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| | FRB: H.2--District 7--Chicago--Week ending March 4, 2006 |
 | | Mainsource Financial Group, Inc., Greensburg, Indiana, to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of HFS Bank, F.S.B., Hobart, Indiana, and thereby operate a savings association. |
| | Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc., Melrose Park, Illinois, to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Royal American Corporation, Inverness, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Royal American Bank, Inverness, Illinois, and by Midwest Bank and Trust Company, Elmwood Park, Illinois, to merge with Royal American Bank, Inverness, Illinois, and thereby to establish 7 branches. |
| | Minier Financial, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan w/401(k) Provisions, Minier, Illinois, to become a bank holding company by acquiring between 25 and 51 percent of the voting shares of Minier Financial, Inc., Minier, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire First Farmers State Bank, Minier, Illinois. |
| www.federalreserve.gov /releases/h2/20060304/chicago.htm (431 words) |
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