[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4183]
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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. Once the application has been accepted
for processing, it will also 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 March 17, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
1. NationsBank Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, and NB
Holdings Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; to retain 7.98 percent
of the voting shares of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc., Berlin,
Maryland, and thereby indirectly retain Calvin B. Taylor Banking
Company of Berlin, Maryland, Berlin, Maryland.
In connection with this application, Applicants have also applied
to retain 13.03 percent of the votings shares of First Perry Bancorp,
Inc., Pinckneyville, Illinois, and thereby indirectly retain First
National Bank in Pinckneyville, Pinckneyville, Illinois.
In addition to this application, Applicants have also applied to
retain 15.43 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank in
Falfurrias, Falfurrias, Texas.
In addition to this application, Applicants have also applied to
retain 15.52 percent of the voting shares of First National Security
Company, De Queen, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly retain Bank of
Ashdown, NA, Ashdown, Arkansas; First National Bank of Howard County,
Dierks, Arkansas; Citizens National Bank, Nashville, Arkansas; Bank of
Waldron, Waldron, Arkansas; American State Bank, Broken Bow, Oklahoma;
and First National Bank of De Queen, De Queen, Arkansas.
In addition to this application, Applicants have also applied to
retain 15.52 percent of the voting shares of First National Security
Company, De Queen, Arkansas, and therby indirectly retain First
National Bancshares of Hempstead County, Inc., Hope, Arkansas; First
National Bank of Hope, Hope, Arkansas; Bank of Blevins, Blevins,
Arkansas; and First National Bank of Lewisville, Lewisville, Arkansas.
NationsBank has applied to retain all of these shares held in its
fiduciary capacity.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 14,
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-4183 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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