| Activity Date |
Activity Type |
Description |
| 8/31/2021 |
Close Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to close its branch office located at 21 Locust Street, Northampton - approved August 18, 2021. |
| 7/30/2021 |
Close Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to close its branch office located at 21 Locust Street, Northampton. Comment period ended June 28, 2021. |
| 6/30/2021 |
Close Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to close its branch office located at 21 Locust Street, Northampton. Comment period ended June 28, 2021. |
| 8/30/2019 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office at 253 Triangle Street, Amherst - non-objection issued August 6, 2019. |
| 7/31/2019 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office at 253 Triangle Street, Amherst. Filed July 11, 2019. |
| 12/29/2017 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office at 179 Sargeant Street, Holyoke - non-objection issued December 28, 2017. |
| 10/31/2016 |
Close Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank (Easthampton), Easthampton - permission to close its branch offices located at: (1) 13 Canterbury Road, Brooklyn, Connecticut; (2) 3 Central Street, Danielson, Connecticut; (3) 835 Riverside Drive, Grosvenordale, Connecticut; (4) 182 Main Street, Putnam, Connecticut; and (5) 148 Route 171, Woodstock, Connecticut. In connection with this petition, Easthampton has entered into an agreement whereby Hometown Bank, Oxford, would, subject to regulatory approval and consummation of the transaction, purchase certain assets and assume certain deposit and other liabilities of these offices and maintain these locations as branch offices of Hometown Bank. Easthampton and Hometown Bank are both subsidiary banks of Hometown Financial Group, MHC - approved October 14, 2016. |
| 9/30/2016 |
Close Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank (Easthampton), Easthampton - permission to close its branch offices located at: (1) 13 Canterbury Road, Brooklyn, Connecticut; (2) 3 Central Street, Danielson, Connecticut; (3) 835 Riverside Drive, Grosvernordale, Connecticut; (4) 182 Main Street, Putnam, Connecticut; and (5) 148 Route 171, Woodstock, Connecticut. In connection with this petition, Easthampton has entered into an agreement whereby Hometown Bank, Oxford, would, subject to regulatory approval and consummation of the transaction, purchase certain assets and assume certain deposit and other liabilities of these offices and maintain these locations as branch offices of Hometown Bank. Easthampton and Hometown Bank are both subsidiary banks of Hometown Financial Group, MHC. Comment period ended September 21, 2016. |
| 2/29/2016 |
Establish a BHC |
ESB Bancorp, MHC (MHC) and ESB Bancorp, Inc. (Bancorp), Easthampton - permission to each become a bank holding company through the direct and indirect acquisition of Hometown Bank, Oxford. MHC and Bancorp are the mutual holding company and mid-tier stock holding company, respectively, of Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton. Upon consummation of the transaction, MHC and Bancorp would be the mutual holding company and mid-tier holding company for both Easthampton Savings Bank and Hometown Bank - approved February 25, 2016. |
| 1/29/2016 |
Establish a BHC |
ESB Bancorp, MHC (MHC) and ESB Bancorp, Inc. (Bancorp), Easthampton - permission to each become a bank holding company through the direct and indirect acquisition of Hometown Bank, Oxford. MHC and Bancorp are the mutual holding company and mid-tier stock holding company, respectively, of Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton. Upon consummation of the transaction, MHC and Bancorp would be the mutual holding company and mid-tier holding company for both Easthampton Savings Bank and Hometown Bank. Comment period ended January 26, 2016. |
| 12/31/2015 |
Public Hearing |
Public Hearing - January 19, 2016; First Floor, Hearing Room 1-E; 1000 Washington Street; Boston, Massachusetts; at 11:15 a.m.
ESB Bancorp, MHC (MHC) and ESB Bancorp, Inc. (Bancorp), Easthampton - permission to each become a bank holding company through the direct and indirect acquisition of Hometown Bank, Oxford. MHC and Bancorp are the mutual holding company and mid-tier stock holding company, respectively, of Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton. Upon consummation of the transaction, MHC and Bancorp will operate under the names Hometown Financial Group, MHC and Hometown Financial Group, Inc. and would be the mutual holding company and mid-tier holding company, respectively for both Easthampton Savings Bank and Hometown Bank. Comment period ends January 26, 2016. |
| 6/30/2015 |
Merger |
Easthampton Savings Bank (Easthampton), Easthampton and The Citizens National Bank (Citizens National), Putnam, Connecticut - permission for Citizens National to merge with and into Easthampton under the charter and by-laws of Easthampton as part of a multi-step transaction. The main office of Easthampton would remain the main office of the continuing institution and the banking offices of Citizens National would be retained as branch offices of Easthampton. This multi-step transaction includes the acquisition of Citizens National Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Citizens National, by ESB Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Easthampton - approved June 25, 2015. |
| 5/29/2015 |
Merger |
Easthampton Savings Bank (Easthampton), Easthampton and The Citizens National Bank (Citizens National), Putnam, Connecticut - permission for Citizens National to merge with and into Easthampton under the charter and by-laws of Easthampton as part of a multi-step transaction. The main office of Easthampton would remain the main office of the continuing institution and the banking offices of Citizens National would be retained as branch offices of Easthampton. This multi-step transaction includes the acquisition of Citizens National Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Citizens National, by ESB Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Easthampton. Comment period ends June 5, 2015. |
| 4/30/2015 |
Merger |
Easthampton Savings Bank (Easthampton), Easthampton and Citizens National Bank (Citizens National), Putnam, Connecticut - permission for Citizens National to merge with and into Easthampton under the charter and by-laws of Easthampton as part of a multi-step transaction. The main office of Easthampton would remain the main office of the continuing institution and the banking offices of Citizens National would be retained as branch offices of Easthampton. This multi-step transaction includes the acquisition of Citizens National Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Citizens National, by ESB Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Easthampton. Comment period ends on or after June 5, 2015. |
| 9/30/2013 |
Relocate Branch Office |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to relocate its branch office from 175 State Street Belchertown to 40 State Street, Belchertown - approved September 20, 2013. |
| 8/30/2013 |
Relocate Branch Office |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to relocate its branch office from 175 State Street, Belchertown to 40 State Street, Belchertown. Comment period ends September 11, 2013. |
| 12/30/2011 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office located at 241 Northampton Street, Easthampton - non-objection issued December 21, 2011. |
| 7/30/2010 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office at 770 Main Street, Agawam - non objection issued July 29, 2010. |
| 7/31/2008 |
Reorganization into Mutual Holding Company (MHC) |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to reorganize into a mutual holding company, ESB Bancorp, MHC, with a mid-tier holding company, ESB Bancorp Inc., as part of a multi-step transaction - approved July 17, 2008. |
| 6/30/2008 |
Reorganization into Mutual Holding Company (MHC) |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to reorganize into a mutual holding company, ESB Bancorp, MHC, with a mid-tier holding company, ESB Bancorp Inc., as part of a multi-step transaction. Comment period ended June 10, 2008. |
| 5/30/2008 |
Reorganization into Mutual Holding Company (MHC) |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to reorganize into a mutual holding company, ESB Bancorp, MHC, with a mid-tier holding company, ESB Bancorp Inc., as part of a multi-step transaction. Comment period ends June 10, 2008. |
| 4/30/2008 |
Reorganization into Mutual Holding Company (MHC) |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to reorganize into a mutual holding company, ESB Bancorp, MHC, with a mid-tier holding company, ESB Bancorp Inc., as part of a multi-step transaction. Comment period ends June 10, 2008. |
| 8/31/2006 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - notice to establish a branch office at 85 Broad Street, Westfield - non-objection issued August 18, 2006. |
| 10/31/2002 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to establish a branch office at the Belchertown Office Park at the intersection of Route 202 and 21, Belchertown - approved October 22, 2002. |
| 9/30/2002 |
Establish Branch |
Easthampton Savings Bank, Easthampton - permission to establish a branch office at the Belchertown Office Park at the intersection of Route 202 and 21, Belchertown. Comment period ends October 16, 2002. |
| 12/31/2001 |
Application to Sell Insurance |
Application to Sell Insurance - approved December 6, 2001 |
| 11/30/2001 |
Application to Sell Insurance |
Application to Sell Insurance - pending |
| 10/31/2001 |
Application to Sell Insurance |
Application to Sell Insurance - pending |
