Notice2021-14997

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

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July 14, 2021

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37157-37158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14997]


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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 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.

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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 <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm">https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/request.htm</a>. Interested persons may express 
their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 
U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    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 August 13, 2021.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Prabal Chakrabarti, Senior Vice 
President) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2204. 
Comments can also be sent electronically to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdfff2ee93eeeffe93fccdcdd1d4dedcc9d4d2d3ce93fed2d0d0d8d3c9cefddfd2ce93dbcfdf93d2cfda"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22606d710c7170610c6352524e4b4143564b4d4c510c614d4f4f474c565162404d510c4450400c4d5045">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>:
    1. Independent Bank Corp., (``Independent'') through its 
subsidiary, Bradford Merger Sub Inc., both of Rockland, Massachusetts; 
to merge with Meridian Bancorp, Inc., Peabody, Massachusetts 
(``Meridian''), with Meridian as the survivor, and thereby indirectly 
acquire East Boston Savings Bank, Boston, Massachusetts. Immediately 
after, Meridian to merge with Independent, with Independent as the 
survivor, and East Boston Savings Bank to merge with and into Rockland 
Trust, Rockland, Massachusetts, a wholly owned subsidiary bank of 
Independent, with Rockland Trust as the surviving bank.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 9, 2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2021-14997 Filed 7-13-21; 8:45 am]
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