Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Federal Register: February 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 35)
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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 March 20, 2009.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: 1. Middlesex Bancorp, MHC, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Middlesex Savings Bank, both of Natick, Massachusetts.
In addition, Applicant also has applied to merge with Service
Bancorp, MHC, and thereby indirectly acquire Service Bancorp, Inc., and
Strata Bank, all of Medway, Massachusetts.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 18, 2009.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
FR Doc. E9-3828 Filed 2-23-09; 8:45 am
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S