[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 197 (Friday, October 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47736-47737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22136]


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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

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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 November 8, 2017.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Kathryn Haney, Director of 
Applications) 1000 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to 
[email protected]:
    1. MBT Bancshares, Inc., Metairie, Louisiana; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the outstanding voting 
shares of Metairie Bank & Trust Company, Metairie, Louisiana.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Prabal Chakrabarti, Senior Vice 
President) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2204. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to 
[email protected]:
    1. 1831 Bancorp, MHC and 1831 Bancorp, Inc., both of Dedham, 
Massachusetts; to become a mutual holding company and a stock bank 
holding company, respectively, by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Dedham Institution for Savings, Dedham, Massachusetts.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to or 
[email protected]:
    1. Select Bancorp, Inc., Dunn, North Carolina; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Premara Financial, Inc., Charlotte, 
North Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire Carolina Premier Bank, 
Charlotte, North Carolina.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 6, 
2017.
Ann Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-22136 Filed 10-12-17; 8:45 am]
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