2018-05839. 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 applications 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 (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 April 20, 2018.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Kathryn Haney, Director of Applications) 1000 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can also be sent electronically to Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org:

    1. BOLC Corp., Fayetteville, Tennessee; to merge with North Alabama Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire North Alabama Bank, both of Hazel Green, Alabama.

    2. Community Bancshares of Mississippi, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Brandon, Mississippi; to acquire additional voting shares for a total of 18.18 percent, of Community Bancshares of Mississippi, Inc., Brandon, Mississippi, and thereby indirectly acquire Community Bank of Mississippi, Forest, Mississippi.

    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:

    1. HYS Investments, LLC; to acquire additional voting shares for a total of up to 27.7 percent, of BOTS, Inc., and thereby acquire shares of VisionBank, all of Topeka, Kansas.

    2. Wamego Bancshares, Inc., Wamego, Kansas; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The St. Marys State Bank, Saint Marys, Kansas.

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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 19, 2018.

    Ann E. Misback,

    Secretary of the Board.

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    [FR Doc. 2018-05839 Filed 3-21-18; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 6210-01-P

Document Information

Published:
03/22/2018
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2018-05839
Pages:
12577-12577 (1 pages)
PDF File:
2018-05839.Pdf