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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending April 1, 2006

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Bank Branches, DomesticRichmondBank of McKenney, McKenney, Virginia  -- to establish a branch at 4112 A Commerce Road, Prince George.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					SecretaryComerica Bank, Detroit, Michigan  -- to establish a branch at 801 North San Fernando Boulevard, Burbank, California.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					DallasLegacyTexas Bank, Plano, Texas  -- to establish branches at 17617 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, and 707 East Arapaho Road, Richardson.					-Approved, March 31, 2006 					SecretarySunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia  -- to establish branches at 16705 Fishhawk Boulevard, Lithia, Florida; 131245 U.S. Highway 301, Riverview; and the intersection of County Road 581 and Highway 56, Wesley Chapel.					-Approved, March 28, 2006 					

Bank Holding CompaniesDirector, BS&RBanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Bilbao, Spain, and BBVA Bancomer Financial Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas  -- to invest in and engage in money transmission activities in Spain through BBVA Dinero Express, S.A.U., Madrid, Spain.					-Approved, March 27, 2006 					ChicagoCommunity State Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Union Grove, Wisconsin  -- to increase its ownership to 33.95 percent of the shares of Union Bancorporation, Inc. and Community State Bank.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					ClevelandEnterprise Employee Stock Ownership Trust, Allison Park, Pennsylvania  -- for Enterprise Financial Services Group, Inc. to become a bank holding company and to acquire Enterprise Bank; for Enterprise Employee Stock Ownership Plan to become a bank holding company and to acquire 22 percent of the shares of Enterprise Financial Services Group; and for Seed Money Limited Partnership to acquire control of Enterprise Financial Services Group and indirect control of Enterprise Bank.					-Approved, March 31, 2006 					ChicagoExchange Financial, Inc., Adair, Iowa  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Exchange State Bank.					-Approved, March 31, 2006 					St. LouisFirst Banks, Inc., Hazelwood, Missouri, and The San Francisco Company, San Francisco, California  -- to acquire 80 percent of the shares of First Independent National Bank, Plano, Texas.					-Approved, March 28, 2006 					RichmondFirst Community Corporation, Lexington, South Carolina  -- waiver of application to merge with DeKalb Bankshares, Inc., Camden, in connection with the merger of their subsidiaries, First Community Bank, N.A., Lexington, and The Bank of Camden, Camden.					-Granted, March 31, 2006 					Kansas CityFirst Liberty Holdings, LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Hazelton Bancshares, Inc., Hazelton, Kansas, and its subsidiary, Farmers State Bank, Meno, Oklahoma; and for FLH Management Company, LLC, Oklahoma City, to become a bank holding company with respect to First Liberty Holdings, LLC.					-Withdrawn, March 30, 2006 					St. LouisFirst M&F Corporation, Kosciusko, Mississippi  -- to merge with Crockett County Bancshares, Inc., Bells, Tennessee, and thereby acquire Bells Banking Company.					-Approved, March 31, 2006 					ChicagoFirst Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc., Mattoon, Illinois  -- to acquire Mansfield Bancorp, Inc., Mansfield, and thereby acquire Peoples State Bank of Mansfield.					-Approved, March 31, 2006 					ChicagoMinier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan W/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire between 25 percent and 51 percent of the shares of Minier Financial, Inc. and thereby acquire First Farmers State Bank.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					Kansas CityNorton Bankshares, Inc., Norton, Kansas  -- waiver of application to merge with First Bancshares of Hoxie, Inc., Hoxie, in connection with the merger of their subsidiaries, First State Bank, Norton, and First National Bank of Hoxie, Hoxie.					-Granted, March 30, 2006 					San FranciscoSilver State Bancorp, Henderson, Nevada  -- termination of a commitment.					-Granted, March 29, 2006 					ChicagoStark Bank Group, Ltd., Fort Dodge, Iowa  -- to merge with Pelican Financial, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, and thereby acquire Pelican National Bank, Naples, Florida.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					Kansas CitySundance State Bank Profit Sharing and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Sundance, Wyoming  -- to increase its ownership from 26.06 percent to 26.73 percent of the shares of Sundance Bankshares, Inc., parent of Sundance State Bank.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					

Bank MergersSt. LouisFirst Banks, Inc., Hazelwood, Missouri, and The San Francisco Company, San Francisco, California  -- to acquire Pittsfield Community Bancorp, Inc., Pittsfield, Illinois, and Community Bank of Pittsfield; and for First Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, to merge with Community Bank of Pittsfield, Pittsfield, and thereby establish branches.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					

Banks, ForeignDirector, BS&RBanco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A., Panama City, Republic of Panama  -- to establish a representative office in Miami, Florida.					-Approved, March 27, 2006 					Director, BS&RCaja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Alicante, Spain  -- to establish an agency in Miami, Florida.					-Approved, March 30, 2006 					

Change In Bank ControlChicagoBancroft State Bancshares, Inc., Bancroft, Wisconsin  -- to retain control of Bancroft State Bancshares, Inc.					-Permitted, March 28, 2006 					ChicagoPrimebank, Inc., Le Mars, Iowa  -- change in bank control.					-Permitted, March 31, 2006 					

Competitive Factors ReportsBostonAndroscoggin Savings Bank, Lewiston, Maine  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed purchase of the Lisbon Falls branch of Northeast Bank, Lewiston.					-Submitted, March 29, 2006 					San FranciscoArizona Bank & Trust, Mesa, Arizona  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Bank of the Southwest, Tempe.					-Submitted, March 27, 2006 					RichmondBranch Banking and Trust Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Main Street Bank, Covington, Georgia.					-Submitted, March 28, 2006 					San FranciscoCathay Bank, Los Angeles, California  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Great Eastern Bank, New York, New York.					-Submitted, March 27, 2006 					St. LouisFirst Federal Savings and Loan Association of Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Clover Leaf Bank.					-Submitted, March 28, 2006 					ChicagoMainSource Bank-Hobart, Greensburg, Indiana, an interim bank  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with H F S Bank, F.S.B., Hobart.					-Submitted, March 29, 2006 					St. LouisMerchants and Farmers Bank, Kosciusko, Mississippi  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Bells Banking Company, Bells, Tennessee.					-Submitted, March 29, 2006 					BostonMonadnock Community Bank, Peterborough, New Hampshire  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Monadnock Interim Banks I, II, and III.					-Submitted, March 28, 2006 					San FranciscoUmpqua Bank, Roseburg, Oregon  -- report on competitive factors of the proposed merger with Western Sierra National Bank, Cameron Park, California; Auburn Community Bank, Auburn; Central California Bank, Sonora; and Lake Community Bank, Lakeport.					-Submitted, March 28, 2006 					

Extensions Of TimeSecretaryCitigroup Inc., New York, New York  -- extension of time for its subsidiaries, Shinbashi Credit Management Company, Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands, and Azabu Credit Management Company, Ltd., to divest their interests in certain property acquired in settlement of debt previously contracted.					-Granted, March 31, 2006 					

Regulations And PoliciesFOMCShort-term Interest Rates  -- increase in the target for the federal funds rate from 4-1/2 percent to 4-3/4 percent.					-Approved, March 28, 2006 					

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