98-14051. Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 29220]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-14051]
    
    
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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 19, 1998.
        A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
    Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
        1. The 1855 Bancorp, New Bedford, Massachusetts; to acquire 100 
    percent of the voting shares of Sandwich Bancorp, Inc., Sandwich, 
    Massachusetts, and thereby indirectly acquire Sandwich Cooperative 
    Bank, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
        B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
    Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
        1. Triangle Bancorp, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; to acquire 100 
    percent of the voting shares of the successor by conversion to United 
    Federal Savings Bank, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
        C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
    President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
        1. National Commerce Bancorporation, Memphis, Tennessee; to acquire 
    100 percent of the voting shares of CBC Bancshares, Inc., Collierville, 
    Tennessee, and thereby indirectly acquire The Citizens Bank, 
    Collierville, Tennessee.
        2. Union Planters Corporation, and Union Planters Holding 
    Corporation, both of Memphis, Tennessee; to acquire 100 percent of the 
    voting shares of, and thereby merge with AMBANC Corp., Vincennes, 
    Indiana, and thereby indirectly acquire Ambank Indiana, N.A., 
    Vincennes, Indiana, and Ambank Illinois, N.A., Robinson, Illinois.
        D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, President) 
    2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
        1. Spring Hill Holdings Corporation, Longview, Texas, and Spring 
    Hill (Delaware), Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to become bank holding 
    companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Spring Hill 
    State Bank, Longview, Texas.
    
        Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 21, 1998.
    Jennifer J. Johnson,
    Deputy Secretary of the Board.
    [FR Doc. 98-14051 Filed 5-27-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
05/28/1998
Department:
Federal Reserve System
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-14051
Pages:
29220-29220 (1 pages)
PDF File:
98-14051.pdf