[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71440-71441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29489]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


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 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 application 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

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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.
    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 December 17, 2010.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Brookline Bancorp, Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
First Ipswich Bancorp, and thereby acquire First National Bank of 
Ipswich, both of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
retain voting shares of Brookline Bank, Brookline, Massachusetts and 
thereby continue to operate a savings association, and Eastern Funding, 
LLC, New York, New York, which will continue to operate an equipment 
finance company, pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(1), (b)(3), and 
(b)(4)(ii), of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. River Holding Company, Stoddard, Wisconsin; to acquire 51 
percent of the voting shares of Community Business Bancshares, Inc., 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Community Business 
Bank, both of Sauk City, Wisconsin.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Commercial Bancshares, Inc., El Campo, Texas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 60 percent of the voting shares of El 
Campo Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Commercial State Bank, both of El Campo, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 18, 
2010.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-29489 Filed 11-22-10; 8:45 am]
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