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## Filings received during the week ending December 17, 2005

|Filer                                   | Filing Type    | Filing Proposal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | End of Comment Period                                 
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|BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA             | * Branch       | Banco Popular North America, New York, New York to open four branch offices at (1) 1540 E. 2nd Street, Beaumont (Riverside County), California,(RSSD-3396683) (2) 888 Disneyland Drive, Anaheim (Orange County), California (RSSD-2769543), (3) 1861 S. San Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto (Riverside County), California (RSSD-3396692), and (4) 34500 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert (Riverside County), California (RSSD-3396704).                                                 | Newspaper:12/23/2005Federal Register:Not applicable   
|Newspaper:                              | 12/23/2005    
|Federal Register:                       | Not applicable
|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:01/12/2006    
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | 01/12/2006    
|CGD USA HOLDING COMPANY, INC.           | CIC            | Notice of Change in Bank Control pursuant to the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended, by Jacinto Rodrigues and Joaquina Rodrigues, both of Warren, New Jersey, to acquire 966,166 of the common shares of CGD-USA Holding Company, Inc., New York, New York, from Caixa Geral de Depositos, Lisbon, Portugal. As a result of this transaction, Jacinto and Joaquina Rodrigues will own 100% of the outstanding shares of CGD-USA.                                     | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:01/04/2006    
|Newspaper:                              | Not available 
|Federal Register:                       | 01/04/2006    
|COMMUNITY PARTNERS BANCORP              | * 3A1          | Community Partners Bancorp, Middletown, New Jersey, to become a bank holding company through the acquisition of 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)(1) 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 
|MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | * Branch       | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York, requests approval to establish a temporary full-service branch to be located at 11200 Racetrack Road, Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland (RSSD-3397121).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Newspaper:12/30/2005Federal Register:Not applicable   
|Newspaper:                              | 12/30/2005    
|Federal Register:                       | Not applicable
|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:12/30/2005Federal Register:01/06/2006       
|Newspaper:                              | 12/30/2005    
|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

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