[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63343-63344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31312]
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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
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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 23, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies,
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
64198-0001:
1. Commerce Bancshares, Inc., and CBI-Kansas, Inc., both of Kansas
City, Missouri; to acquire Pittsburg Bancshares, Inc., Pittsburg,
Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire City National Bank, Pittsburg,
Kansas.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President)
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. American State Financial Corp., Lubbock, Texas, and American
State Financial Corp Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with
Security Shares, Inc., Abilene, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire
Security State Bank, Abilene, Texas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 24,
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-31312 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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