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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending March 24, 2007


Bank Branches, Domestic

Dallas
Citizens Bank, Slaton, Texas  -- to establish a branch at 7125 82nd Street, Lubbock.
-Approved, March 21, 2007 

Kansas City
Community Banks of Northern California, Tracy, California  -- to establish a branch at 800 J Street, Suite 100, Sacramento.
-Approved, March 19, 2007 

Kansas City
Community Banks of Northern California, Tracy, California  -- to establish a branch at 210 Towne Center Drive, Lathrop.
-Approved, March 19, 2007 

Kansas City
Exchange Bank and Trust Company, Perry, Oklahoma  -- to establish a branch at 4301 West 6th Street, Stillwater.
-Approved, March 22, 2007 

Cleveland
Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan  -- to establish a branch at 956 Wolfrum Road, Weldon Springs, Missouri.
-Approved, March 22, 2007 

Cleveland
Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan  -- to establish a branch at 15321 Latitude Drive, Bonita Springs, Florida.
-Approved, March 22, 2007 

Cleveland
Fifth Third Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan  -- to establish a branch at 8101 Sorrento Lane, Naples, Florida.
-Approved, March 22, 2007 

San Francisco
Nara Bank, Los Angeles, California  -- to establish a branch at 10055 Garden Grove Boulevard, Garden Grove.
-Approved, March 21, 2007 

Richmond
Virginia Business Bank, Richmond, Virginia  -- to provide a courier service to pick up deposits from customers.
-Approved, March 21, 2007 

Bank Holding Companies

Atlanta
Appalachian Bancshares, Inc., Ellijay, Georgia  -- to acquire Appalachian Community Bank, F.S.B., McCaysville, and thereby engage de novo in operating a savings association.
-Approved, March 21, 2007 

Richmond
BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina  -- to acquire Coastal Financial Corporation, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and thereby acquire Coastal Federal Bank and engage in operating a savings association; to acquire Coastal Planners Holding Corporation, parent of Coastal Retirement Estate & Tax Planners, Inc., and engage in the activities of financial planning and tax preparation services; and to acquire Coastal Federal Holding Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, parent of Coastal Real Estate Investment Corporation, Sunset Beach, North Carolina, and engage in the activities of acquiring and servicing loans.
-Approved, March 19, 2007 

St. Louis
Cabool State Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Cabool, Missouri  -- to acquire an additional 2 percent, for total ownership of 30.36 percent, of the shares of Cabool Bancshares, Inc. and thereby acquire Cabool State Bank.
-Approved, March 19, 2007 

San Francisco
Cathay General Bancorp, Los Angeles, California  -- waiver of application to acquire United Heritage Bank, Edison, New Jersey, in connection with its merger with Cathay Bank, Los Angeles, California.
-Granted, March 22, 2007 

San Francisco
Fairfield Financial Holdings Corp., Fairfield, Washington  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Fairfield.
-Approved, March 22, 2007 

Atlanta
FBG Holding Corporation, Tampa, Florida  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Florida Bank Group, Inc., Bank of St. Petersburg, Tampa; Bank of North Florida, Jacksonville; and The Bank of Tallahassee, Tallahassee.
-Approved, March 23, 2007 

Atlanta
First Southwest Corporation, McComb, Mississippi  -- request for relief from a commitment in connection with First Southwest Corporation ESOP.
-Granted, March 23, 2007 

Atlanta
FMCB Holdings, Inc., Senoia, Georgia  -- to acquire First Choice Community Bank, Dallas, a de novo bank.
-Approved, March 20, 2007 

Director, BS&R
Franklin Financial Services Corporation, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania  -- relief from a commitment.
-Granted, March 23, 2007 

Chicago
Great Western Bancorporation, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska  -- waiver of application to acquire Sunstate Bank, Casa Grande, Arizona, in connection with the merger of Sunstate Bank with Great Western Bank, Watertown, South Dakota.
-Granted, March 22, 2007 

Kansas City
Kansas Pacific Investments, LLC, Hays, Kansas  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire First National Bank.
-Withdrawn, March 21, 2007 

Minneapolis
Montana Business Capital Corporation, Missoula, Montana  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Montana, a de novo bank, and to engage in commercial and residential loan origination activities.
-Withdrawn, March 22, 2007 

San Francisco
NHB Holdings, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, and Proficio Mortgage Ventures, LLC  -- to engage de novo in mortgage banking activities through a joint venture with Plus Relocation Mortgage Solutions, Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Approved, March 22, 2007 

Boston
State Street Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts  -- waiver of application to acquire Investors Financial Services Corp. in connection with the merger of Investors Bank & Trust Company with State Street Bank and Trust Company.
-Withdrawn, March 19, 2007 

Bank Premises

Richmond
Peoples Community Bank, Montross, Virginia  -- to increase its investment in bank premises.
-Approved, March 21, 2007 

Banks, State Member

Boston
State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts  -- to acquire shares of Investors International Corporation.
-Withdrawn, March 19, 2007 

Change In Bank Control

Atlanta
First Federal Bancorp, Columbia, Mississippi  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, March 23, 2007 

Minneapolis
L & M Bancshares, Inc., Shakopee, Minnesota  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, March 21, 2007 

Dallas
Premier Bancshares, Inc., Garland, Texas  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, March 20, 2007 

San Francisco
Skagit State Bancorp, Burlington, Washington  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, March 23, 2007 

Extensions Of Time

Philadelphia
East Penn Bank, Emmaus, Pennsylvania  -- extension to March 21, 2008, to establish a branch at 2985 Macarthur Road, Whitehall Township.
-Granted, March 19, 2007 

Chicago
Oswego Community Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Oswego, Illinois  -- extension to June 21, 2007, to increase its ownership from 37.71 percent to 51 percent of the shares of Oswego Bancshares, Inc. and thereby increase its ownership of Oswego Community Bank.
-Granted, March 21, 2007 

Cleveland
SV Bancorp, Inc., Wyoming, Ohio  -- extension to June 25, 2007, to become a bank holding company and to acquire Spring Valley Bank.
-Granted, March 23, 2007 

Financial Holding Companies

Cleveland
Emclaire Financial Corp, Emlenton, Pennsylvania  -- election to become a financial holding company.
-Effective, March 22, 2007 


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