NOTICE OF NOTIFICATION FOR
ACQUISITION OF A BANK HOLDING COMPANY
BY A BANK HOLDING COMPANY
First Busey Corporation, 1000 West University Avenue, Champaign, Illinois 61820, has applied to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire another bank holding company, Herget Financial Corporation, Pekin, Illinois, the holding company for Herget Bank, National Association, Pekin, Illinois, both of which are located at 33 South 4th Street, Pekin, Illinois 61554. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the notification including the record of performance of banks we own in helping to meet local credit needs.
You are invited to submit comments in writing on this notice to Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604. The comment period will not end before November 30, 2014, and may be somewhat longer. The Board’s procedures for processing notices may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262. Procedures for processing protested notices may be found at 12 C.F.R. 262.25. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Board’s procedures, or if you need more information about how to submit your comments on the notice, contact Alicia Williams, Vice President of Community Development and Policy Studies, at (312) 322-5910; to request a copy of a notice, contact Colette A. Fried at (312) 322-6846. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the application/notice if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last day of the comment period.
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