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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending September 24, 2011

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Bank Branches, DomesticSan Francisco          East West Bank, Pasadena, California -- to establish a branch at 3969 Spring Mountain, Las Vegas, Nevada.            -Approved, September 22, 2011            Cleveland          Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio -- to establish a branch at 6651 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth, Florida.            -Approved, September 23, 2011            Minneapolis          Merchants State Bank, Freeman, South Dakota -- to establish a branch at 209 West Main Street, Irene.            -Approved, September 22, 2011            Bank Holding CompaniesKansas City          American State Bancshares, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas -- to acquire Rose Hill Bancorp, Inc., Rose Hill, and Rose Hill Bank.            -Approved, September 23, 2011            Atlanta          Blue Ridge Holdings, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia -- to acquire SAGE Southeastern Securities, Inc., Atlanta, and thereby engage in investment advisory activities.            -Approved, September 23, 2011            Chicago          C-B-G, Inc., West Liberty, Iowa -- to acquire shares of Washington Bancorp, Washington, and thereby increase its indirect interest in Washington's subsidiary bank, Federation Bank.            -Approved, September 21, 2011            Bank MergersSan Francisco          Bay Commercial Bank, Walnut Creek, California -- to merge with Global Trust Bank, Mountain View.            -Approved, September 23, 2011            St. Louis          Community First Bank of the Heartland, Mt. Vernon, Illinois -- to merge with First State Bank of Dix, Dix, and to retain the acquired facilities as branches.            -Approved, September 21, 2011            Change in Bank ControlAtlanta          Hometown Community Bancshares, Inc., Braselton, Georgia -- change in bank control of Hometown and its subsidiary bank, Hometown Community Bank, Braselton.            -Permitted, September 19, 2011            Kansas City          RCB Holding Company, Inc., Claremore, Oklahoma -- to retain control of RCB and its subsidiary bank, RCB Bank, Claremore.            -Permitted, September 23, 2011            Extensions of TimeDirector, BS&R          Morgan Stanley, New York, New York -- one-year extension of time to divest or conform certain impermissible nonbanking activities and investments.            -Granted, September 21, 2011            Dallas          Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (with 401(k)Provisions), The Woodlands, Texas, and Woodforest Financial Group Employee Stock Ownership Trust -- extension to December 16, 2011, to become a bank holding company and to acquire shares of Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., The Woodlands, and indirectly acquire Woodforest National Bank, Houston; and to acquire a savings association through Woodforest Financial Group, Inc., and indirectly Woodforest Bank, FSB, Refugio.            -Granted, September 22, 2011            
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