[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 95612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31360]


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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 
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 January 11, 2017.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. James W. Mease, Winterset, Iowa; James W. Mease Profit Sharing & 
401(k), Winterset, Iowa; Justin Mease, Ankeny, Iowa; Sue A. Mease, 
Winterset, Iowa; Jane M. Reed Revocable Trust, Jane M. Reed Trustee, 
Winterset, Iowa; John B. Reed Revocable Trust, John B. Reed Trustee, 
Winterset, Iowa; April Schaefer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; David Trask, 
Winterset, Iowa; Judith Trask, Winterset, Iowa; Mary Reed Alles, 
Chillicothe, Missouri; Fred H. Reed, Johnston, Iowa; Honor Joel Sears, 
Spokane, Washington; as a group acting in concert, to acquire more than 
10 percent of the voting shares of Farmers and Merchants Bancorp, and 
thereby indirectly control Farmers & Merchants State Bank, both in 
Winterset, Iowa.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 22, 
2016.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-31360 Filed 12-27-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6210-01-P