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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending January 3, 2009

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Bank Branches, DomesticKansas CityBank of Versailles, Versailles, Missouri  -- to establish a branch at 76 Grand Point Boulevard, Sunrise Beach.					-Withdrawn, December 30, 2008 					ClevelandFifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio  -- to establish a branch at 348 Lincoln Highway, North Versailles, Pennsylvania.					-Approved, December 30, 2008 					New YorkManufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York  -- to establish a branch at 8155 Maple Lawn Boulevard, Fulton, Maryland.					-Approved, December 31, 2008 					

Bank Holding CompaniesPhiladelphiaCornerstone Financial Corporation, Mount Laurel, New Jersey  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Cornerstone Bank, Mount Laurel.					-Approved, December 30, 2008 					ChicagoDiscover Financial Services, Riverwoods, Illinois  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Discover Bank, Greenwoods, Delaware, and Bank of New Castle, New Castle, and thereby engage in certain permissible nonbanking activities, and election to become a financial holding company.					-Approved, December 19, 2008 					(AC)RichmondFirst Reliance Bancshares, Inc., Florence, South Carolina  -- relief from a commitment.					-Granted, December 31, 2008 					DallasI Bank Holding Company, Inc., Lakeway, Texas  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Independent Bank of Austin, SSB, Austin.					-Approved, January 2, 2009 					Kansas CityLeaderOne National, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Signature Bank KC, Haddam, and thereby engage in mortgage banking through the acquisition of LeaderOne Financial Corporation, Overland Park.					-Withdrawn, January 2, 2009 					MinneapolisLincoln Holding Company, Lincoln, Montana  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire The First Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln.					-Approved, December 31, 2008 					ChicagoP/R Bancorp, Carmel, Indiana  -- waiver of application to merge with Symphony Bancorp, Inc., Indianapolis, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiary banks, Greensfork Township State Bank, Lynn, and Symphony Bank, Indianapolis.					-Granted, December 31, 2008 					

Bank PremisesRichmondThe Bank of Monroe, Union, West Virginia  -- to increase its investment in bank premises.					-Approved, December 30, 2008 					

Change In Bank ControlChicagoCentral Bancshares, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa  -- change in bank control of Central and its subsidiary banks, Central State Bank, Muscatine; Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Galesburg, Illinois; Freedom Security Bank, Coralville, Iowa; and West Chester Savings Bank, Washington.					-Permitted, December 24, 2008 					(AC)St. LouisFirst Bancorp of Sparta, Ltd., Sparta, Illinois  -- change in bank control of First Bancorp and its subsidiary bank, The First National Bank of Sparta, Sparta.					-Permitted, December 30, 2008 					MinneapolisFreedom Bancorporation, Inc., Lindstrom, Minnesota  -- change in bank control of Freedom and its subsidiary bank, Lake Area Bank, Lindstrom.					-Permitted, December 22, 2008 					(AC)MinneapolisWaseca Bancshares, Inc., Waseca, Minnesota  -- change in bank control of Waseca and its subsidiary bank, Roundbank, Waseca.					-Permitted, December 22, 2008 					(AC)

Extensions Of TimeBostonSIS Bancorp, MHC, Sanford, Maine, and SIS Bancorp, Inc.  -- extension to March 10, 2009, to become a mutual bank holding company and stock bank holding company, respectively, and to acquire Sanford Institution for Savings, Sanford.					-Granted, December 29, 2008 					

International OperationsDirector, BS&RThe Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York  -- waiver of  remainder of notification period to make an investment in The Bank of New York Mellon S.A., Brussels, Belgium.					-Granted, December 29, 2008 					

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