[Federal Register: March 9, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 45)]
[Notices]
[Page 11661-11662]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr09mr05-82]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 April 4, 2005.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President)
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
1. Capital City Bank Group, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida; to merge
with First Alachua Banking Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire
First National Bank of Alachua, Alachua, Florida.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
1. Community First Bancshares, Inc., Harrison, Arkansas; to acquire
20 percent of the voting shares of White River Bancshares Company,
Fayetteville, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Signature Bank
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly First Bank of South
Arkansas, Camden, Arkansas).
2. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas; to acquire 20 percent
of the voting shares of White River Bancshares Company, Fayetteville,
Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Signature Bank of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly First Bank of South Arkansas, Camden,
Arkansas).
3. White River Bancshares Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas; to
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly
First Bank of South Arkansas, Camden, Arkansas).
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
1. BOTS, Inc., Topeka, Kansas; to become a bank holding company by
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of VisionBank, Topeka,
Kansas (in organization).
2. Young Partners, L.P., and Young Corporation, both of
Chillicothe, Missouri, to indirectly acquire, and Citizens Bancshares
Co., Chillicothe, Missouri, to directly acquire an additional 11.6
percent, for a total of 23.3 percent of the voting shares of First
Community Bancshares, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, and thereby
indirectly acquire First Community Bank, Lee's Summit, Missouri.
3. Young Partners, L.P., and Young Corporation, both of
Chillicothe, Missouri, to indirectly acquire, and Citizens Bancshares
Co., Chillicothe, Missouri, to directly acquire an additional 2
percent, for a total of 6.95 percent of the voting shares of Clayco
Banc Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of CSB
Bank, both in Claycomo, Missouri.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director,
Regional and Community Bank Group)
[[Page 11662]]
101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
1. FNB Bancorp, South San Francisco, California; to acquire 100
percent of the voting shares of Sequoia National Bank, San Francisco,
California.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 3, 2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-4544 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S