NOTICE OF FILINGS

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institution, has received the following applications. Comments may be submitted to the 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 Clerk, Legal Services Office, Office of Financial Regulation, Division of Financial Institutions, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0379. The Petition must be received by the Clerk within twenty-one (21) days of publication of this notice (by 5:00 p.m., November 24, 2006):

APPLICATION FOR A NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

Applicant and Proposed Location: Bank of Florida – Palm Beach County, 595 South Federal Highway, Suite 100, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida 33432

Correspondent: A. George Igler and Richard Pearlman, 2457 Care Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32308

Received: October 18, 2006

APPLICATION AND PLAN FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES

Acquiring Entity: Bank of Florida – Palm Beach County (In Organization), 595 South Federal Highway, Suite 100, Boca Raton, Florida 33432

Selling Entity: Bank of Florida – Southeast, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Received: October 18, 2006

APPLICATION TO ACQUIRE CONTROL

Financial Institution to be Acquired: Old Florida Bank (Old Florida Bankshares, Inc.), Ft. Myers, Florida

Proposed Purchaser: Bancshares of Florida, Inc., Naples, Florida

Received: October 24, 2006

APPLICATION AND PLAN FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES

Acquiring Entity: Bank of Florida – Southwest, 1185 Immokalee Road, Naples, Florida 34110

Selling Entity: Old Florida Bank, Ft. Myers, Florida

Received: October 24, 2006

APPLICATION AND PLAN FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN ASSETS AND ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES

Acquiring Entity: Bank of Florida – Southwest, 1185 Immokalee Road, Naples, Florida 34110

Selling Entity: Citizens State Bank, Kingsland, Georgia

Received: October 24, 2006