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# District: 2
Federal Reserve Bank of: New York

## Filings received during the week ending January 24, 2009

|Filer                          | Filing Type     | Filing Proposal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | End of Comment Period                                  
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|BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, THE       | FBSEA           | Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Canada, to establish an agency in Miami, Florida, pursuant to Section 5(a)(3) of the International Banking Act and Section 211.24(a)(2)(i)(A) of Regulation K.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:Not applicable 
|Newspaper:                     | Not available  
|Federal Register:              | Not applicable 
|M&T BANK CORPORATION           | * 3A5* 18C* 3A3 | Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Dublin, Ireland, M&T Bank Corporation ("M&T"), and M&T's newly-formed subsidiary, First Empire State Holding Company ("First Empire"), both of Buffalo, New York, request prior approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") to acquire Provident Bankshares Corporation ("Provident"), Baltimore, Maryland, and to merge Provident with and into First Empire and thereby to acquire Provident's wholly owned bank, Provident Bank of Maryland, ("Provident Bank"), Baltimore, Maryland pursuant to Sections 3(a)(3) and 3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 , as amended (the "BHC Act") and Section 225.15 of the Board's Regulation Y.  Additionally, M&T requests prior approval to merge Provident Bank, with and into its subsidiary bank, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company ("M&T Bank"), Buffalo, New York pursuant to Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and to retain the current branch locations of Provident Bank pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act. | Newspaper:01/20/2009Federal Register:Not available     
|Newspaper:                     | 01/20/2009     
|Federal Register:              | Not available  
|Madison National Bancorp, Inc. | 3A1             | Madison National Bancorp, Inc. to become a one-bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Madison National Bank, both of Hauppauge, New York, pursuant to Section 3(a)(C) of the BHC Act of 1956, as amended,  and Section 225.17 of Regulation Y.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Newspaper:Not applicableFederal Register:Not applicable
|Newspaper:                     | Not applicable 
|Federal Register:              | Not applicable 
|Max Bancorp, LLC               | * 3A1           | Max Bancorp, LLC, New York, New York, to become a one-bank holding company by acquiring majority of the voting shares of Allegiance Community Bank, South Orange, New Jersey, pursuant to Section 3(a)(1) of BHC Act and Section 225.15 of Regulation Y.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:Not available  
|Newspaper:                     | Not available  
|Federal Register:              | Not available  
|STANDARD CHARTERED BANK        | FBSEA           | Standard Chartered Bank, London, United Kingdom  to establish a representative office in Houston, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Newspaper:Not availableFederal Register:Not applicable 
|Newspaper:                     | Not available  
|Federal Register:              | Not applicable 

## 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 2009 ()

|Institution | Location
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|NONE       

* Subject to the provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act

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