2016-06899. 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 (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 notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than April 12, 2016.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can also be sent electronically to [e-mail]:

1. Strategic Value Investors, LP, and its general partner, Strategic Value Bank Partners, LLC, both in Beachwood, Ohio; Benjamin Mackovak, Cleveland, Ohio; and Martin E. Adams, Naples, Florida; to acquire voting shares of First Citizens Financial Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Foothills Community Bank, both in Dawsonville, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 23, 2016.

Michael J. Lewandowski,

Associate Secretary of the Board.