[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86339-86340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25197]


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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 (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 
applications are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 
1817(j)(7)).
    The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as 
other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for 
immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and 
at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be 
obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the 
appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board's Freedom of 
Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm. 
Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards 
enumerated in paragraph 7 of the Act.
    Comments received are subject to public disclosure. In general, 
comments received will be made available without change and will not be 
modified to remove personal or business information including 
confidential, contact, or other identifying information. Comments 
should not include any information such as confidential information 
that would not be appropriate for public disclosure.
    Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at 
the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, 
Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551-0001, not later than November 14, 2024.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to 
[email protected]:
    1. The Andrew A. Black Living Trust, dated June 21, 2019, Andrew A. 
Black and Lesa A. Black, as co-trustees, all of Princeville, Illinois; 
Kay I. German Revocable Trust, Kay I. German, both of Chillicothe, 
Illinois, and Andrew A. Black, Princeville, Illinois, as co-trustees; 
William M. German Revocable Trust, dated November 7, 1994, William M. 
German, both of Chillicothe, Illinois, and Andrew A. Black, 
Princeville, Illinois, as co-trustees; Charles L. German and Kathryn J. 
German, both of Marco Island, Florida; Kathleen A. Messersmith 
Declaration of Trust, dated March 18, 2005, Kathleen A. Messersmith, as 
trustee, both of Princeville, Illinois; Julie K. Wilson, Sugar Grove, 
Illinois; and Beth A. Kurtz, Chillicothe, Illinois; each a member of 
the German Family Control Group, a group acting in concert, to acquire 
voting shares of Western Illinois Bancshares, Inc., Monmouth, Illinois, 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Midwest Bank, Monmouth, 
Illinois, and Princeville State Bank, Princeville, Illinois.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Holly A. Rieser, Senior 
Manager) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034. Comments can 
also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. Robert Gary Maxwell and Brandon Maxwell, both of Milan, 
Tennessee; to establish the Maxwell Family Control Group, to retain 
voting shares of Hometown Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly retain 
voting shares of The Bank of Milan, both of Milan, Tennessee.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Jeffrey Imgarten, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas

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City, Missouri, 64198-0001. Comments can also be sent electronically to 
[email protected]:
    1. The Matthew Michaelis Trust B, Amy Madsen and Matthew Michaelis, 
as co-trustees, all of Wichita, Kansas; to acquire voting shares of 
Emprise Financial Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire voting 
shares of Emprise Bank, both of Wichita, Kansas, and to join the 
Michaelis Family Group, a group acting in concert. Amy Madsen and 
Matthew Michaelis have previously been approved as members of the 
Michaelis Family Group.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-25197 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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