9336 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 40 / Thursday, March 1, 2007 / Notices 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 26, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02106-2204: 

1. Butler Bancorp, MHC and Butler 

Bancorp, Inc., both of Lowell, 

Massachusetts; to acquire 100 percent of 

the voting shares of, and merge with, 

Marlborough Bancorp, MHC and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Marlborough Co-operative Bank, both 

of Marlborough, Massachusetts. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166-2034: 

1. Cedar Bancorp, Inc. Mt. Vernon, 

Illinois; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

Jeff City Bancorp, Inc., Mt. Vernon, 

Illinois and thereby indirectly acquire 

First National Bank of Mount Vernon, 

Mt. Vernon, Illinois. 

2. Freedom Bancorp, Huntingburg, 

Indiana; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

Freedom Bank, Huntingburg, Indiana. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 23, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3568 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 26, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. The Colonial BancGroup, Inc., 

Montgomery, Alabama; to merge with 

Commercial Bankshares, Inc., and 

thereby acquire its subsidiary, 

Commercial Bank of Florida, both of 

Miami, Florida. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 26, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3571 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. Additional information on all 

bank holding companies may be 

obtained from the National Information 

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than March 16, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105-1579: 

1. NHB Holdings, Inc., and Proficio 

Mortgage Ventures, LLC, both of 

Jacksonville, Florida; to engage de novo 

through a joint venture with Plus 

Relocation Mortgage Solutions, 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, and thereby 

engage in Mortgage related activities 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1) of 

Regulation Y. 


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