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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending October 20, 2007


Bank Branches, Domestic

Atlanta
Bank of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida  -- to establish a branch at 3704 84th Avenue Circle East, Sarasota.
-Approved, October 18, 2007 

Bank Holding Companies

Kansas City
Carroll County Bancshares, Inc., Carrollton, Missouri  -- to acquire Farmers and Merchants Bank, Hale.
-Approved, October 18, 2007 

Kansas City
Century Financial Services Corporation, Santa Fe, New Mexico  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Century Bank upon its conversion from a federal savings bank, Century Bank, FSB, to a commercial bank.
-Approved, October 16, 2007 

Kansas City
Century Financial Services Corporation, Santa Fe, New Mexico  -- to engage in leasing of real property.
-Approved, October 16, 2007 

Chicago
Community Bancorp, Inc., Saint Charles, Michigan  -- to acquire MSB Holding, Inc., Montrose, and thereby acquire Montrose State Bank.
-Approved, October 18, 2007 

Kansas City
Equity Bancshares, Inc., Andover, Kansas  -- to acquire shares of Signature Bancshares, Inc., Spring Hill, and Signature Bank KC, Haddam, and to engage in general insurance activities through the acquisition of Citizens Agency, Inc., Haddam.
-Approved, October 16, 2007 

Richmond
First Bancorp, Troy, North Carolina  -- to acquire Great Pee Dee Bancorp, Inc., Cheraw, South Carolina, and thereby acquire Sentry Bank & Trust.
-Approved, October 15, 2007 

Cleveland
First Corbin Bancorp, Inc., Corbin, Kentucky  -- to acquire Eagle Fidelity, Inc., Williamstown, and Eagle Bank.
-Approved, October 17, 2007 

Atlanta
First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., Hammond, Louisiana  -- to acquire Douglass National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri.
-Withdrawn, October 17, 2007 

Atlanta
Florida Shores Bancorp, Inc., Pompano Beach, Florida; Smith Associates Florida Banking Fund LLC, and Smith Associates Bank Fund Management LLC  -- to acquire shares of Florida Shores Bank - Southwest, Venice, a de novo bank.
-Approved, October 16, 2007 

Richmond
Founders Corporation of Loudoun, Inc., Leesburg, Virginia  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Founders Bank & Trust, N.A., a de novo bank.
-Approved, October 18, 2007 

Secretary
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York; J.P. Morgan Equity Holdings, Inc., Newark, Delaware; and CMC Holding Delaware Inc.  -- to acquire JPMorgan Bank and Trust Company, National Association, San Francisco, California.
-Approved, October 18, 2007 

Secretary
National Penn Bancshares, Inc., Boyertown, Pennsylvania  -- to acquire The Christiana Bank and Trust Company, Greenville, Delaware.
-Approved, October 17, 2007 

Chicago
Pan American Acquisition, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire JD Financial Group, Inc., Chicago, and thereby acquire Pan American Bank.
-Approved, October 16, 2007 

Chicago
Partnership Community Bancshares, Inc., Tomah, Wisconsin  -- to engage de novo in extending credit and servicing loans.
-Withdrawn, October 18, 2007 

Chicago
Partnership Community Bancshares, Inc., Tomah, Wisconsin  -- to acquire shares of Lebanon Community Bancshares, Inc., Watertown, and thereby acquire Town & Country Bank.
-Approved, October 18, 2007 

Atlanta
Security Bank Corporation, Macon, Georgia  -- to acquire Security Bank of the Coast, Brunswick, a de novo bank.
-Withdrawn, October 15, 2007 

Atlanta
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire ServisFirst Bank.
-Approved, October 16, 2007 

Atlanta
St. Martin Bancshares, Inc., St. Martinville, Louisiana  -- waiver of application for its subsidiary, St. Martin Bank & Trust Company, to acquire American Bank, Welsh, in connection with the merger of the two banks.
-Granted, October 19, 2007 

Bank Mergers

Philadelphia
Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz, Pennsylvania  -- to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of the Wyomissing, Temple, Reading, and Fleetwood branches of Susquehanna Bank, DV, Bryn Mawr.
-Approved, October 19, 2007 

Change In Bank Control

Atlanta
Citizens Southern Bancshares, Inc., Vernon, Alabama  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, October 16, 2007 

Atlanta
Coastal Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Houma, Louisiana  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, October 18, 2007 

Kansas City
Solera National Bancorp, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado  -- change in bank control.
-Permitted, October 19, 2007 

Extensions Of Time

St. Louis
Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas  -- extension to November 17, 2007, to establish a branch at 2600 Donaghey Avenue, Conway.
-Granted, October 17, 2007 

Richmond
Highlands Union Bank, Abingdon, Virginia  -- extension to April 25, 2008, to establish a branch at the intersection of Mountain Grove and Majestic Roads, Knoxville, Tennessee.
-Granted, October 19, 2007 

Chicago
Prairieland Bancorp Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Bushnell, Illinois  -- extension to December 13, 2007, to increase its ownership of Prairieland Bancorp, Inc., and thereby increase its ownership of Farmers and Merchants State Bank.
-Granted, October 15, 2007 

Dallas
TrustTexas Mutual Holding Company, Cuero, Texas, and TrustTexas Financial Group, Inc.  -- extension to December 15, 2007, to become bank holding companies and to acquire TrustTexas Bank, S.S.B.
-Granted, October 16, 2007 

Financial Holding Companies

St. Louis
First Paragould Bankshares, Inc., Paragould, Arkansas  -- election to become a financial holding company.
-Effective, October 16, 2007 


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