[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 18340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06775]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank 
or Bank Holding Company

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank 
holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the 
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons 
may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for 
that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must 
be received not later than April 9, 2013.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Gordon A. Baird, Darien, Connecticut; individually and as part 
of a group acting in concert with Alvin G. Hageman, Westport, 
Connecticut, and Baird Hageman & Co., LLC, Darien, Connecticut, to 
acquire voting shares of Independence Bancshares, Inc., and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Independence National Bank, both in 
Greenville, South Carolina.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Jack W. Steele Irrevocable Trust and the 2012 Donna D. Steele 
Irrevocable Trust (``Trusts''), both of Huron, South Dakota; Preston B. 
Steele, and Tasha J. Lee, individually and as co-trustees of Trusts, 
both of Huron, South Dakota; and American Bank & Trust, Wessington 
Springs, South Dakota, as trustee of Trusts, to retain or acquire 
voting shares of Leackco Bank Holding Company, Inc., Wolsey, South 
Dakota, and thereby indirectly retain and acquire voting shares of 
American Bank & Trust, Wessington Springs, South Dakota, and American 
State Bank of Pierre, Pierre, South Dakota.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Victor Abraham, Irving, Texas; to acquire voting shares of 
Providence Bancshares Corporation, and thereby acquire voting shares of 
Providence Bank of Texas, SSB, both in Southlake, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 20, 
2013.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2013-06775 Filed 3-25-13; 8:45 am]
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