[Federal Register: December 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 238)]
[Notices]               
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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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). 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 January 6, 2000.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Associated Community Bancorp, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of The Greenwich Bank & Trust Company, Greenwich, Connecticut, 
and Westport National Bank, Westport, Connecticut.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia Goodwin, Vice 
President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Whitney Holding Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Branson Bancshares, Inc., Branson, Missouri; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Branson Bank, Branson, Missouri (in organization).
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

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Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Hunter Holding Company, Hunter, North Dakota; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Coteau Hills Company, Gackle, North 
Dakota, and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank of Gackle, 
Gackle, North Dakota.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 7, 
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-32142 Filed 12-10-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F