[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 244 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27574]


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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 22, 2019.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Mark A. Rauzi, Vice 
President), 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. The Farrar Beresford Bancorporation Inc. Irrevocable Trust and 
Beresford Bancorporation (``Applicants''), both of Britton, South 
Dakota; to acquire Western Bancshares of Alamogordo, Inc., Carlsbad, 
New Mexico, and thereby acquire Western Bank, Alamogordo, New Mexico. 
Applicants will retain their ownership of First Savings Bank, 
Beresford, South Dakota, and continue to operate a savings and loan 
association. Applicants will convert back to a savings and loan holding 
company after the merger of Western Bank into First Savings Bank.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 17, 
2018.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-27574 Filed 12-19-18; 8:45 am]
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