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#   Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending March 7, 2009

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Bank Branches, DomesticBostonState Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts  -- to establish a branch at One Lincoln Street, Boston.					-Approved, March 4, 2009 					SecretarySunTrust Bank, Atlanta, Georgia  -- to establish branches at 1200 Beaver Creek Commons Drive, Apex, North Carolina, and 2605 Ocoee Apopka Road, Ocoee, Florida.					-Approved, March 4, 2009 					

Bank Holding CompaniesSt. LouisCabool State Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Cabool, Missouri  -- to increase its ownership of Cabool Bancshares, Inc., Cabool, and thereby increase its control of Cabool State Bank.					-Approved, March 4, 2009 					PhiladelphiaTower Bancorp Inc., Greencastle, Pennsylvania  -- to acquire Graystone Financial Corp., Lancaster, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, The First National Bank of Greencastle, Greencastle, and Graystone Bank, Lancaster.					-Approved, March 3, 2009 					Kansas CityTownsend Financial Corporation, Grove, Oklahoma  -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Bank of Grove, Grove.					-Approved, March 4, 2009 					

Bank MergersChicagoRolling Hills Bank & Trust, Atlantic, Iowa  -- to merge with The First National Bank of Brewster, Brewster, Minnesota, and thereby establish branches in Brewster and Worthington.					-Approved, March 6, 2009 					DallasTexas First Bank, Texas City, Texas  -- to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of Texas First Bank - Winnie, Winnie, and thereby establish branches in Winnie, Baytown, and Fannett.					-Approved, March 5, 2009 					Kansas CityThe Tilden Bank, Tilden, Nebraska  -- to merge with Citizens State Bank, Clearwater, and thereby establish a branch.					-Withdrawn, March 2, 2009 					

Change In Bank ControlDallasThe Community Group, Inc., Highland Village, Texas  -- change in bank control of Community and its subsidiary bank, United Community Bank, N.A., Highland Village.					-Permitted, March 4, 2009 					Kansas CityEmprise Financial Corporation, Wichita, Kansas  -- change in bank control of Emprise and its subsidiary bank, Emprise Bank, Wichita.					-Permitted, March 2, 2009 					

Extensions Of TimeNew YorkEmpire State Bank, National Association, Newburgh, New York  -- extension to April 17, 2009, to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state charter.					-Granted, March 6, 2009 					ChicagoFirst Community Financial Partners, Inc., Joliet, Illinois  -- extension to June 11, 2009, to acquire shares of Burr Ridge Bank and Trust (in organization), Burr Ridge.					-Granted, March 2, 2009 					San FranciscoNHB Holdings, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, and Proficio Mortgage Ventures, LLC  -- extension to May 6, 2009, to engage de novo in a joint venture with Home Avenue Mortgage, Clearwater, in conducting mortgage banking activities.					-Granted, March 5, 2009 					ClevelandS & T Bancorp, Inc., Indiana, Pennsylvania  -- extension to June 5, 2009, to acquire shares of Allegheny Valley Bancorp, Inc., Pittsburgh.					-Granted, March 5, 2009 					

Financial Holding CompaniesMinneapolisEastwood Financial Corporation, Rochester, Minnesota, and Eastwood Financial Corporation Employee Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan  -- election to become financial holding companies.					-Effective, March 4, 2009 					

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