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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending December 22, 2012

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Bank Branches, DomesticKansas City          KCB Bank, Kearney, Missouri -- to establish a branch at 110 South Stewart Road, Liberty.            -Approved, December 19, 2012            New York          Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York -- to establish a branch at 4 High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut.            -Approved, December 17, 2012            Bank Holding CompaniesDallas          Carlile Bancshares, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas -- to acquire through its subsidiary, Northstar Bank of Texas, Denton, an interest in Goldome Financial, LLC, Flower Mound, and thereby engage in lending activities.            -Approved, December 21, 2012            Richmond          City Holding Company, Cross Lanes, West Virginia -- to acquire Community Financial Corporation, Staunton, Virginia, and its subsidiary, Community Bank.            -Approved, December 17, 2012            Director, BS&R          The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., New York, New York -- modification of a commitment.            -Granted, December 18, 2012            Director, BS&R          ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- relief from certain commitments.            -Granted, December 20, 2012            Atlanta          Jeff Davis Bancshares, Inc., Jennings, Louisiana -- waiver of application to merge with Guaranty Capital Corporation, Mamou, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, Jeff Davis Bank & Trust Company, Jennings, and Guaranty Bank, Mamou.            -Granted, December 19, 2012            Boston          New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp, Manchester, New Hampshire -- to become a mutual holding company through the acquisition of Meredith Village Savings Bank, Meredith.            -Approved, December 18, 2012            Boston          New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp, Manchester, New Hampshire -- to acquire Merrimack Bancorp MHC, Concord, and its subsidiary, Merrimack County Savings Bank.            -Approved, December 18, 2012            Director, BS&R          Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Los Angeles, California -- modification of a commitment.            -Granted, December 18, 2012            St. Louis          South Porte Financial, Inc., Marion, Illinois -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring South Porte Bank, Marion (formerly Bellerive Bank, Plymouth).            -Approved, December 19, 2012            Chicago          Talmer Bancorp, Inc., Troy, Michigan -- to acquire First Place Bank, Warren, Ohio.            -Approved, December 21, 2012            Cleveland          Waterford Commercial and Savings Bank Shareholders Voting Trust, Waterford, Ohio -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring The Waterford Commercial and Savings Bank, Waterford.            -Approved, December 21, 2012            Bank MergersDallas          American State Bank, Arp, Texas -- to acquire by merger East Texas National Bank of Palestine, Palestine, and thereby establish branches.            -Withdrawn, December 19, 2012            Change in Bank ControlRichmond          Atlantic Bancshares, Inc., Bluffton, South Carolina -- change in bank control of Atlantic Bancshares and its subsidiary, Atlantic Community Bank, Bluffton.            -Permitted, December 17, 2012            Dallas          Bastrop Bancshares, Inc., Bastrop, Texas -- change in bank control of Bastrop Bancshares and its subsidiary, The First National Bank of Bastrop, Bastrop.            -Permitted, December 18, 2012            Minneapolis          Beulah Bancorporation, Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- change in bank control of Beulah Bancorporation and its subsidiaries, First Security Bank - West, Beulah, North Dakota, and Valley Bank and Trust, Mapleton, Iowa.            -Permitted, December 19, 2012            New York          CheckSpring Community Corporation, Bronx, New York -- change in bank control of CheckSpring Community Corporation and its subsidiary, CheckSpring Bank, Bronx.            -Permitted, December 18, 2012            San Francisco          Malaga Financial Corporation, Palos Verdes Estates, California -- to retain control of Malaga Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Malaga Bank, FSB, Palos Verdes Estates.            -Permitted, December 18, 2012            Richmond          New Peoples Bankshares, Inc., Honaker, Virginia -- change in bank control of New Peoples Bankshares and its subsidiary, New Peoples Bank, Inc., Honaker.            -Permitted, December 17, 2012            Kansas City          S G Bancshares, Inc., Okeene, Oklahoma -- change in bank control of S G Bancshares and its subsidiary, State Guaranty Bank, Okeene.            -Permitted, December 17, 2012            Extensions of TimeSt. Louis          The McGehee Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, McGehee, Arkansas -- extension to April 4, 2013, to increase its ownership of Southeast Financial Bankstock Corporation, McGehee, and its subsidiary, McGehee Bank.            -Granted, December 20, 2012            Director, BS&R          Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California -- extension of time to divest certain merchant banking investments.            -Granted, December 20, 2012            Financial Holding Companies Dallas          Kleberg and Company Bankers, Inc., Kingsville, Texas -- election to become a financial holding company.            -Effective, December 20, 2012            Richmond          MVB Financial Corp., Fairmont, West Virginia; MVB Central, Inc.; and MVB East, Inc. -- election to become financial holding companies.            -Effective, December 19, 2012            Kansas City          Northern Missouri Bancshares, Inc., Unionville, Missouri -- election to become a financial holding company.            -Effective, December 21, 2012            MembershipBoston          Eastern Federal Bank, Norwich, Connecticut -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.            -Approved, December 19, 2012            Kansas City          First National Bank of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming -- to retain its membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank, to be known as Capital West Bank.            -Approved, December 20, 2012            Regulations and PoliciesSecretary          Regulation BB (Community Reinvestment) -- interagency annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define "small" and "intermediate small" banks and savings associations under the Community Reinvestment Act regulations.            -Approved, December 17, 2012            Savings and Loan Holding CompaniesSecretary          ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- to deregister Stichting Cumulatief Preferente Aandelen ING Groep and Stichting ING Aandelen as savings and loan holding companies.            -Approved, December 20, 2012            Minneapolis          The Miller Family 2012 Trust U/A Dated December 21, 2012, Saint Cloud, Minnesota -- to become a savings and loan holding company by acquiring shares of Liberty Financial Services, St. Cloud, St. Cloud, and thereby indirectly acquiring Liberty Savings Bank, FSB.            -Approved, December 20, 2012            
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