[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 35354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14485]


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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 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 July 17, 2014.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2204:
    1. Beverly Financial, Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Beverly Bank, Beverly, Massachusetts, in connection with the conversion 
of Beverly Financial, MHC, Beverly, Massachusetts from mutual to stock 
form.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (William Lang, Senior Vice 
President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:
    1. Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc., Oswego, New York; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring Pathfinder Bank, Oswego, New York. Upon 
the conversion of Pathfinder Bancorp, MHC, and Pathfinder Bancorp, 
Inc., both in Oswego, New York, the existing mid-tier holding company 
of Pathfinder Bank, will cease to exist, and Pathfinder Bank will 
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc., a de novo 
company.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice 
President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Heritage Financial Group, Inc., Albany, Georgia; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Alarion Financial Services, Inc., and thereby acquire Alarion Bank, 
both in Ocala, Florida.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 17, 2014.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014-14485 Filed 6-19-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P