[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50436-50437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24658]
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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
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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.
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center Website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
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 26, 2001.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice
President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470:
1. Black Diamond Financial Group, Inc., Tampa, Florida; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Bank of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida.
2. First Dozier Bancshares, Inc., Dozier, Alabama; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The
First National Bank of Dozier, Dozier, Alabama.
3. Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama; to merge
with First Bancshares of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of First Bank of Texas, Tomball,
Texas.
4. South Group Bancshares, Inc., Glennville, Georgia; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
South Georgia Bank, Glennville, Georgia.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
1. Lincoln Bancorp, Inc., Rochelle, Illinois; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Lincoln State Bank, S.B., Rochelle, Illinois.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 27,
2001.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-24658 Filed 10-2-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S
