E7-7436. 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 Web site 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 May 14, 2007.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:

    1. BankCap Special Limited Partner, L.P.; BankCap Special Limited Partner GP, LLC; BankCap Services, L.P.; and BankCap Services GP, LLC, all of Dallas, Texas; to become bank holding companies by indirectly acquiring up to 49.9 percent of the outstanding shares of Atlantic Capital Bancshares, Inc. and, Atlantic Capital Bank, both of Atlanta, Georgia. Comments regarding this application must be received not later than May 4, 2007.

    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:

    1. Country Bancshares, Inc., Jamesport, Missouri; to acquire up to 14 percent of the voting shares of Liberty First Bancshares, Inc., Liberty, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Park Bank, Parkville, Missouri, and Liberty First Bank, Liberty, Missouri.

    2. Liberty First Bancshares, Inc., Liberty, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Park Bank, Parkville, Missouri.

    3. Midwest Regional Bancorp, Inc., Festus, Missouri; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Federated Bancshares, Inc., Stilwell, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Bank of Otterville, Otterville, Missouri.

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    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 16, 2007.

    Robert deV. Frierson,

    Deputy Secretary of the Board.

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    [FR Doc. E7-7436 Filed 4-18-07; 8:45 am]

    BILLING CODE 6210-01-S

Document Information

Published:
04/19/2007
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
E7-7436
Pages:
19705-19705 (1 pages)
PDF File:
e7-7436.pdf