[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61822-61823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30280]
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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 December 12, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
1. Koss-Winn Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan with
401(k) Provisions, Buffalo Center, Iowa; to become a bank holding
company by acquiring 30.09 percent of the voting shares of Koss-Winn
Bancshares, Inc., Buffalo Center, Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire
Farmers Trust and Savings Bank, Buffalo Center, Iowa.
2. RW Bancorp., Ltd., Reeseville, Wisconsin; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of State
Bank of Reeseville, Reeseville, Wisconsin.
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B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
1. Community West Bancshares, Goleta, California; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Goleta
National Bank, Goleta, California.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 13,
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-30280 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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