Pendleton

Notice of Proposed Bank Merger

NOTICE OF

PROPOSED

BANK MERGER

Notice is hereby given that Pendleton Community Bank, Inc., 128 North Main Street, Franklin, West Virginia, 26807, has made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for consent to merge with Bank of Mount Hope, Inc., 602 Main Street, Mount Hope, West Virginia 25880. Pendleton Community Bank, Inc. will survive the merger as the Resulting Bank. It is contemplated that all offices of the above-named institutions will continue to be operated after the merger.

This notice is published pursuant to Section 18(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office, 10 Tenth Street, NE, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3849, not later than July 22, 2019. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file in the regional office and are available for inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portions of the application file will be made available upon request.

The public is also invited to submit written comments regarding this application to the West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions at: Commissioner of Financial Institutions, 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 306, Charleston, West Virginia 25302.

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