2011-16253. 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 July 13, 2011.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Ivan Hurwitz, Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:

1. Thomas H. Lee (Alternative) Fund VI, L.P., Thomas H. Lee (Alternative) Parallel Fund VI, L.P., Thomas H. Lee (Alternative) Parallel (DT) Fund VI, L.P., THL FBC Equity Investors, L.P., THL Advisors (Alternative) VI, L.P., Thomas H. Lee (Alternative) VI, Ltd., THL Managers VI, LLC, Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Advisors, LLC, Anthony J. DiNovi and Scott M. Sperling, all of Boston, Massachussetts; to directly acquire 24.9 percent of the voting common stock of First BanCorp, and thereby indirectly acquire FirstBank Puerto Rico, both of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 24, 2011.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.