[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 93686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30753]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan 
Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Home Owners' Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1461 et 
seq.) (HOLA), Regulation LL (12 CFR part 238), and Regulation MM (12 
CFR part 239), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to 
become a savings and loan holding company and/or to acquire the assets 
or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a 
savings association and nonbanking companies owned by the savings and 
loan 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 application 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 HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(e)). 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 10(c)(4)(B) of the HOLA (12 U.S.C. 1467a(c)(4)(B)). 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 January 18, 2017.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice 
President) 1000 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments 
can also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. Community First Bancshares, MHC, to become a mutual savings and 
loan holding company, and Community First Bancshares, Inc., to become a 
mid-tier stock savings and loan holding company; by acquiring 100 
percent of Newton Federal Bank, all of Covington, Georgia.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 16, 
2016.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-30753 Filed 12-20-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6210-01-P