[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 61308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24235]


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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 November 6, 2014.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Ivan Hurwitz, Vice President) 
33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui 
Banking Corporation, both in Tokyo, Japan; to acquire at least an 
additional 10 percent, for a total of 19.9 percent of the voting shares 
of The Bank of East Asia, Limited, Hong Kong S.A.R., Peoples Republic 
of China, and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting shares of 
The Bank of East Asia (U.S.A.), N.A., New York, New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Yvonne Sparks, Community 
Development Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Bootheel Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of First Community Bank, both in 
Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 7, 
2014.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014-24235 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P