[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 46 (Friday, March 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10764-10765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4241]


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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 Web site at http://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 5, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:

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    1. Chittenden Corporation, Burlington, Vermont; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of, and thereby merge with Merrill 
Merchants Bancshares, Inc. and thereby indirectly acquire Merrill 
Merchants Bank, all located in Bangor, Maine.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire at least 5 percent of the voting shares of M&M Consulting 
Limited Liability Company, Bangor, Maine, and thereby engage in 
providing internal audits, loan reviews and regulatory compliance 
consulting services, generally under one to two year contracts, to New 
England-based financial institutions, pursuant to sections 
225.28(b)(2)(vi) and (b)(9)(i)(A)(1) of Regulation Y, and indirectly 
acquire Profit Protection LLC, and thereby engage in providing anti-
money laundering and bank security seminars/training sessions in 
Florida and across the country and the publication of banking-related 
training manuals, pamphlets, video tapes and similar materials, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(9)(i)(A)(1) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) 
Provisions, Minier, Illinois; to increase its ownership of Minier 
Financial, Inc., Minier, Illinois, from 26.12 percent to no more than 
51 percent, and thereby increase its indirectly ownership of First 
Farmers State Bank, Minier, Illinois.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 6, 2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-4241 Filed 3-8-07; 8:45 am]
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