2016-27955. 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 December 13, 2016.

A. 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. Central Bank and Central Acquisition Sub, Inc., both in Little Rock, Arkansas; to become bank holding companies through the merger of Central Acquisition Sub, Inc. with and into Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc., Rogers, Arkansas. Simultaneously with the merger, Pinnacle Bank, Rogers, Arkansas, will be merged with and into Central Bank.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Equity Bancshares, Inc. and Prairie Merger Sub, Inc., both in Wichita, Kansas; for Prairie Merger Sub, Inc. to become a bank holding company for a moment in time by acquiring Prairie State Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquiring State Bank, both in Hoxie, Kansas. Immediately thereafter, Prairie State Bancshares, Inc. will merge into Equity Bancshares, Inc.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 16, 2016.

Yao-Chin Chao,

Assistant Secretary of the Board.