[Federal Register: November 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 218)] [Notices] [Page 66171-66172] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr13no06-36] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 December 7, 2006. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: 1. Business First Bancshares, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the outstanding voting shares of Business First Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 2. FNBC Financial Corporation, Crestview, Florida; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the outstanding voting shares of First National Bank of Crestview, Crestview, Florida. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 1. Capitol Bancorp, Ltd., Capitol Development Bancorp Limited VI, and Capitol Bancorp Colorado Ltd II, all in Lansing, Michigan, to acquire 51 percent of the voting shares of Larimer Commerce Bank (in organization), Fort Collins, Colorado. In connection with this application, Capitol Bancorp Colorado Ltd II, Lansing, Michigan, has applied to become a bank holding company by acquiring Larimer Commerce Bank, Fort Collins, Colorado. C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. Pacific Premier Bancorp, Costa Mesa, California; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 [[Page 66172]] percent of the voting shares of Pacific Premier Bank, Costa Mesa, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 7, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-19092 Filed 11-9-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S