[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 217 (Friday, November 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66245-66246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26603]


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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 December 4, 2008.

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    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Ivan Hurwitz, Bank 
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Morgan Stanley, to acquire up to 9.9 percent of the voting 
shares of Heritage Bank, N.A. (in organization), both of New York, New 
York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. First Community Financial Partners, Inc., Joliet, Illinois, to 
acquire at least 50.1 percent of the voting shares of Burr Ridge Bank 
and Trust (in organization), Burr Ridge, Illinois.
    2. Golden Eagle Bancorp, Inc., to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Golden Eagle Community 
Bank, both of Woodstock, Illinois.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
engage in extending credit and servicing loans, pursuant to section 
225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Independent Bank Group, Inc., to acquire by merger 100 percent 
of Independent Bank Group Central Texas, Inc., both of McKinney, Texas, 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Independent Bank, Waco, 
Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 4, 
2008.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8-26603 Filed 11-06-08; 8:45 am]
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