[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 2544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-670]


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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 12, 2010.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Ivan Hurwitz, Bank 
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. First Niagara Financial Group, Inc., Buffalo, New York; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Harleysville National Corporation, and thereby acquire The 
Harleysville National Bank and Trust Company, both of Harleysville, 
Pennsylvania.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied 
retain First Niagara Bank, Buffalo, New York, and First Niagara 
Commercial Bank, Lockport, New York, and thereby engage in operating a 
savings association, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4); in extending 
credit and servicing loans, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1); in 
leasing personal and real propoerty, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(3); 
and in the sale of credit related insurance, pursuant to section 
225.28(b)(11), all of Regulation Y. Applicant also has applied to 
retain First Niagara Bank upon its conversion to a National Bank.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Steve Foley, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. State Bank Financial Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
State Bank and Trust Company, Macon (Pinehurst), Georgia.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Lake Central Financial, Inc., Annandale, Minnesota; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Annandale State Bank, Annandale, Minnesota.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 12, 
2010.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2010-670 Filed 1-14-10; 8:45 am]
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