[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 35033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13785]


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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 will also 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.
    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 July 5, 2013.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (William Lang, Senior Vice 
President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:
    1. Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to acquire 
Midcoast Community Bancorp, Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Midcoast Community Bank, Wilmington, Delaware, which 
will merge with and into Bryn Mawr Trust Company, Bryn Mawr, 
Pennsylvania. Comments on this application must be received at the 
Federal Reserve Bank Philadelphia or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than June 26, 2013.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice 
President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Ameris Bancorp, Moultrie, Georgia; to merge with The Prosperity 
Banking Company, and thereby acquire Prosperity Bank, both in St. 
Augustine, Florida.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. DS Holding Company, Inc., and Omaha State Bank, both in Omaha, 
Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Ashland 
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Centennial Bank, both 
in Omaha, Nebraska.
    In connection with this transaction, Ashland Bancshares, Inc., will 
merge with and into DS Holding Company, Inc., and immediately 
thereafter, Omaha State Bank, will merge with and into Centennial Bank, 
with the resulting bank to be known as Core Bank.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 6, 2013.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2013-13785 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P