[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2011)] [Notices] [Page 25693] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2011-10970] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 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 May 31, 2011. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: 1. Newburyport Five Cents Bancorp, MHC and Newburyport Five Cents Bancorp, Inc., both in Newburyport, Massachusetts; to become a mutual bank holding company and a stock bank holding company, respectively, by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, Newburyport, Massachusetts. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. Palco Bankshares, Inc., Palco, Kansas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Midwest Community Bank, Plainville, Kansas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 2, 2011. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2011-10970 Filed 5-4-11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-P