[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 243 (Monday, December 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67876-67877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30239]


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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. [thinsp]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

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inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons 
may 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 website at 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 January 5, 2010.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Steve Foley, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Banco de Sabadell, S.A., Sabadell, Spain; to engage de novo 
through its subsidiary, Sabadell Securities USA, Inc., Miami, Florida, 
in securities brokerage and riskless principal activities, pursuant to 
sections 225.28(b)(7)(i) and (b)(7)(ii) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 16, 
2009.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E9-30239 Filed 12-18-09; 8:45 am]
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