[Federal Register: August 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 154)]
[Notices]               
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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 application also will 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. 
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained 
from the National Information Center website at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications

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must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the 
Board of Governors not later than September 4, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. First BanCapital Fund I, L.P., First BanCapital Parallel Fund I, 
L.P., CBCF Partners, L.P., MJR, LLC, MJR Financial Group, LLC, all of 
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 
up to 54.9 percent of the voting shares of Revere Bank, Laurel, 
Maryland (in organization).
    In connection with this application, Applicants also have applied 
to retain 8.28 percent of the voting shares of NCB Holdings, Inc., and 
indirectly hold an interest in New Century Bank, both of Chicago, 
Illinois; and thereby engage in investment advisory, securities 
brokerage, and private placement activities, pursuant to sections 
225.28(b)(6)(i), (b)(7)(i), and (b)(7)(iii) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire up to 10 
percent of the voting shares of Banner Corporation, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Banner Bank, both of Walla Walla, 
Washington.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 6, 
2007.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-15596 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-S