[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26090]
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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 October 27, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
1. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of
the voting shares of California Bank, N.A. (in organization), Beverly
Hills, California.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., Quincy, Illinois, Quincy, Illinois; to
merge with Golden Bancshares, Inc., Golden, Illinois, and thereby
indirectly acquire Golden State Bank, Golden, Illinois, and Brown
County State Bank, Mount Sterling, Illinois.
2. Mid America Banking Corporation, Columbia, Missouri; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring a minimum of 98.58 percent of the
voting shares of Pulaski Bancshares, Inc., Dixon, Missouri, and thereby
indirectly acquire State Bank of Dixon, Dixon, Missouri.
In connection with this application, Mid America Mortgage Services,
Inc., Columbia, Missouri; Mid America Mortgage Services of St. Louis,
Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; and Mid America Mortgage Services of
Springfield, Inc., Springfield, Missouri; also have applied to become
bank holding companies by acquiring an aggregate ownership of 19
percent of the voting shares of Mid America Banking Corporation,
Columbia, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Pulaski Bancshares,
Inc., Dixon, Missouri, and State Bank of Dixon, Dixon, Missouri.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
1. Security Bank Holding Company ESOP and Security Bank Holding
Company, both of Coos Bay, Oregon; to acquire 100 percent of the voting
shares of Pacific State Bank, Reedsport, Oregon. Comments regarding
this application must be received by October 20, 1997.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 26,
1997.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-26090 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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