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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending February 18, 2012

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Bank Branches, DomesticSt. Louis          Farmers Bank & Trust Company, Magnolia, Arkansas -- to establish a branch at 5499 Summerhill Road, Texarkana, Texas.            -Approved, February 13, 2012            Cleveland          Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 1610 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Raleigh, North Carolina.            -Approved, February 17, 2012            Cleveland          Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 12336 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, Florida.            -Approved, February 17, 2012            Cleveland          Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 5001 Kingsley Drive, Cincinnati.            -Approved, February 17, 2012            Cleveland          Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 5050 Kingsley Drive, Cincinnati.            -Approved, February 17, 2012            Cleveland          Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 10797 New Falls Ferry Road, Jennings, Missouri.            -Approved, February 17, 2012            Dallas          Western Bank, Lordsburg, New Mexico -- to establish a branch at 1 Main Street, Bisbee, Arizona.            -Approved, February 16, 2012            Bank Holding CompaniesAtlanta          BankUnited, Inc., Miami Lakes, Florida -- (1) to become a bank holding company and to acquire Herald National Bank, New York, New York, and BankUnited, N.A., Miami Lakes, Florida; (2) to retain BankUnited (a federal savings association) and thereby continue operating a savings association; and (3) to retain BankUnited Investment Services, Inc. and thereby continue engaging in investment advisory services.            -Approved, February 13, 2012            St. Louis          First Arkansas BancShares, Inc., Jacksonville, Arkansas -- to acquire shares of FAS Capital, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, and thereby engage in lending activities.            -Withdrawn, February 14, 2012            St. Louis          First Arkansas BancShares, Inc., Jacksonville, Arkansas -- to increase its ownership in BVCA, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, and to continue to engage in lending.            -Withdrawn, February 14, 2012            Kansas City          First Financial Corporation, Wellington, Kansas -- (1) for First Financial Corporation to acquire The Caldwell State Bank in Caldwell, Caldwell; (2) for Caldwell State Bank to become a member of the Federal Reserve System; (3) for The First National Bank in Wellington, Wellington, to merge with Caldwell State Bank (the merged entity to be known as Impact Bank, Wellington); and (4) for Impact Bank to establish a branch at the former main office of Caldwell State Bank, Caldwell.            -Approved, February 16, 2012            St. Louis          Landrum Company, Columbia, Missouri -- waiver of application to indirectly acquire, through a series of transactions, DKB Bancshares, Inc., Birch Tree, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiary banks, Landmark Bank, N.A., Columbia, and Bank of Birch Tree, Birch Tree.            -Granted, February 16, 2012            Philadelphia          Liberty Bell Bancorp, Inc., Marlton, New Jersey -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Liberty Bell Bank, Marlton.            -Withdrawn, February 15, 2012            Bank MergersKansas City          Cottonwood Valley Bank, Cedar Point, Kansas -- to merge with Pilsen State Bank, Lincolnville, and thereby establish a branch.            -Approved, February 16, 2012            Richmond          United Bank, Inc., Parkersburg, West Virginia -- to merge with its affiliate, Centra Bank, Inc., Morgantown, and thereby establish a branch.            -Approved, February 13, 2012            Change in Bank ControlRichmond          CB Financial Corporation, Wilson, North Carolina -- change in bank control of CB Financial and its subsidiary bank, Cornerstone Bank, Wilson.            -Permitted, February 15, 2012            Kansas City          Community Bancshares, Inc., Seneca, Kansas -- to retain control of Community Bancshares and its subsidiary bank, Community National Bank, Seneca.            -Permitted, February 16, 2012            Cleveland          FFD Financial Corp., Dover, Ohio -- change in bank control of FFD Financial and its subsidiary bank, First Federal Community Bank, N.A., Dover.            -Permitted, February 17, 2012            Minneapolis          Metro North Bancshares, Inc., Elk River, Minnesota -- change in bank control of Metro North and its subsidiary bank, The Bank of Elk River, Elk River.            -Permitted, February 14, 2012            Richmond          South Street Financial Corp., Albemarle, North Carolina -- change in bank control of South Street Financial and its subsidiary thrift, Home Savings Bank of Albemarle, Inc., SSB, Albemarle.            -Permitted, February 14, 2012            Extensions of TimeRichmond          Community Bank of Tri-County, Waldorf, Maryland -- extension to May 16, 2012, to establish a branch at the intersection of Route 301 and Commerce Drive, Dahlgren, Virginia.            -Granted, February 15, 2012            Financial Holding Companies St. Louis          Republic Bancorp, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky -- election to become a financial holding company.            -Effective, February 17, 2012            Regulations and PoliciesFOMC          Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on January 24-25, 2012.            -Published, February 15, 2012            
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