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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending February 8, 2014

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Bank Branches, DomesticNew York          Adirondack Bank, Utica, New York -- to establish a branch at Avenue Plaza, 4697-A Commercial Drive, New Hartford.            -Approved, February 7, 2014            Atlanta          Compass Bank, Birmingham, Alabama -- to establish branches at 8100 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, Texas, and 10000 Woodlands Parkway (two applications).            -Approved, February 4, 2014            Minneapolis          Dacotah Bank, Aberdeen, South Dakota -- to establish a branch at 2510 8th Avenue Southwest, Jamestown, North Dakota.            -Approved, February 7, 2014            Richmond          John Marshall Bank, Reston, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 1330 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.            -Approved, February 6, 2014            Richmond          Virginia Partners Bank, Fredericksburg, Virginia -- to establish a branch at 115 East Charles Street, La Plata, Maryland.            -Approved, February 5, 2014            Bank Holding CompaniesNew York          Banco do Brasil S.A., Brasilia, Brazil -- commitment relief request.            -Granted, February 7, 2014            St. Louis          Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas -- to acquire Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby acquire OmniBank, N.A.            -Approved, February 7, 2014            San Francisco          Carpenter Bank Partners, Inc., Irvine, California; CCFW, Inc. dba Carpenter & Company; Carpenter Fund Manager GP, LLC; Carpenter Fund Management Company, LLC; Carpenter Community BancFund, L.P.; Carpenter Community BancFund-A, L.P.; and Carpenter Community BancFund-CA, L.P. -- to acquire shares of Heritage Oaks Bancorp, Paso Robles, and thereby indirectly acquire Heritage Oaks Bank.            -Approved, February 5, 2014            Dallas          Chalybeate Springs Corporation, Hughes Springs, Texas, and Hughes Springs Corporation, Dover, Delaware -- waiver of application to acquire Citizens State Bank, Tenaha, in connection with its merger with and into Chalybeate Springs's subsidiary, First National Bank, Hughes Springs.            -Granted, February 7, 2014            Kansas City          Haines Financial Corp., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- waiver of application for its subsidiary, Bank 7, Oklahoma City, to acquire The Montezuma State Bank, Montezuma, Kansas, in connection with Montezuma State Bank's merger with and into Bank 7.            -Granted, February 3, 2014            San Francisco          Heritage Oaks Bancorp, Paso Robles, California -- to merge with Mission Community Bancorp, San Luis Obispo.            -Approved, February 5, 2014            Atlanta          Home Bancorp, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana -- waiver of application to acquire Britton & Koontz Capital Corporation, Natchez, Mississippi, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, Home Bank, Lafayette, and Britton & Koontz Bank, N.A., Natchez.            -Granted, February 7, 2014            St. Louis          Midwest Community Bancshares, Inc., Marion, Illinois -- waiver of application to acquire First Southern Bancshares, Inc., Carbondale, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, The Bank of Marion, Marion, and First Southern Bank, Carbondale.            -Granted, February 3, 2014            Cleveland          Poage Bankshares, Inc., Ashland, Kentucky -- waiver of application to acquire Town Square Financial Corporation, Ashland, in connection with the merger of their respective subsidiaries, Home Federal Savings and Loan Association and Town Square Bank, Inc.            -Granted, February 7, 2014            Dallas          Strategic Growth Bank Incorporated, El Paso, Texas, and Strategic Growth Bancorp Incorporated -- to acquire shares of Guardian Mortgage Company, Inc., Richardson, and thereby engage in extending credit, servicing loans, and engaging under contract with a third party in asset management, servicing, and collection of assets.            -Approved, February 6, 2014            Cleveland          TriState Capital Holdings, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- to acquire Chartwell Investment Partners, L.P., Berwyn.            -Approved, February 6, 2014            Bank MergersAtlanta          Franklin Synergy Bank, Franklin, Tennessee -- to merge with MidSouth Bank, Murfreesboro.            -Approved, January 28, 2014            (A/C)          Change in Bank ControlChicago          First Bancorp, Inc., Yates City, Illinois -- to retain control of First Bancorp, Inc. and its subsidiary, Bank of Yates City, Yates City.            -Permitted, February 6, 2014            Cleveland          North Valley Bancshares, Inc., Zanesville, Ohio -- to retain control of North Valley Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiary, North Valley Bank, Zanesville.            -Permitted, February 3, 2014            MembershipKansas City          The Peoples Bank, Pratt, Kansas -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.            -Approved, February 7, 2014            Savings and Loan Holding CompaniesPhiladelphia          Clifton MHC, Clifton, New Jersey -- to convert from mutual to stock form and to merge with and into Clifton Bancorp, Inc., Clifton; and for Clifton Bancorp, Inc. to become a savings and loan holding company by acquiring Clifton Savings Bank, Clifton.            -Approved, February 6, 2014            
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