[Federal Register: October 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 200)] [Notices] [Page 61059-61060] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17oc06-107] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Web site 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 November 9, 2006. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: 1. Central Financial Holdings, Inc., Tampa, Florida; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Central Bank, Tampa, Florida (in organization). 2. Heywood Bancshares, Inc., Northfield, Minnesota; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank of Northfield, Northfield, Minnesota. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. United Bancorporation, Osseo, Wisconsin; to merge with Midwest [[Page 61060]] Bancorporation, Billings, Montana, and thereby indirectly acquire Clarke County State Bank, Osceola, Iowa, Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Iroquois, South Dakota, and Farmers State Bank, Stickney, South Dakota. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 12, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-17194 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S