NOTICE OF FILINGS

Office of Financial Regulation

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institutions, has received the following application. Comments may be submitted to the Division Director, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0371, for inclusion in the official record without requesting a hearing. However, pursuant to provisions specified in Chapter 69U-105, Florida Administrative Code, any person may request a public hearing by filing a petition with the Agency Clerk as follows:

By Mail or Facsimile                            OR           By Hand Delivery

Agency Clerk                                                       Agency Clerk

Office of Financial Regulation                               Office of Financial Regulation

P.O. Box 8050                                                     General Counsel’s Office

Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8050                            The Fletcher Building, Suite 118

Phone (850)410-9800                                            101 East Gaines Street,

Fax: (850)410-9548                                               Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0379

                                                             Phone: (850)410-9889

The Petition must be received by the Clerk within twenty-one (21) days of publication of this notice (by 5:00 p.m., February 3, 2012):

APPLICATION TO MERGE

Constituent Institutions: Community Bank & Company, Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and The Palm Bank, Tampa, Florida

Resulting Institution: Community Bank & Company

Received: January 3, 2012