2010-7613. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies

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 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 office 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 19, 2010.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. David Muldrow Beasley, Society Hill, South Carolina, individually and as a member of a group acting in concert including Henry Wesley Beasley, Richard Lewis Beasley, both of Florence, South Carolina, and Richard Lee Beasley, Society Hill, South Carolina, to retain control of First Carolina Bancshares Corporation, Darlington, South Carolina, and thereby indirectly retain control of Carolina Bank and Trust Company, Lamar, South Carolina.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 31, 2010.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.