E9-11906. 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 June 5, 2009.

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

1. Relational Investors LLC; Relational Investors Mid Cap Fund I, L.P.; Relational Investors Mid Cap II, L.P.; Relational Group LLC; Relational Holdings LLC; Relational Investors Group LLC; Ralph V. Whitworth; and David H. Batchelder, all of San Diego, California; to acquire voting shares of Guaranty Bancorp, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, both in Denver, Colorado.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 18, 2009.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.