2017-23564. Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

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 November 27, 2017.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:

1. Rigler Investment Company, New Hampton, Iowa; to acquire voting shares of Green Circle Investments, Inc., Clive, Iowa and thereby indirectly acquire shares of Peoples Trust and Savings Bank, Clive, Iowa.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (David L. Hubbard, Senior Manager) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034. Comments can also be sent electronically to [e-mail]:

1. Arvest Bank Group, Inc., and Arvest Holdings, Inc., both of Bentonville, Arkansas; indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiary, Arvest Acquisition Sub, Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Bear State Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Bear State Bank, both of Little Rock, Arkansas.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Brendan S. Murrin, Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:

1. First Holding Company of Cavalier, Inc., Cavalier, North Dakota; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First National Bank Mahnomen Twin Valley, Mahnomen, Minnesota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 25, 2017.

Ann E. Misback,

Secretary of the Board.