E7-2442. 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 application also will 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. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at http://www.ffiec.gov/​nic/​.

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 March 9, 2007.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:

1. Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Atlantic Capital Bank, Atlanta, Georgia (in organization).

2. BankCap Partners Fund I, L.P., BCP Fund I Southeast Holdings, LLC, BankCap Equity Fund, LLC, and BankCap Partners GP, L.P., all of Dallas, Texas; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 49.9 percent of the voting shares of Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Atlantic Capital Bank (in organization), both of Atlanta, Georgia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:

1. Orchid Financial Bancorp, Inc., South Elgin, Illinois; to acquire 55 percent of the voting shares of Ashland Financial Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of American Eagle Bank of Chicago (in organization), Chicago, Illinois.

In connection with this application, Ashland Financial Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, has applied to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of American Eagle Bank of Chicago (in organization), Chicago, Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. OMEGA Capital Corp., Centennial, Colorado; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Front Range Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Front Range Bank, both in Lakewood, Colorado.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 8, 2007.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.