[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12993]
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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 June 12, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
1. FBA Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to become a bank holding
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Interim First
Bank, S.B., Chicago, Illinois a de novo bank, that will acquire First
Bank of the Americas, SSB, Chicago, Illinois.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. Peoples-Marion Bancorp, Inc., Marion, Kentucky; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The
Peoples Bank, Marion, Kentucky.
In connection with this application, The Peoples Bank Employee
Stock Ownership Trust, Marion, Kentucky, also has applied to acquire
47.45 percent of the voting shares of Peoples-Marion, Bancorp, Inc.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President)
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. Fannin Bancorp, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust,
Windom, Texas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring an
additional 0.71 percent, for a total of 25.09 percent, of the voting
shares of Fannin Bancorp, Inc., Windom, Texas, and thereby indirectly
acquire Fannin Bank, Windom, Texas.
2. Mansfield Bancshares, Inc., Mansfield, Louisiana; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Riverside Bancshares, Inc., Logansport,
Louisiana, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Logansport,
Logansport, Louisiana.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 13, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-12993 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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