Inc., Malvern, PA, on behalf of itself, its subsidiaries and affiliates (together with The Vanguard Group, Inc., "Vanguard"), and the investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, other pooled investment vehicles, and institutional accounts that are sponsored, managed, or advised by Vanguard (the "Vanguard funds"), for the Vanguard funds to increase the aggregate ownership position of the Vanguard funds to more than 15 percent of the common stock of Independent Bank Corp., parent of Rockland Trust Company, both of Rockland, Massachusetts.

Newspaper:	Not available
Federal Register:	Not available

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	Quarter
NONE

* Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act

District: 1 Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston

Filings received during the week ending July 17, 2021

Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

CRA Examinations scheduled for Quarter of

District: 1
Federal Reserve Bank of: Boston