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# District: 2
Federal Reserve Bank of: New York

## Filings received during the week ending December 10, 2005

|Filer                                 | Filing Type    | Filing Proposal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | End of Comment Period                                 
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|BANCO SANTANDER CENTRAL HISPANO, S.A. | * 4c8          | Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A., Madrid, Spain, pursuant to Section 4(c)(8) of the BHC Act and Section 225.24 of Regulation Y, to acquire 24.99 percent of the voting shares of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire Sovereign Bank, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and Independence Community Bank, Brooklyn, New York, and thereby engage in operating savings associations, pursuant to Section 225.28(b)(4) of Regulation Y. | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:Not available 
|Newspaper:                            | Not available 
|Federal Register:                     | Not available 
|CHECKSPRING COMMUNITY CORPORATION     | * 3A1          | Final application by CheckSpring Community Corporation, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Bronx, New York, for prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, pursuant to Section 3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, to become a bank holding company through the acquisition of all the voting stock to be issued by CheckSpring Bank (in organization), a proposed de novo New York State chartered commercial Bank.  | Newspaper:12/22/2005Federal Register:12/29/2005       
|Newspaper:                            | 12/22/2005    
|Federal Register:                     | 12/29/2005    
|Community Partners Bancorp            | * 3A1* 3A3     | Community Partners Bancorp, Middletown, New Jersey, to become a bank holding company, pursuant to Section 3(a)(1) of the BHC Act, and to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Two River Community Bank, Middletown, New Jersey and The Town Bank, Westfield, New Jersey, pursuant to Section 3(a)(3) of the BHC Act.                                                                                                                                                      | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:01/06/2006    
|Newspaper:                            | Not available 
|Federal Register:                     | 01/06/2006    
|ISRAEL SALT INDUSTRIES LTD.           | 4c8            | Notice by Bank Hapoalim B.M., Arison Holdings Ltd. and Israel Salt Industries Ltd. all of Tel Aviv, Israel to acquire Investec USA, New York, NY and thereby engage in nonbanking activities pursuant to Sections 225.28(b)(6), (7) and (8) of Regulation Y.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Newspaper:Not applicableFederal Register:Not available
|Newspaper:                            | Not applicable
|Federal Register:                     | Not available 
|RABOBANK NEDERLAND                    | * 3A3          | Application by Rabobank Nederland B.V. and Rabobank International Holdings B.V both of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and their direct and indirect subsidiairies Utrect-America Holdings, New York, New York and VIB Corporation, El Centro, California to acquire Central Coast Bancorp and thereby its banking subsidiairy Community Bank of Central California, both of Salinas, California pursuant to Section 3(a)(3) of the BHCA.                                              | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:01/06/2006    
|Newspaper:                            | Not available 
|Federal Register:                     | 01/06/2006    

## Availability of CRA Public Evaluations

|Institution / Location | RSSDID | Exam Date | CRAPublic Date | CRARating | Exam Method
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|NONE                  

## CRA Examinations scheduled for     Quarter of

|Institution | Location
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|NONE       

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