2017-00846. Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies  

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    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below.

    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The applications will also be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States.

    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than February 10, 2017.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528. Comments can also be sent electronically to Comments.applications@rich.frb.org:

    1. Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc., McLean, Virginia; to acquire Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., Glen Allen, Virginia, and thereby indirectly acquire EVB, Tappahannock, Virginia.

    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to acquire additional shares of Southern Trust Mortgage LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., Glen Allen, Virginia and EVB, Tappahannock, Virginia, and thereby engage in lending activities pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1) or Regulation Y.

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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 11, 2017.

    Yao-Chin Chao,

    Assistant Secretary of the Board.

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    [FR Doc. 2017-00846 Filed 1-13-17; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 6210-01-P

Document Information

Published:
01/17/2017
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2017-00846
Pages:
4883-4883 (1 pages)
PDF File:
2017-00846.pdf