[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69534-69535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32142]
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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 (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 January 6, 2000.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
1. Associated Community Bancorp, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut; to
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of The Greenwich Bank & Trust Company, Greenwich, Connecticut,
and Westport National Bank, Westport, Connecticut.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia Goodwin, Vice
President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
1. Whitney Holding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. Branson Bancshares, Inc., Branson, Missouri; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Branson Bank, Branson, Missouri (in organization).
D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin
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Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
1. Hunter Holding Company, Hunter, North Dakota; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Coteau Hills Company, Gackle, North
Dakota, and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank of Gackle,
Gackle, North Dakota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 7,
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-32142 Filed 12-10-99; 8:45 am]
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