[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12937]
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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 June 8, 1998.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
1. Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., Georgetown, Kentucky; to
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Boone County Bank, Inc.,
Madison, West Virginia (in organization), a de novo bank.
2. Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., Georgetown, Kentucky; to
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The Bank of Philippi, Inc.,
Philippi, West Virginia (in organization), a de novo bank.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480-0291:
1. N.A. Corporation, Roseville, Minnesota; to become a bank holding
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of North American
Banking Company, Roseville, Minnesota, a de novo bank.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, President)
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Humble National Bank, Humble, Texas.
Comments regarding this application must be received not later than
June 3, 1998.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 11, 1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-12937 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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