[Federal Register: July 13, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 133)]
[Notices]
[Page 40364-40365]
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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
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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 August 8, 2005.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
1. Salem Five Bancorp, Salem, Massachusetts; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Salem
Five Cents Savings Bank, Salem, Massachusetts.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
1. Commerce Financial Holdings, Inc., Cedarburg, Wisconsin; to
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Commerce State Bank, West Bend, Wisconsin.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
1. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas; to merge with Mountain
View Bancshares, Inc., Mountain View, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly
acquire Bank of Mountain View, Mountain View, Arkansas.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480-0291:
1. Vision Bancshares, Inc., St. Louis Park, Minnesota; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Vision Bank, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Comments regarding this
application should be received not later than July 28, 2005.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 8, 2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-13770 Filed 7-12-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S