[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17010-17011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9072]
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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. 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 May 1, 1998.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
1. Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc., Millersburg, Pennsylvania; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of Miners Bank of Lykens, Lykens,
Pennsylvania.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
1. Peoples Holding Company, Inc., Coldwater, Ohio; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The
Peoples Bank Co., Coldwater, Ohio, and thereby indirectly acquire The
PBC Interim Bank, Coldwater, Ohio. Peoples Bank will merge with Interim
Bank, the survivor; thereupon, Interim Bank, as successor, will
commence business as The Peoples Bank Co.
2. United Bancorp, Inc., Martins Ferry, Ohio; to merge with
Southern Ohio Community Bancorporation, Inc., Glouster, Ohio, and
thereby indirectly acquire The Glouster Community Bank, Glouster, Ohio.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 1998.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-9072 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
