[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15185-15186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4352]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking 
Activities or to Acquire Companies that are 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 
Sec.  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

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express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal 
complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional 
information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the 
National Information Center Web site at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
    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 April 11, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Black Earth Bancshares, Inc., Black Earth, Wisconsin; to 
continue to engage de novo in lending activities, pursuant to section 
225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 22, 
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-4352 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]
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