[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 102 (Friday, May 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25748-25749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12545]


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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 June 25, 2009.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, 
Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Kansas City, Kansas; to acquire up to 
51 percent of the voting shares of Brotherhood Bancshares, Inc., and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Brotherhood Bank & 
Trust Company, both in Kansas City, Kansas.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 
President, Applications and Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Franklin Resources, Inc., San Mateo, California; to acquire 9.90 
percent of the voting shares of Black River BancVenture, Inc., Memphis, 
Tennessee, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Allegiance 
Bank of North America, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Bay Commercial Bank, 
Walnut Creek, California; Community Shores Bank, Muskegon, Michigan; 
Cornerstone Bank, Moorestown, New Jersey; Lakeside Community Bank, 
Sterling Heights, Michigan; and Quaint

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Oak Bank, Southhampton, Pennsylvania.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 26, 2009.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc.E9-12545 Filed 5-28-09; 8:45 am]
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