[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57457-57458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27725]
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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
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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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). 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 18, 1999.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
1. JD Financial Group, Inc., Evanston, Illinois; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Pan
American Bank, Chicago, Illinois. Comment regarding this application
must be received not later than November 5, 1999.
2. Merchants Merger Corp., New Berlin, Wisconsin; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Pyramid Bancorp. Inc., Grafton, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly
acquire Grafton State Bank, Grafton, Wisconsin.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
1. Truman Bancshares, Inc., Truman, Minnesota, and its wholly owned
subsidiary, Martin County Fidelity Bancshares Company, Fairmont,
Minnesota; to acquire 87.65 percent of the voting shares of Martin
County National Bank, Fairmont, Minnesota. Martin Couty Fidelity
Bancshares Company has also applied to become a bank holding company.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 19,
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-27725 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
