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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE In the Matter of PAUL P. PIPER, JR. A Former Institution-Affiliated Party of FIRST NATIONAL SUMMIT BANKSHARES Crested Butte, Colorado 1 ) 1 > > FRB Docket Nos. 98-029-E-12 9%029-CMP-12 ) ) ) 1 Order to Cease and Desist and Order of Assessment of Civil Money Penalty Issued Upon Consent Pursuant to the Change in Bank Control Act and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as Amended and FIRST NATIONAL Gunnison, Colorado WHEREAS, ; ) SUMMIT BANK SYSTEM ) pursuant to Section 7(j) of the Change in Bank Control Act, 12 U.S.C 4 1817(j) (the “CIBC Act”), and Sections S(b) and S(i) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended, 12 U. S.C. $0 18 1S(b) and 18 1S(i) (the “FDI Act”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board of Governors”) issues this combined Order to Cease and Desist and Order of Assessment of Civil Money Penalty (the “Order”) upon the consent of Paul P. Piper, Jr. (“Piper”), a former institution-affiliated party, as defined in Sections 3(u) and 8(b)(3) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. $6 1813(u) and 1818(b)(3), ofFirst National Summit Bankshares, Crested Butte, Colorado (“FNSB”), a former registered bank holding company, and First National Summit Bank, Gunnison, Colorado (the “Bank’), a former chartered national bank, in connection with Piper’s alleged involvement in the acquisition by Bob L. Sellers, a former institution-affiliated party of FNSB and the Bank, of control of more than 25 percent of the outstanding voting shares of FNSB without the prior approval from the Board of Governors; and WHEREAS, by affixing his signature hereunder, Piper has consented to the issuance of this Order by the Board of Governors, and consented to comply with each and every provision of this Order, and waived any and all rights he might have pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 0 1818, 12 C.F.R. Part 263, or otherwise (a) to the issuance of a notice of charges and of hearing and a notice of assessment of a civil money penalty; (b) to a hearing for the purpose of taking evidence with respect to any matter implied or set forth in this Order; (c) to obtain judicial review of the Orders or any provision hereoc and (d) to challenge or contest in any matter the basis, issuance, validity, effectiveness, collectibility or enforceability of this Order or any provision hereof. NOW, THEREFORE, prior to the taking of any testimony or adjudication of or finding on any issue of fact or law herein, and without this Order constituting an admission of any allegation made or implied by the Board of Governors in connection with this proceeding, and solely for the purpose of settlement of this proceeding without protracted or extended hearing or testimony: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to Section 7(j) of the CIBC Act, and Sections 8(b) and S(i) of the FDI Act, that: 1. Piper shall cease and desist from any present or future violation of the CIBC Act; 2. Piper is assessed and shall pay to the Board of Governors a civil money penalty in the amount of $25,000. 3. The penalty assessed pursuant to this Order shall be remitted in full, at the time of Piper’s execution of this Order, payable to the “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve -3System” and forwarded with Piper’s executed copy of this Order, to Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 2055 1. The Board of Governors shall remit the payment to the Treasury of the United States as required by statute. 4. All communications regarding this Order shall be sent to: (a) James H. Jonson Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 925 Grand Boulevard Kansas City, Missouri 64 198 (c) Paul P. Piper, Jr. c/o Frank J. Glankler, Jr., Esq. Glankler, Brown P.L.L.C. One Commerce Square Seventeenth Floor Memphis, Tennessee 3 8 103 -2566 5. Any violations of this Order shall separately subject Piper to appropriate civil or criminal penalties or both under Sections 8(i) and (j) of the FDI Act, 12 U.S.C. $5 1818(i) and (i). 6. The provisions of this Order shall not bar, estop, or otherwise prevent the Board of Governors, or any Federal or state agency or department from taking any other action affecting Piper, provided, however, that the Board of Governors shall not take any further action against Piper based upon information presently known by the Board of Governors relating to the matters addressed by this Order. 7. Each provision of this Order shall remain effective and enforceable until stayed, modified, terminated or suspended in writing by the Board of Governors. -4By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, effective this b day of&AA , 1999. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Secretary of the Board