E6-2236. Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies  

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    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. 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 March 13, 2006.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-1521:

    1. Tower Bancorp, Inc., Greencastle, Pennsylvania; to merge with FNB Financial Corporation, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The First National Bank of McConnellsburg, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania.

    In connection with this application, applicant also has applied to acquire FNB Mortgage Brokers, Inc., McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and thereby engage in mortgage lending activities, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cindy West, Manager) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:

    1. Seed Money Limited Partnership, Allison Park, Pennsylvania; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Enterprise Financial Services Group, Inc., Allison Park, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Enterprise Bank, Allison Park, Pennsylvania. Comments on this application must be received by March 10, 2006.

    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 Start Printed Page 8304North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

    1. Frontier Bancshares, Inc., Austin, Texas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Frontier BN, Inc., Henderson, Nevada, and The First National Bank of Holland, Holland, Texas.

    In addition, Frontier BN, Inc. Henderson, Nevada, also has applied to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First National Bank of Holland, Holland, Texas.

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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 13, 2006.

    Robert deV. Frierson,

    Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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    [FR Doc. E6-2236 Filed 2-15-06; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 6210-01-S

Document Information

Published:
02/16/2006
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
E6-2236
Pages:
8303-8304 (2 pages)
PDF File:
e6-2236.pdf