2021-06640. 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 April 15, 2021.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Chris P. Wangen, Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:

1. William S. Lewis, Hermantown, Minnesota; to retain additional voting shares of Western Bancorporation, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Western National Bank, both of Duluth, Minnesota, Cass Lake Company, and Western National Bank of Cass Lake, both of Cass Lake, Minnesota. In addition, John S. Lewis, Thomas S. Lewis, and James S. Lewis, all of Duluth, Minnesota; to join the Lewis family shareholder group, a group acting in concert, to acquire voting shares of Western Bancorporation, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Western National Bank, Cass Lake Company, and Western National Bank of Cass Lake.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 26, 2021.

Michele Taylor Fennell,

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.