[Federal Register: December 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 245)] [Notices] [Page 78000] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr20de02-60] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic . 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 January 13, 2003. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: 1. Financial Investors of the South, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama; to acquire up to 15 percent of the voting shares of Consumer National Bank, Jackson, Mississippi. B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034: 1. Lea M. McMullan Trust, and Citizens Union Bancorp of Shelbyville, Inc., both of Shelbyville, Kentucky; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of LaRue Bancshares, Inc., Hodgenville, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Peoples State Bank, Hodgenville, Kentucky. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Susan Zubradt, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. Hometown Banc Corp, Grand Island, Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Five Points Bank of Hastings, Hastings, Nebraska (formerly known as Hometown Bank, Hastings, Nebraska). Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 16, 2002. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 02-32003 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S