[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46174-46175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15704]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or 
Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec. [thinsp]225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire 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)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the office 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 August 22, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
    1.Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., New York, New York; Putnam 
Investments Trust, Putnam, LLC, Putnam Investment Management, LLC, The 
Putnam Advisory Co., LLC, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Co., TH Lee, Putnam 
Capital Management, LLC, and PanAgora Asset Management, Inc., all of 
Boston, Massachusetts; Putnam Investments Limited, London, United 
Kingdom; to acquire voting shares of Commerce Bancorp, Inc., Cherry 
Hill, New Jersey, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Commerce Bank, NA, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Commerce Bank/North, 
Ramsey, New Jersey; Commerce Bank/Delaware, NA, Wilmington, Delaware; 
and Commerce Bank/Pennsylvania, NA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Ben D. Grimstad, Decorah, Iowa, and Joseph L. Grimstad, Decorah, 
Iowa, individually, to acquire voting shares of Security Agency, Inc., 
Decorah, Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Decorah 
Bank & Trust Company, Decorah, Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Reatha Coleen Beck, Austin, Texas; to acquire additional voting 
shares of Union State Bancshares, Inc., Killeen, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire

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additional voting shares of Union State Holding Company, Wilmington, 
Delaware, and Union State Bank, Florence, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 2, 
2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-15704 Filed 8-8-05; 8:45 am]
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