Notice Of Filing of Application for Acquisition of a Savings Association
First Mutual Holding Co. ("FMHC"), located at 14806 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107, intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Centerburg ("Centerburg"), a federal mutual savings and loan association located at 5 East Main Street, Centerburg, Ohio 43011. The merger transaction would be structured as follows. Centerburg will merge with and into First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lakewood ("Lakewood"), also of Lakewood, Ohio, with Lakewood surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of FMHC. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the application, including the record of performance of banks owned by FMHC in helping to meet local credit needs.
You are invited to submit comments in writing on this Application to Richard Ryan Schilling at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 or via email: comments.applications@clev.frb.org. The comment period will not end before January 19, 2026 and may be somewhat longer. The Federal Reserve Board's procedures for processing applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262. Procedures for processing protested applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. 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 Application, contact Richard Ryan Schilling, Banking Supervisor, at (513) 455-4406. The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the Application if they are received in writing by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on or before the last day of the comment period.
December 19 2025
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