[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28169]
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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 November 17, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
1. MBNA Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire 100 percent
of the voting shares of MBNA Bank America Bank (Delaware), Wilmington,
Delaware.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Jeffery Hirsch, Banking
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
1. F.N.B. Corporation, Hermitage, Pennsylvania, and Southwest
Banks, Inc., Naples, Florida; to acquire 100 percent of the voting
shares of West Coast Bank, Sarasota, Florida.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
1. Verona Bancshares, Limited, Verona, Wisconsin; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Bank
of Verona, Verona, Wisconsin.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. Southern Missouri Bancshares, Inc., Marshfield, Missouri; to
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Southern Missouri Bank (in organization), Marshfield,
Missouri.
E. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies,
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
64198-0001:
1. Light Bancshares Corporation, Liberal, Kansas; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The
Community Bank, Liberal, Kansas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 20,
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-28169 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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