NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR MERGER OF A BANK HOLDING COMPANY AND THRIFT HOLDING COMPANY WesBanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire a savings and loan holding company, ESB Financial Corporation, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. We also intend to acquire control of ESB's state savings bank subsidiary, ESB Bank, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the application/notice including the record of performance of banks we own in helping to meet local credit needs. You are invited to submit comments in writing on this application/notice to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, OH 44114. The comment period will not end before January 15, 2015, and may be somewhat longer. The Board's procedures for processing applications/notices may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262. Procedures for processing protested applications/notices 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 application/notice, contact Allen M. Brown, Banking Supervisor, at (216) 579-3091. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the application/notice if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last date of the comment period. The public is also invited to submit written comments concerning the application to the West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions. Write: Commissioner of Banking, West Virginia Division of Financial Institutions, 900 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 306, Charleston, WV 25302.
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