[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28555]
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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 19, 1998.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President)
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
1. PAB Bankshares, Inc., Valdosta, Georgia; to merge with Eagle
Bancorp, Inc., Statesboro, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire
Eagle Bank & Trust Company, Statesboro, Georgia.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies,
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
64198-0001:
1. Bern Bancshares, Inc., Bern, Kansas; to merge with Axtell
Agency, Inc., Axtell, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank
of Axtell, Axtell, Kansas.
2. FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado, ESOP, Lakewood, Colorado;
to acquire up to 26.86 percent of the voting shares of FirstBank
Holding Company of Colorado, Lakewood, Colorado; and thereby indirectly
acquire FirstBank, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank of Arvada, Arvada,
Colorado; FirstBank of Aurora, Aurora, Colorado; FirstBank of Avon,
Avon, Colorado; FirstBank of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; FirstBank of
Breckenridge, Breckenridge, Colorado; FirstBank of Douglas County,
Castle Rock, Colorado; FirstBank of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs,
Colorado; FirstBank of Cherry Creek, Denver, Colorado; FirstBank of
Denver, Denver, Colorado; FirstBank of Longmont, FirstBank of
Evergreen, Evergreen, Colorado; FirstBank of Northern Colorado, Fort
Collins, Colorado; FirstBank of Greeley, Greeley, Colorado; FirstBank
of Tech Center, Englewood, Colorado; FirstBank of Colorado, Lakewood,
Colorado; FirstBank of South Jeffco, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank of
Lakewood, Lakewood, Colorado; FirstBank of Littleton, Littleton,
Colorado; FirstBank of Arapahoe County, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank
of Parker, Parker, Colorado; FirstBank of Silverthorne, Silverthorne,
Colordo; FirstBank of Vail, Vail, Colorado; FirstBank North,
Westminster, Colorado; and FirstBank of Wheat Ridge, Wheat Ridge,
Colorado.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. Henderson Citizens Bancshares, Inc., and Henderson, Texas;
Henderson Citizens Delaware Bancshares, Inc., Dover, Delaware; and
Citizens National Bank, Henderson, Texas; to become bank holding
companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Jefferson
National Bank, Jefferson, Texas.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager
of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,
San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Metropolitan Bancshares, Inc., Aurora,
Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire Community Bank of Parker,
Parker, Colorado.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 20,
1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-28555 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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