[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 15720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06643]


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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 April 18, 2016.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (William Spaniel, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521. Comments can also be sent electronically to 
[email protected]:
    1. Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, Souderton, Pennsylvania; to 
merge with Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Fox 
Chase Bank, both in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (David L. Hubbard, Senior 
Manager) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034. Comments can 
also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. Columbia Bancshares, Inc., Clarence, Missouri; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Clarence State Bank, Clarence, Missouri.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Elkcorp, Inc., Clyde, Kansas; to merge with Baileyville 
Banchares, and thereby indirectly acquire Baileyville State Bank, both 
of Seneca, Kansas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director, 
Applications and Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. First ULB Corp., Oakland, California; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of United 
Business Bank, Oakland, California.
    2. Sierra Bancorp, Porterville, California; to acquire Coast 
Bancorp, and thereby indirectly acquire Coast National Bank, both in 
San Luis Obispo, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 21, 
2016.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-06643 Filed 3-23-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6210-01-P