[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2255-2256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-431]


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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 February 8, 2008.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank 
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto, Canada; TD US P&C Holdings

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ULC, Calgary, Canada; TD Banknorth, Inc., Portland, Maine; Cardinal Top 
Co., Cardinal Intermediate Co., and Cardinal Merger Co., all of New 
York, New York; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Commerce 
Bancorp, Inc., Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Commerce Bank, NA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 
Commerce Bank/North, Ramsey, New Jersey; and 14.8 percent of 
Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 
Commerce Bank/Harrisburg, N.A., both of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In 
connection with this application, Cardinal Top Co., Cardinal 
Intermediate Co., and Cardinal Merger Co. have applied to become bank 
holding companies.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Heartland Bancshares, Inc., Clinton, Missouri; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Marshall Community Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Community Bank of Marshall, both in Marshall, 
Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 9, 
2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc.E8-431 Filed 1-11-08; 8:45 am]
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