Notice of Change in Control

Notice of Change in Control Richard Counihan, Mercer Island, Washington as co-trustee of Kent M. Berkley Trust, Bennington, Kansas; Jeff A. Berkley Trust II, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon and Calvin Berkley, both of Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Karen M. Deckert Trust II, Tescott, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon and Calvin Berkley, both of Salina, Kansas as co-trustees; Karla J. Spurgeon Trust II, Salina, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, and Calvin Berkley, Salina, Kansas as co-trustees; Calvin J. Berkley Trust II, Salina, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, and Karla Spurgeon, Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Rebekah Berkley GP Trust, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon and Calvin Berkley, both of Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Rachel Berkley GP Trust, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon and Calvin Berkley, both of Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Sam Deckert GP Trust, Tescott, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon and Calvin Berkley, both of Salina, Kansas as co-trustees; Lucas Deckert GP Trust, Tescott, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon and Calvin Berkley, both of Salina, Kansas as co-trustees; Marika Spurgeon GP Trust, Salina, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, and Calvin Berkley, Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Brenna Spurgeon GP Trust, Salina, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, and Calvin Berkley, Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Patrick Spurgeon GP Trust, Salina, Kansas, Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott, Kansas, and Calvin Berkley, Salina, Kansas, as co-trustees; Megan Berkley GP Trust, Salina, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon, Salina, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott Kansas, and Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, as co-trustees; and Collin Berkley GP Trust, Salina, Kansas, Karla Spurgeon, Salina, Kansas, Karen Deckert, Tescott Kansas, and Jeff Berkley, Lawrence, Kansas, as co-trustees, intend to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to retain/acquire shares and to join the Berkley Family Group, a group acting in concert, which owns 25% or more of the shares and thereby controls Berco, Inc., Salina, Kansas. Berco, Inc. controls The Bennington State Bank, of Salina, Kansas. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the notice. You are invited to submit comments in writing on an application filed with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City electronically to KCApplicationComments@kc.frb.org or in hard copy to: Jeff Imgarten, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, One Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198. The comment period will not end before March 12, 2026, and may be somewhat longer. The Board's procedures for processing applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262.25. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last day of the comment period. Publication Dates LHUT0462331