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Family Group; to retain control of Team 

Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

retain control of TeamBank, N.A., both 

in Paola, Kansas. 

2. The Schifferdecker Limited 

Partnership, Girard, Kansas; Mark W. 

Schifferdecker, Girard, Kansas, in an 

individual capacity and as managing 

general partner; Susan B. Friesen, 

Omaha, Nebraska, Joy L. Shoop, 

Hiawatha, Kansas, in an individual 

capacity and as general partners; and 

John Schifferdecker, Girard, Kansas, to 

become part of the family group acting 

in concert and to acquire shares and 

thereby control of GN Bankshares, Inc., 

Girard, Kansas, and thereby control The 

Girard National Bank, Girard, Kansas. In 

addition, the Neihart Limited 

Partnership, Kansas City, Missouri; and 

David Neihart, Prairie Village, Kansas, 

and Robert Neihart, Overland Park, 

Kansas, in an individual capacity and as 

general partners also have applied to 

become part of the family group acting 

in concert to control GN Bankshares, 

Inc., Girard, Kansas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 25, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–19979 Filed 8–27–08; 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 applications 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 September 22, 

2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Steve Foley, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. Citizens Investors, LLC, Savannah, 

Georgia, to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring at least 51 

percent of the voting shares of First 

Citizens Bankshares, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of First 

Citizens Bank, both of Glennville, 

Georgia. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 

1. SBA Bancorp, Inc., Ashland, 

Illinois, to merge with First Beardstown 

Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire First State Bank of Beardstown, 

both of Beardstown, Illinois. 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. Springfield Bancshares, Inc., 

Springfield, Missouri, to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of 

Springfield First Community Bank, 

Springfield, Missouri (in organization). 

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Everest Bancshares, Inc., Everest, 

Kansas, to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of Gower Bancshares, Inc., 

and thereby indirectly acquire voting 

shares of Bank of Gower, both in Gower, 

Missouri. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 25, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–19978 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

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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 September 12, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–1579: 

1. NHB Holdings, Inc., and Proficio 

Mortgage Ventures, LLC, to engage de 

novo in a joint venture with Mainsail 

Capital and Trinity Venture Partners, all 

of Jacksonville, Florida, in conducting 

mortgage banking activities, pursuant to 

section 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 25, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–19977 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

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