2021-20757. 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 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 the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).

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 October 25, 2021.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Comments can also be sent electronically to or [e-mail].

1. Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc., Mount Olive, North Carolina; to acquire up to 19.9 percent of the voting shares of Old Point Financial Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Old Point National Bank of Phoebus, both of Hampton, Virginia.

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

1. MidCountry Acquisition Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire The Tysan Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire Pine Country Bank, Little Falls, Minnesota, and Lake Community Bank, Long Lake, Minnesota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 21, 2021.

Michele Taylor Fennell,

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.