[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47127-47128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22743]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks
or Bank Holding Companies
The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec. 225.41 of the Board's
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company.
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for
processing, they will also be available for inspection at the offices
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views
in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later
than September 19, 1996.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
1. Jackson T. Stephens, Little Rock, Arkansas; to acquire a total
of 3.84 percent; W.R. Stephens Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire
an additional 3.59 percent, for a total of 3.63 percent; W.R. Stephens
Revocable Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a total of 0.03
percent; Warren A. Stephens Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a
total of 0.28 percent; Elizabeth Ann Stephens Campbell Trust, Little
Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a total of 0.80 percent; Stephens Group,
Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a total of 0.10 percent; and
Bess C. Stephens Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire an additional
2.72 percent, for a total of 6.75 percent, of the voting shares of
First United Bancshares, Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas, and thereby
indirectly acquire First National Bank of El Dorado, El Dorado,
Arkansas; Bank of North Arkansas, Melbourne, Arkansas; City National
Bank of Fort Smith, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Commercial Bank at Alma,
Alma, Arkansas; First National Bank of Magnolia, Magnolia, Arkansas;
First Stuttgart Bank & Trust Company,
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Stuttgart, Arkansas; Merchants & Planters Bank, N.A., Camden, Arkansas,
and FirstBank, Texarkana, Texas.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President)
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. Ned S. Holmes, Houston, Texas; to acquire an additional 3.24
percent, for a total of 17.65 percent, of the voting shares of
Commercial Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly
acquire Heritage Bank, Wharton, Texas.
2. Rayford Holley Reily, Groveton, Texas; to acquire an additional
5 percent, for a total of 28.82 percent, of the voting shares of
Citizens State Financial Corporation, Corrigan, Texas, and thereby
indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank, Corrigan, Texas, and First
Bank, Groveton, Texas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 30,
1996.
William W. Wiles
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-22743 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
