[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 41063-41064] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-16417] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 41064]] 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 August 2, 2013. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 1. Heartland Financial USA, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, to acquire 100 percent of Morrill Bancshares, Inc., Merriam, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire, The Morrill & Janes Bank and Trust Company, Overland Park, Kansas. B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Yvonne Sparks, Community Development Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034: 1. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas, to merge with Liberty Bancshares, Inc. and thereby indirectly acquire Liberty Bank of Arkansas, both of Jonesboro, Arkansas. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. Tolna Bancorp, Inc., Tolna, North Dakota, to acquire 100 percent of McVille Financial Services, Inc., McVille, North Dakota, and thereby indirectly acquire McVille State Bank, McVille, North Dakota. Comments must be received by July 29, 2013. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 3, 2013. Michael Lewandowski, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2013-16417 Filed 7-8-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-P