Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 2015 / Notices 2933 

Estimated annual reporting hours: 

184 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

4 hours. 

Number of respondents: 46. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory 

(Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act [12 

U.S.C. 321, 322, and 333]). The 

information solicited in this application 

form is not considered confidential, but 

applicants may request that parts of the 

form be kept confidential. Any request 

for confidential treatment of information 

must be accompanied by a detailed 

justification for confidentiality. For 

example, a justification for confidential 

treatment of business information under 

exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4), should demonstrate that 

substantial harm would result from 

public release of the information. 

Submissions of this form may also be 

exempt under exemption 6 of FOIA, 5. 

U.S.C. 552(b)(6), if a submitter identifies 

information of a personal nature the 

disclosure of which would result in a 

clearly unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. Additionally, 

exemption 8 of FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8) 

may apply to the extent the reported 

information is contained in or related to 

examination reports. Each request for 

confidentiality that is received by a 

submitter of this form will need to be 

reviewed on a case-by-case basis. 

Abstract: The application for 

membership is a required one-time 

submission that collects the information 

necessary for the Federal Reserve to 

evaluate the statutory criteria for 

admission of a new or existing state 

bank into membership in the Federal 

Reserve System. The application 

collects managerial, financial, and 

structural data. 

Current Actions: On October 17, 2014, 

the Federal Reserve published a notice 

in the Federal Register (79 FR 62442) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, without revision, of 

this information collection. The 

comment period for this notice expired 

on December 16, 2014. The Federal 

Reserve did not receive any comments. 

The information collection will be 

extended for three years, without 

revision, as proposed. 

3. Report titles: Registration Statement 

for Persons Who Extend Credit Secured 

by Margin Stock (Other Than Banks, 

Brokers, or Dealers); Deregistration 

Statement for Persons Registered 

Pursuant to Regulation U; Statement of 

Purpose for an Extension of Credit 

Secured by Margin Stock by a Person 

Subject to Registration under Regulation 

U; Annual Report; Statement of Purpose 

for an Extension of Credit by a Creditor; 

and Statement of Purpose for an 

Extension of Credit Secured by Margin 

Stock. 

Agency form numbers: FR G–1, FR G– 

2, FR G–3, FR G–4, FR T–4, FR U–1. 

OMB control numbers: 7100–0011: FR 

G–1, FR G–2, FR G–4; 7100–0018: FR G– 

3; 7100–0019: FR T–4; 7100–0115: FR 

U–1. 

Frequency: FR G–1, FR G–2, FR G–3, 

FR T–4, and FR U–1: on occasion; FR 

G–4: annual. 

Reporters: Individuals and businesses. 

Estimated annual reporting hours: 

245 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

FR G–1: 2.5 hours; FR G–2: 15 minutes; 

FR G–3: 10 minutes; FR G–4: 2.0 hours; 

FR T–4: 10 minutes; FR U–1: 10 

minutes. 

Number of respondents: FR G–1: 52; 

FR G–2: 25; FR G–3: 6; FR G–4: 12; FR 

T–4: 4; FR U–1: 4. 

General description of reports: This 

information collection is mandatory (15 

U.S.C. 78g). In addition, the FR T–4 is 

required by Section 220.6 of Regulation 

T (12 CFR 220.6), the FR U–1 is required 

by Sections 221.3(c)(1)(i) and (2)(i) of 

Regulation U (12 CFR 221.3(c)(1)(i) and 

(2)(i)), and the FR G–1, G–2, G–3, and 

G–4 are required by Sections 

221.3(b)(1), (2), and (3), and (c)(1)(ii) 

and (2)(ii) of Regulation U (12 CFR 

221.3(b)(1), (2), and (3), and (c)(1)(ii) 

and (2)(ii)). 

The FR G–1 and FR G–4 collect 

financial information, including a 

balance sheet, from nonbank lenders 

subject to Regulation U. Some of these 

lenders may be individuals or nonbank 

entities that do not make this 

information publicly available; release 

could therefore cause substantial harm 

to the competitive position of the 

respondent or result in an unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. In those 

cases, the information could be 

withheld under Exemption 4 or 

Exemption 6 of FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) 

and (6), respectively. Confidentiality 

determinations must be made on a case 

by case basis. Because the FR T–4, FR 

U–1, and FR G–3 are not submitted to 

the Federal Reserve System, and the FR 

G–2 does not contain any information 

considered to be confidential, no 

confidentiality determination is 

necessary for these reports. 

Abstract: The Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 authorizes the Federal Reserve 

to regulate securities credit extended by 

brokers and dealers, banks, and other 

lenders. The purpose statements, FR T– 

4, FR U–1, and FR G–3, are 

recordkeeping requirements for brokers 

and dealers, banks, and other lenders, 

respectively, to document the purpose 

of their loans secured by margin stock. 

Margin stock is defined as (1) stocks that 

are registered on a national securities 

exchange or any over-the-counter 

security designated for trading in the 

National Market System, (2) debt 

securities (bonds) that are convertible 

into margin stock, and (3) shares of most 

mutual funds. Lenders other than 

brokers and dealers and banks must 

register and deregister with the Federal 

Reserve using the FR G–1 and FR G–2, 

respectively, and they must file an 

annual report (FR G–4) while registered. 

The Federal Reserve uses the data to 

identify lenders subject to Regulation U, 

to verify their compliance with the 

regulation, and to monitor margin 

credit. 

Current Actions: On October 17, 2014, 

the Federal Reserve published a notice 

in the Federal Register (79 FR 62442) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, without revision, of 

these information collections. The 

comment period for this notice expired 

on December 16, 2014. The Federal 

Reserve received one comment letter 

from a banker. The commenter 

recommended revising the FR U–1 

report to remove the attestation 

requirement in Part III when the 

response to Question #2 of Part I ‘‘Will 

any part of this credit be used to 

purchase or carry margin stock?’’ is 

‘‘No’’. The Federal Reserve believes the 

commenter misunderstands Question #2 

of Part I, which asks the purpose of the 

loan, not whether the loan is secured by 

margin stock. A completed and signed 

FR U–1 is only required when the loan 

is secured, directly or indirectly, by 

margin stock. The Federal Reserve will 

extend the information collections for 

three years, without revision, as 

proposed. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 15, 2015. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00859 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

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 (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 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 

notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of 

the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 


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The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than February 

4, 2015. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 

(Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice 

President) 701 East Byrd Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528: 

1. P. Byron DeFoor, Ooltewah, 

Tennessee; to acquire voting shares of 

AB&T Financial Corporation, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Alliance Bank & Trust Company, both 

in Gastonia, North Carolina. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice 

President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Rebecca A. Schepker, as trustee of 

the Rebecca A. Schepker Revocable 

Trust; Ronald J. Schepker, as trustee of 

the Ronald J. Schepker Revocable Trust, 

both of Columbia, Missouri; Kathleen M. 

Wix, Salisbury, Missouri; Jacob W. 

Widmer, Moberly, Missouri; Jessica L. 

Schepker, Kansas City, Missouri; Mary 

E. Schepker, Columbia, Missouri; and 

Kristen N. Schepker, Columbia, 

Missouri; as members of the Schepker 

Family Group acting in concert, to 

acquire voting shares of Widmer 

Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of The Merchants 

and Farmers Bank of Salisbury, both in 

Salisbury, Missouri. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 15, 2015. 

Michael J. Lewandowski, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00863 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals To Engage in or 

To Acquire Companies 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. 

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 February 13, 2015. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Yvonne Sparks, Community 

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

Louis, Missouri 63166–2034: 

1. Renasant Corporation, Tupelo, 

Mississippi; to acquire through merger, 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

Heritage Financial Group, Inc., and 

indirectly acquire HeritageBank of the 

South, both in Albany, Georgia, and 

thereby indirectly engage in operating a 

savings association, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(4)(ii). 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 15, 2015. 

Michael J. Lewandowski, 

Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00864 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for 

Section 7a of the Clayton Act 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission announces the revised 

thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino 

Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 

required by the 2000 amendment of 

Section 7A of the Clayton Act. 

DATES: Effective February 20, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Jones, Federal Trade 

Commission, Bureau of Competition, 

Premerger Notification Office, 400 7th 

Street SW., Room #5301, Washington, 

DC 20024, Phone (202) 326–3100. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as 

added by the Hart-Scott-Rodino 

Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, 

Public Law 94–435, 90 Stat. 1390 (‘‘the 

Act’’), requires all persons 

contemplating certain mergers or 

acquisitions, which meet or exceed the 

jurisdictional thresholds in the Act, to 

file notification with the Commission 

and the Assistant Attorney General and 

to wait a designated period of time 

before consummating such transactions. 

Section 7A(a)(2) requires the Federal 

Trade Commission to revise those 

thresholds annually, based on the 

change in gross national product, in 

accordance with Section 8(a)(5). Note 

that while the filing fee thresholds are 

revised annually, the actual filing fees 

are not similarly indexed and, as a 

result, have not been adjusted for 

inflation in over a decade. The new 

thresholds, which take effect 30 days 

after publication in the Federal 

Register, are as follows: 

Subsection of 7A 

Original 

threshold 

(million $) 

Adjusted 

threshold 

(million $) 

7A(a)(2)(A) ............................................................................................................................................................... $200 $305.1 

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) ............................................................................................................................................................ 50 76.3 

7A(a)(2)(B)(i) ............................................................................................................................................................ 200 305.1 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) ........................................................................................................................................................ 10 15.3 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(i) ........................................................................................................................................................ 100 152.5 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 15.3 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(II) ....................................................................................................................................................... 100 152.5 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) ...................................................................................................................................................... 100 152.5 

7A(a)(2)(B)(ii)(III) ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 15.3 


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