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108 Fed. Res. Bull. 1 (2022)

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Legal Developments: Third Quarter, 2021
Order Issued Under Bank Holding Company Act
First Bank Corp.
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Order Approving the Acquisition of a Bank Holding Company
FRB Order No. 2021-09 (July 9, 2021)
First Bank Corp. (FBC), Fort Smith, Arkansas, a bank holding company within the
meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (BHC Act),1 has requested the
Board's approval under section 3 of the BHC Act2 to acquire Central Bancshares of
Poteau, Inc. (CBP), a bank holding company, and thereby indirectly acquire The Central
National Bank of Poteau (Central), both of Poteau, Oklahoma.
Notice of the proposal, affording interested persons an opportunity to submit comments,
has been published (86 Federal Register 22205 (April 27, 2021)).3 The time for submitting
comments has expired, and the Board has considered the proposal and all comments
received in light of the factors set forth in section 3 of the BHC Act.
FBC, with consolidated assets of approximately $2.3 billion, is the 451st largest insured
depository organization in the United States. FBC controls approximately $2.0 billion
in consolidated deposits, which represent less than 1 percent of the total amount of
deposits of insured depository institutions in the United States.4 FBC controls First
National Bank of Fort Smith (First National), Fort Smith, Arkansas, which operates
branches in Arkansas and Oklahoma, and Citizens Bank & Trust Company (Citizens),
Van Buren, Arkansas, which operates branches in Arkansas only. First National has total
assets of $1.8 billion and Citizens has total assets of $492.1 million.s First National is the
129th largest insured depository institution in Oklahoma, controlling deposits of approxi-
mately $115.3 million, which represent less than 1 percent of the total deposits of insured
depository institutions in that state.6
CBP, with total assets of approximately $305.7 million, is the 2471st largest insured deposi-
tory organization in the United States. CBP controls approximately $280.7 million in
consolidated deposits, which represent less than 1 percent of the total amount of deposits
of insured depository institutions in the United States. Central operates in Oklahoma only.
Central is the 83rd largest insured depository institution in Oklahoma, controlling
12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq.
2 12 U.S.C. § 1842.
3 12 CFR 262.3(b).
4 Consolidated asset and national deposit, ranking, and market share data are as of December 31, 2020.
s Total assets are as of March 31, 2021.
6 State deposit ranking and deposit data are as of June 30, 2020.

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