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# Actions under delegated authority

## Actions taken during the week ending October 15, 2011

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Bank Branches, DomesticNew York          Amboy Bank, Old Bridge, New Jersey -- to establish a branch at 460 Georges Road, Dayton.            -Approved, October 11, 2011            Bank Holding CompaniesChicago          ATBancorp, Dubuque, Iowa -- to acquire shares of United American Bank, San Mateo, California.            -Approved, October 13, 2011            Kansas City          Community Bank Partners, Inc., Denver, Colorado -- to acquire First National Bancshares, Inc., Goodland, Kansas, and First National Bank.            -Withdrawn, October 14, 2011            Kansas City          Equity Bancshares, Inc., Wichita, Kansas -- to acquire University National Bank of Lawrence, Lawrence.            -Approved, October 14, 2011            Secretary          First Security Bancorp, Searcy, Arkansas -- to acquire additional shares of CrossFirst Holdings, LLC, Overland Park, Kansas, and thereby acquire CrossFirst Bank, Overland Park, and CrossFirst Bank Leawood, Leawood.            -Approved, October 11, 2011            Dallas          Integrity Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas -- to become a bank holding company and to acquire Integrity Bank, SSB, Houston.            -Approved, October 13, 2011            New York          Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts -- to become a bank holding company on conversion of its subsidiary federal savings bank, Sovereign Bank, Wilmington, Delaware, to a national bank; and for Banco Santander, S.A., Boadilla del Monte Madrid, Spain, to retain control of Santander Holdings USA and Sovereign upon this conversion.            -Approved, October 14, 2011            Bank MergersSt. Louis          Heber Springs State Bank, Heber Springs, Arkansas -- to purchase certain assets and assume deposit and certain other liabilities of the Concord branch of First Arkansas Bank & Trust, Jacksonville, and to retain the acquired facility as a branch.            -Approved, October 14, 2011            Change in Bank ControlDallas          First Bells Bankshares, Inc., Bells, Texas -- change in bank control of First Bells and its subsidiary bank, The First National Bank of Bells/Savoy, Bells.            -Permitted, October 13, 2011            San Francisco          Intermountain Community Bancorp, Sandpoint, Idaho -- change in bank control of Intermountain and its subsidiary bank, Panhandle State Bank, Sandpoint.            -Withdrawn, October 14, 2011            Dallas          Kidd Partners, Ltd., Tyler, Texas -- change in bank control of Kidd Partners, its subsidiary holding companies, and its subsidiary bank, Citizens State Bank, Tyler.            -Permitted, October 12, 2011            Extensions of TimeMinneapolis          Alliance Bank Shares Corporation, Andover, Minnesota -- extension to January 15, 2012, for change in bank control of Alliance and its subsidiary bank, 1st Regents Bank, Andover.            -Granted, October 12, 2011            New York          Citigroup Inc., New York, New York, and Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation, New Castle, Delaware -- extension to October 14, 2012, to transfer Citibank Japan Limited, Tokyo, Japan, to Citigroup Japan Holdings Corporation.            -Granted, October 14, 2011            Chicago          Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois -- extension to January 20, 2012, to increase its ownership of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, and thereby increase its indirect ownership of First Farmers State Bank.            -Granted, October 13, 2011            International OperationsNew York          Sovereign Bank, Wilmington, Delaware -- to retain its initial branch in the Cayman Islands.            -Approved, October 14, 2011            MembershipDallas          Treaty Oak Bank, Austin, Texas -- to become a member of the Federal Reserve System.            -Approved, October 14, 2011            Regulations and PoliciesFOMC          Federal Open Market Committee -- minutes of the meeting on September 20-21, 2011.            -Published, October 12, 2011            
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