Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 14 / Friday, January 23, 2009 / Notices 4199 

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 February 17, 

2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Franklin Resources, Inc., San 

Mateo, California, to acquire up to 5.9 

percent of the voting shares of CIT 

Group, Inc., New York, New York, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of CIT Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 16, 2009. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–1377 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

TIME AND DATE: 12:00 p.m., Monday, 

January 26, 2009. 

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal 

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C 

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments, 

promotions, assignments, 

reassignments, and salary actions) 

involving individual Federal Reserve 

System employees. 

2. Any items carried forward from a 

previously announced meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave 

Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office 

of Board Members at 202–452–2955. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may 

call 202–452–3206 beginning at 

approximately 5 p.m. two business days 

before the meeting for a recorded 

announcement of bank and bank 

holding company applications 

scheduled for the meeting; or you may 

contact the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic 

announcement that not only lists 

applications, but also indicates 

procedural and other information about 

the meeting. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 16, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–1513 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Employee Thrift Advisory Council 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. (EST) February 

4, 2009. 

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Approval of the minutes of the June 

30, 2008 ETAC meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report 

by the Executive Director. 

3. Potential Legislative items: 

a. Automatic enrollment. 

b. L Fund default. 

c. Roth feature. 

d. Mutual fund window. 

e. Immediate employer 

contributions. 

f. Surviving spouse accounts. 

g. Administrative subpoena 

authority. 

4. RMD suspension for 2009. 

5. 2008 TSP Participant Survey 

results. 

6. Agency review of the latest REIT 

industry proposal. 

7. L Fund allocations. 

8. New Business. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas K. Emswiler, Committee 

Management Officer, (202) 942–1660. 

Dated: January 16, 2009. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

General Counsel, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–1557 Filed 1–21–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Annual Update of the HHS Poverty 

Guidelines 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides an 

update of the HHS poverty guidelines to 

account for last calendar year’s increase 

in prices as measured by the Consumer 

Price Index. 

DATES: Effective Date: Date of 

publication, unless an office 

administering a program using the 

guidelines specifies a different effective 

date for that particular program. 

ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

Room 404E, Humphrey Building, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about how the guidelines 

are used or how income is defined in a 

particular program, contact the Federal, 

state, or local office that is responsible 

for that program. Contact information 

for two frequently requested programs is 

given below: 

For information about the Hill-Burton 

Uncompensated Services Program (free 

or reduced-fee health care services at 

certain hospitals and other facilities for 

persons meeting eligibility criteria 

involving the poverty guidelines), 

contact the Office of the Director, 

Division of Facilities Compliance and 

Recovery, Health Resources and 

Services Administration, HHS, Room 

10–105, Parklawn Building, 5600 

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 

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