Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

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Federal RegisterSep 19, 2013
78 Fed. Reg. 57637 (Sep. 19, 2013)

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 October 16, 2013.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:

1. American Heritage Holding Company, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of American Heritage National Bank, Long Prairie, Minnesota.

2. Forstrom Bancorporation, Inc., Clara City, Minnesota, to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln, Montana.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

1. Northeast Texas Bancshares, Inc., Mount Pleasant, Texas, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The American National Bank of Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Texas.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Gerald C. Tsai, Director, Applications and Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579:

1. TFB Bancorp, Inc., Yuma, Arizona to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The Foothills Bank, also of Yuma, Arizona.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 13, 2013.

Michael J. Lewandowski,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 2013-22711 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]

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