Notice to Retain Voting Shares

Notice to Retain Voting Shares The Honegger 2012 Irrevocable Trust Agreement F/B/O Andrew A. Honegger, Andrew Honegger, trustee, all of Morton, Illinois; the Honegger 2025 Irrevocable Trust Agreement F/B/O Andrew A. Honegger, Andrew A. Honegger, trustee; Andrew Honegger; Cynthia Honegger, Morton, Illinois; Sarah Honegger, Morton, Illinois; Katherine Honegger, Morton, Illinois; Jean Ann Honegger, Morton, Illinois; the Honegger 2012 Irrevocable Trust Agreement F/B/O Molly M. Honegger, Molly M. Honegger, trustee, all of Oakland, California; the Honegger 2025 Irrevocable Trust Agreement F/B/O Molly M. Honegger, Molly M. Honegger, trustee; Molly M. Honegger; Stephen Hesseltine, Oakland, California; Sienna Hesseltine, Oakland, California; and Sophia Hesseltine, Oakland, California, and together with the Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Andrew A. Honegger, truste, acting in concert, intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to retain 25 percent or more of the shares and thereby control Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc. headquartered in Morton, Illinois. Hometown Community Bancorp, Inc. controls Morton Community Bank also headquartered in Morton, Illinois. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the application. 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, IL 60604. The comment period will not end before July 7 and may be somewhat longer. The Board's procedures for processing applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 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 Jane Dokko, Vice President of Community Development and Policy Studies at (312) 322-6827; to request a copy of the notice, contact Colette A. Fried at (312) 322-6846. The Federal Reserve will consider you comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the notice if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last day of the comment period. June 17 2026 LILS0539506