[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15127]
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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 July 3, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President)
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
1. Commercial Bancshares of Ozark, Inc., Ozark, Alabama; to become
a bank holding company by acquiring at least 80 percent of the voting
shares of The Commercial Bank of Ozark, Ozark, Alabama.
2. F & M Bancorporation, Inc., Kaukauna, Wisconsin, and F & M
Merger Corporation, Kaukauna, Wisconsin; to acquire and merge with
Clear Lake Bancorp, Inc., Clear Lake, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly
acquire Landmark Bank, Clear Lake, Wisconsin.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. Norma McLane-Smith Family Limited Partnership, Poplar Bluff,
Missouri; to acquire 14.46 percent of the voting shares of Midwest
Bancorporation, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and thereby indirectly
acquire Midwest Bancshares, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri; First Midwest
Bank of Piedmont, Piedmont, Missouri; First Midwest Bank of Dexter,
Dexter, Missouri; and Carter County State Bank, Van Buren, Missouri.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:
1. First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of First Bank National Association,
Fargo,North Dakota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 5, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-15127 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
