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Actions under delegated authority

Actions taken during the week ending January 16, 2016


Bank Branches, Domestic

Dallas
PlainsCapital Bank, Dallas, Texas -- to establish a branch at 3417 Gaston Avenue, Dallas.
-Approved, January 14, 2016

Bank Holding Companies

General Counsel
CenterState Banks, Inc., Davenport, Florida -- waiver of application to acquire Community Bank of South Florida, Inc., Homestead, a bank holding company, in connection with the merger of their subsidiaries, Community Bank of Florida, Inc. with and into CenterState Bank of Florida, N.A., Winter Haven.
-Granted, January 14, 2016

General Counsel
Entegra Financial Corp., Franklin, North Carolina -- waiver of application to acquire OldTown Bank, Waynesville, in connection with its merger with and into Entegra Financial's subsidiary savings bank, Entegra Bank, Franklin.
-Granted, January 15, 2016

Chicago
First Farmers Financial Corporation, Converse, Indiana -- to merge with Century Bank Corp., Fairmount, and thereby indirectly acquire The Citizens Exchange Bank; and for First Farmers Bank & Trust Co., Converse, to merge with The Citizens Exchange Bank and thereby establish branches.
-Approved, January 14, 2016

St. Louis
First United Bancorp, Inc., Madisonville, Kentucky -- to merge with Town & Country Financial, Inc., Beaver Dam, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Ohio County, Inc.
-Approved, January 11, 2016

General Counsel
Grandpoint Capital, Inc., Los Angeles, California -- request for an exemption under the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act and Regulation L.
-Granted, January 15, 2016

Atlanta
NorthStar Banking Corporation, Tampa, Florida -- commitment relief request.
-Granted, January 15, 2016

Atlanta
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida, Stuart, Florida -- to merge with Floridian Financial Group, Inc., Lake Mary, and thereby acquire Floridian Bank, Daytona Beach.
-Approved, January 14, 2016

Richmond
Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc., Mount Olive, North Carolina -- to engage de novo in extending and servicing loans.
-Approved, January 11, 2016

Minneapolis
West End Financial Corp., Ironwood, Michigan -- to acquire Gresham Bancshares, Inc., Gresham, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank.
-Approved, January 11, 2016

Change in Bank Control

Atlanta
Commercial Bancgroup, Inc., Harrogate, Tennessee -- change in bank control of Commercial Bancgroup, Inc., and its subsidiary, Commercial Bank, Harrogate.
-Withdrawn, January 13, 2016

Chicago
Easter Enterprises, Inc., Spencer, Iowa -- to retain control of Easter Enterprises, Inc., and its subsidiary, Farmers Trust and Savings Bank, Spencer.
-Permitted, January 15, 2016

Kansas City
Heritage Bancshares, Inc., Topeka, Kansas -- to retain control of Heritage Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, Heritage Bank, Topeka (two notices).
-Permitted, January 15, 2016

Minneapolis
Sargent Bankshares, Inc., Forman, North Dakota -- to retain control of Sargent Bankshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, Sargent County Bank, Forman.
-Permitted, January 13, 2016

St. Louis
SBW Bancshares, Inc., Waterloo, Illinois -- to retain control of SBW Bancshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, State Bank of Waterloo, Waterloo.
-Permitted, January 12, 2016

Extensions of Time

Secretary
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas -- commenter's request to extend the comment period on the application to acquire Community & Southern Holdings, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
-Denied, January 12, 2016

Richmond
Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., Tappahannock, Virginia -- extension to July 23, 2016, for a change in bank control of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., and its subsidiary, EVB, Tappahannock.
-Granted, January 12, 2016

Chicago
Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois -- extension to April 23, 2016, to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of First Farmers State Bank.
-Granted, January 15, 2016

Secretary
Republic Bancorp, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky -- commenter's request to extend the comment period on the application to merge with Cornerstone Bancorp, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, and thereby acquire Cornerstone Community Bank.
-Denied, January 11, 2016

Membership

St. Louis
The First National Bank of McGehee, McGehee, Arkansas -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank, First NaturalState Bank.
-Approved, January 12, 2016

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