[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40058-40059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16483]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank 
or Bank Holding Company

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank

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Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank 
holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the 
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons 
may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for 
that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must 
be received not later than July 16, 2012.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Thomas Watson, Grand Forks, North Dakota, as an individual and 
as trustee, and Thomas Watson and Toby Kommer, Fargo, North Dakota, as 
trustees of the Bank Forward Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Hannaford, 
North Dakota (``ESOP''), to acquire control of Security State Bank 
Holding Company, Fargo, North Dakota (``Company''), and thereby 
indirectly acquire control of Bank Forward, Hannaford, North Dakota. In 
addition, Mr. Watson and Mr. Kommer, and the ESOP, have applied as a 
group acting in concert to control Company.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 29, 2012.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2012-16483 Filed 7-5-12; 8:45 am]
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