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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending February 16, 2013

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Bank Branches, DomesticKansas City          High Plains Bank, Flagler, Colorado -- to establish a branch at 600 Kimbark Street, Longmont.            -Approved, February 15, 2013            Chicago          Morton Community Bank, Morton, Illinois -- to establish a branch at 2401 East Empire Street, Bloomington.            -Withdrawn, February 4, 2013            (A/C)          Bank Holding CompaniesNew York          The Adirondack Trust Company Employee Stock Ownership Trust, Saratoga Springs, New York -- to acquire additional shares in 473 Broadway Holding Corporation, Saratoga Springs, and The Adirondack Trust Company.            -Approved, February 14, 2013            Atlanta          CedarStone Financial, Inc., Lebanon, Tennessee -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring CedarStone Bank, Lebanon.            -Withdrawn, February 11, 2013            Minneapolis          Lake Shore III Corporation, Glenwood City, Wisconsin -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Hiawatha National Bank, Hager City.            -Returned, February 14, 2013            Chicago          Nicolet Bankshares, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin -- to acquire Mid-Wisconsin Financial Services, Inc., Medford, and its subsidiary, Mid-Wisconsin Bank, and to establish branches.            -Withdrawn, February 8, 2013            (A/C)          San Francisco          SKBHC Holdings LLC, Seattle, Washington, and AmericanWest Bank, Spokane -- to acquire PremierWest Bancorp, Medford, Oregon, and its subsidiary, PremierWest Bank.            -Approved, February 13, 2013            San Francisco          Sterling Financial Corporation, Spokane, Washington -- waiver of application to acquire Borrego Springs Bank, N.A., La Mesa, California, in connection with its merger with and into Sterling Financial's subsidiary, Sterling Savings Bank, Spokane, Washington.            -Granted, February 11, 2013            Chicago          Van Buren Bancorporation, Keosauqua, Iowa -- to acquire First Iowa State Bank, Albia.            -Approved, February 13, 2013            Bank MergersSt. Louis          Arvest Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas -- to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of branches of Bank of America, National Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.            -Approved, February 13, 2013            Change in Bank ControlRichmond          Congressional Bancshares, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland -- change in bank control of Congressional Bancshares and its subsidiary, Congressional Bank, Potomac.            -Permitted, February 13, 2013            Chicago          Standard Bancshares, Inc., Hickory Hills, Illinois -- change in bank control of Standard Bancshares and its subsidiary, Standard Bank and Trust Company, Hickory Hills.            -Permitted, February 15, 2013            Kansas City          Whitewater Bancshares, Inc., Whitewater, Kansas -- to retain control of Whitewater Bancshares and its subsidiary, Bank of Whitewater, Whitewater.            -Permitted, February 14, 2013            Extensions of TimeSecretary          BMO Financial Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware -- extension of time to meet certain regulatory reporting requirements.            -Granted, February 13, 2013            Secretary          UnionBanCal Corporation, San Francisco, California -- extension of time to meet certain regulatory reporting requirements.            -Granted, February 13, 2013            Savings and Loan Holding CompaniesAtlanta          First Charter, MHC, West Point, Georgia -- to convert from mutual to stock form and to merge with Charter Financial Corporation, West Point, and for Charter Financial Corporation to become a savings and loan holding company by acquiring Charterbank.            -Approved, February 11, 2013            Chicago          WBSB Bancorp, MHC, West Bend, Wisconsin -- to convert from mutual to stock form and to merge with WBSB Bancorp, Inc., West Bend; for WBSB Bancorp, Inc., to merge with and into Westbury Bancorp, Inc.; and for Westbury Bancorp to become a savings and loan holding company by acquiring Westbury Bank,West Bend.            -Approved, February 11, 2013            
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