2023-26788. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company

The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board's Freedom of Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/​foia/​request.htm. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of the Act.

Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20551–0001, not later than December 21, 2023.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414. Comments can also be sent electronically to [e-mail]:

1. Karen K. Spies, Graettinger, Iowa; to retain voting shares of Emmetsburg Bank Shares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Iowa Trust & Savings Bank, both of Emmetsburg, Iowa.

2. Andrew Prather and Tina Prather, both of Petersburg, Illinois; Elizabeth A. Prather, Virginia, Illinois; and the Laura J. Prather Trust, Laura J. Prather, trustee, both of Creve Coeur, Missouri; as members of the Prather Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Petefish, Skiles Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Petefish, Skiles & Company, both of Virginia, Illinois, and The First National Bank of Beardstown, Beardstown, Illinois.

3. George Bley, II, and Michelle Bley, both of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Jan E. Rohde, Springfield, Illinois; as members of the Bley Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of Petefish, Skiles Bancshares, Inc. and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Petefish, Skiles & Company, both of Virginia, Illinois, and The First National Bank of Beardstown, Beardstown, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Michele Taylor Fennell,

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.