[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1823]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding
Companies
The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well as other related filings
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether
the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards
in section 4 of the BHC Act. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking
activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these
applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the
offices of the Board of Governors not later than February 20, 1998.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. National City Bancshares, Inc., Evansville, Indiana; to merge
with Vernois Bancshares, Inc., Mount Vernon, Illinois, and thereby
indirectly acquire Bank of Illinois, Mount Vernon, Illinois. Comments
regarding this application must be received by February 11, 1998.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager
of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,
San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
1. First Savings Bank of Washington Bancorp, Inc., Walla Walla,
Washington; to merge with Towne Bancorp, Inc., Woodinville, Washington,
and thereby indirectly acquire Towne Bank, Woodinville, Washington.
2. J, J, & B Capital, L.P., Los Angeles, California; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring 59.5 percent of the voting shares of
Founders National Bank of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 21,
1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-1823 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
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