[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 12359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3377]



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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 application 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 April 3, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., Melrose Park, Illinois; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Royal American Corporation, 
Inverness, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Royal American Bank, Iverness, Illinois.
    In connection with this application, Midwest Bank and Trust 
Company, Elmwood Park, Illinois, has applied to merge with Royal 
American Bank, Iverness, Illinois.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Castle Creek Capital Partners, III, L.P.; Castle Creek Capital 
III, LLC; Eggemeyer Capital LLC; Ruh Capital LLC; Legions IV Advisory 
Corp.; Western States Opportunity LLC; Eggemeyer Family Trust; and 
William J. Ruh Trust, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California; to become 
bank holding companies by acquiring 89 percent of the voting shares of 
LDF, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Labe Bank, 
both of Chicago, Illinois. Comments regarding this application must be 
received not later than March 24, 2006.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 6, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-3377 Filed 3-9-06; 8:45 am]
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