NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[36 Pa.B. 34]

   The Department of Banking, under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending December 27, 2005.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
12-19-05	Application of Relational Investors, LLC, San Diego, CA, to solicit and act as proxy for more than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, under the provisions of section 112 of the Banking Code of 1965		San Diego, CA	Approved

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-2-05	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		Lancaster	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of one branch of Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz
	Located at:
	2305 Susquehanna Trail North York York County
	The subject branch was immediately consolidated into an existing branch of Fulton Bank located at 3183 Susquehanna Trail, York, York County.
12-19-05	Affinity Bank of Pennsylvania Wyomissing Berks County		Wyomissing	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of one branch of Susquehanna Patriot Bank, Marlton, NJ
	Located at:
	3101 Shillington Road Sinking Spring Berks County
12-20-05	Maryland Permanent Bank & Trust Co., Owings Mills, MD, and Northwest Merger Subsidiary II, Inc., Warren, PA Surviving Institution--Maryland Permanent Bank & Trust Co., Owings Mills, MD		Owings Mills, MD	Filed
12-20-05	Northwest Savings Bank, Warren, PA, and Maryland Permanent Bank & Trust Co., Owings Mills, MD Surviving Institution--Northwest Savings Bank, Warren PA		Warren, PA	Filed
12-21-05	First Commonwealth Bank, Indiana, and First Commonwealth Trust Company, Indiana; First Commonwealth Systems Corporation; and First Commonwealth Professional Resources, Inc. Surviving Institution--First Commonwealth Bank, Indiana		Indiana	Approved
	All of the merger proponents are wholly-owned subsidiaries of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation, Indiana, a bank holding company.

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-22-05	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		36 West Main Street Rochester Monroe County, NY	Filed

Branch Relocations/Consolidations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-21-05	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Into:	2015 Cottman Avenue Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Filed
		From:	7935 Bustleton Avenue Philadelphia Philadelphia County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-21-05	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Application to discontinue four branch offices at the following locations:	Filed
			3890 Bigelow Boulevard Pittsburgh Allegheny County
			1122 Seventh Avenue Beaver Falls Beaver County
			392 Franklin Avenue Aliquippa Beaver County
			419 North 7th Street Altoona Blair County

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Conversions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
12-20-05	Corry Jamestown Credit Union Corry Erie County		Corry	Approved
	Represents conversion from an occupational-based credit union to a community charter; said conversion will be completed by filing Articles of Amendment with the Department of State which will amend Article 8 of the Articles of Incorporation by extending the field of membership of the credit union to include persons who live, work, worship, perform volunteer services, attend school, and businesses and other legal entities located in the area which constitutes the Corry Area School District.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
12-20-05	Tri-County Area Federal Credit Union, Pottstown, and KCC Credit Union, Boyertown Surviving Institution--Tri-County Area Federal Credit Union, Pottstown		Pottstown	Approved

A. WILLIAM SCHENCK, III,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-21. Filed for public inspection January 6, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]

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