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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending January 11, 2014

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Bank Branches, DomesticChicago          Chemical Bank, Midland, Michigan -- to establish a branch at 114 Commercial Street, Dowagiac.            -Approved, January 7, 2014            Richmond          Citizens Community Bank, South Hill, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 851 South Beckford Drive, Henderson, North Carolina.            -Approved, January 10, 2014            Richmond          The Fauquier Bank, Warrenton, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 8780 Centreville Road, Manassas.            -Approved, January 9, 2014            Richmond          Hometown Bank, Roanoke, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 852 West Main Street, Salem.            -Approved, January 9, 2014            Bank Holding CompaniesRichmond          Aquesta Financial Holdings, Inc., Cornelius, North Carolina -- to become a bank holding company by acquiring Aquesta Bank, Cornelius.            -Withdrawn, January 8, 2014            Dallas          Cistern, LLC, Houston, Texas, and Flatonia Investments, LLC -- to acquire Kovar, LLC, Houston, and Envoy Mortgage, Ltd., and thereby engage in extending credit and servicing loans, and in activities related to extending credit.            -Withdrawn, January 9, 2014            St. Louis          First Security Bancorp, Searcy, Arkansas -- to increase its ownership of CrossFirst Holdings, LLC, Leawood, Kansas.            -Approved, January 9, 2014            Dallas          Mesa Financial Corporation, Sweetwater, Texas -- to acquire South Taylor County Bancshares, Inc., Tuscola, and thereby acquire First State Bank in Tuscola.            -Approved, January 8, 2014            Atlanta          Stonegate Bank, Fort Lauderdale, Florida -- waiver of application to acquire Florida Shores Bancorp, Inc., Pompano Beach, in connection with the merger of Stonegate with Florida Shores Bancorp's subsidiaries, Florida Shores Bank-Southeast, Pompano Beach; Florida Shores Bank-Southwest, Venice; and Florida Shores Service Company, Clearwater.            -Granted, January 6, 2014            Bank MergersChicago          Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, Lake Forest, Illinois -- to purchase the assets and assume the liabilities of a branch of Baytree National Bank & Trust Co., Lake Forest, at 4 East Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff, and to continue to operate the branch.            -Approved, January 9, 2014            Change in Bank ControlKansas City          Siouxland National Corporation, South Sioux City, Nebraska -- change in bank control of Siouxland National Corporation and its subsidiary, Siouxland National Bank, South Sioux City.            -Permitted, January 10, 2014            Kansas City          Valley Bank Shares, Inc., Valley, Nebraska -- to retain control of Valley Bank Shares and its subsidiary, First Nebraska Bank, Valley.            -Permitted, January 10, 2014            MembershipSt. Louis          First National Banking Company, Ash Flat, Arkansas -- to retain membership in the Federal Reserve System on conversion to a state-chartered bank.            -Approved, January 10, 2014            Kansas City          ONB Bank and Trust Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.            -Approved, January 8, 2014            Savings and Loan Holding CompaniesRichmond          First Carolina Bancshares, M.H.C., Walterboro, South Carolina, and First Federal of South Carolina, Federal Savings Bank -- to sell certain assets and transfer certain liabilities of a branch to CresCom Bank, Charleston.            -No Objection, December 24, 2013            (A/C)          Philadelphia          Metuchen, MHC, Metuchen, New Jersey, and Metuchen Bancorp, Inc. -- to engage indirectly in real estate investment activities through a subsidiary of Metuchen Savings Bank, Metuchen.            -Approved, January 10, 2014            
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