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 applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The applications will also be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than August 12, 2013.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2204:

1. Independent Bank Corp, Rockland, Massachusetts; to acquire Mayflower Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Mayflower Co-operative Bank, both in Middleboro, Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (William Lang, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

1. Fox Chase Bancorp Inc., Hatboro, Pennsylvania; to become a bank holding company upon the conversion of Fox Chase Bank, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, from a savings association to a state savings bank.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Yvonne Sparks, Community Development Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:

1. HopFed Bancorp, Inc., Hopkinsville, Kentucky; to acquire 100 percent of Sumner Bank & Trust, Gallatin, Tennessee.

2. The McGehee Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan, McGhee, Arkansas; to acquire up to 35 percent of the voting shares of Southeast Financial Bankstock Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of McGehee Bank, both in McGehee, Arkansas.