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# District: 12
Federal Reserve Bank of: San Francisco

## Filings received during the week ending March 11, 2006

|Filer                                   | Filing Type    | Filing Proposal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | End of Comment Period                                 
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|AMERICAN PREMIER BANCORP                | CIC            | Notice by the Bruce Hsiu-I Shen family, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, to retain 17.2 percent of American Premier Bancorp, Arcadia, California, and thereby indirectly acquire American Premier Bank, Arcadia, California.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:03/30/2006    
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | 03/30/2006    
|CASCADE BANCORP                         | CIC            | Notice by David F. Bolger to acquire up to 25 percent of Cascade Bancorp, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of the Cascades, both of  Bend, Oregon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:03/27/2006    
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | 03/27/2006    
|CASTLE CREEK CAPITAL PARTNERS III, L.P. | * 4c8* 3A1     | 1) Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Legions IV Advisory Corp., Western States Opportunity LLC, Eggemeyer Family Trust, and William J. Ruh Trust, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California, to become bank holding companies by acquiring 89 percent of LDF, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire its wholly-owned subsidiary, Labe Bank, both of Chicago, Illinois, and; 2)Castle Creek Capital Partners III, L.P., Castle Creek Capital III LLC, Eggemeyer Capital LLC, Ruh Capital LLC, Legions IV Advisory Corp.to acquire 35 percent of Atlanta Bancorporation, Inc., Alpharetta, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire Gibsonville Community Bank, Inc., Gibsonville, North Carolina. | Newspaper:01/26/2006Federal Register:04/03/2006       
|Newspaper:                              | 01/26/2006    
|Federal Register:                       | 04/03/2006    
|ICB FINANCIAL                           | * 3A3          | ICB Financial, Ontario, California, to acquire 100 percent of Western State Bank, Duarte, California.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:04/03/2006    
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | 04/03/2006    
|PLACER SIERRA BANCSHARES                | * 3A5          | Placer Sierra Bancshares, Sacramento, California, California Community Financial Institutions Fund LP, San Francisco, California, and Belvedere Capital Partners LLC, San Francisco, California, to acquire Southwest Community Bancorp, Carlsbad, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Southwest Community Bank, Encinitas, California.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Newspaper:04/10/2006Federal Register:04/07/2006       
|Newspaper:                              | 04/10/2006    
|Federal Register:                       | 04/07/2006    
|PLACER SIERRA BANK                      | * 18C* Branch  | Placer Sierra Bank, Auburn, California, to merge with Southwest Community Bank, Encinitas, California, and thereby acquire nine branch offices.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:Not applicable
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | Not applicable
|TAIWAN COOPERATIVE BANK                 | FBSEA          | Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Taipei, Taiwan, to retain the Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California, branch offices of Farmers Bank of China, as a result of the merger of Farmers Bank of China, with and into Taiwan Cooperative Bank.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:Not applicable
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | Not applicable
|TOWNE BANCORP, INC.                     | * 3A1          | Towne Bancorp, Inc., to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Towne Bank of Arizona, both of Mesa, Arizona.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:04/07/2006    
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | 04/07/2006    

## Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

|Institution / Location                        | RSSDID  | Exam Date  | CRAPublic Date | CRARating | Exam Method
|--------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------- | --------- | -----------
|PACIFIC MERCANTILE BK, COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA | 2717012 | 04/18/2005 | 03/01/2006     | S         | Large Bank 

## CRA Examinations scheduled for     Quarter of

|Institution | Location
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|NONE       

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