E8-7534. Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies  

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    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 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 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 May 2, 2008.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

    1. ENB Financial Corporation, Ephrata, Pennsylvania; to become a bank holding company in connection with the reorganization of Ephrata National Bank, merging with and into The Ephrata Interim National Bank, both of Ephrata Pennsylvania.

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

    1. MainSource Financial Group, Inc., Greensburg, Indiana; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of 1st Independence Financial Group, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 1st Independence Bank, both of Louisville, Kentucky.

    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:

    1. Las Vegas Bancorporation, Inc., Las Vegas, New Mexico; to retain shares and increase its ownership to 53 percent of the voting shares of Bethlehem Financial Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of My Bank, both of Belen, New Mexico.

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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 3, 2008.

    Robert deV. Frierson,

    Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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    [FR Doc. E8-7534 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 6210-01-S

Document Information

Published:
04/10/2008
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
E8-7534
Pages:
19503-19503 (1 pages)
PDF File:
e8-7534.pdf