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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 8528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01971]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank 
or Bank Holding Company

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank 
holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the 
applications are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 
1817(j)(7)).
    The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as 
other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for 
immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and 
at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be 
obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the 
appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board's Freedom of 
Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm. 
Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards 
enumerated in paragraph 7 of the Act.
    Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, 
comments received will be made available without change and will not be 
modified to remove personal or business information including 
confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments 
should not include any information such as confidential information 
that would not be appropriate for public disclosure.
    Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at 
the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, 
Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551-0001, not later than February 14, 2025.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Bank Applications Officer) 33 
Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001. Comments can also be 
sent electronically to [email protected]
    1. Lawrence B. Seidman, Wayne, New Jersey; Seidman and Associates, 
LLC, Seidman Investment Partnership, LP, and Seidman Investment 
Partnership II, LP, all of Parsippany, New Jersey; Broad Park 
Investors, LLC, and Chewy Gooey Cookies, LP, both of Livingston, New 
Jersey; LSBK06-08, LLC, Palm Beach, Florida; and four trusts for the 
benefit of minor children, Erica J. Fishman, individually, and as a 
trustee, and Craig Fishman, as trustee, all of Franklin Lakes, New 
Jersey; Allison B. Hammer, Towaco, New Jersey, individually and as a 
trustee of the aforementioned trusts; as a group acting in concert, to 
acquire additional voting shares of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Bankwell Bank, both of New 
Canaan, Connecticut.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Karen Smith, Assistant Vice 
President, Mergers & Acquisitions and Enforcement) 2200 North Pearl 
Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272. Comments can also be sent 
electronically to [email protected]:
    1. The Charles J. Whelan, Jr. 2024 Trust, Cynthia Ann Whelan, 
individually, and as trustee, both of Kerrville, Texas; to acquire 
voting shares of Relationship Financial Corporation (Company), and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Guadalupe Bank (Bank), both 
of Kerrville, Texas.
    In addition, Charles Joseph Whelan, Jr., Cynthia Ann Whelan, Kevin 
Joseph Whelan, and Adria Nicole Whelan, all of Kerrville, Texas; and 
Leslie Whelan White and Aaron James White, both of Austin, Texas; as a 
group acting in concert, to retain voting shares of the Company, and 
thereby indirectly retain voting shares of the Bank.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2025-01971 Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]
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