[Federal Register: March 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 51)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13031]
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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. 
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 11, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Jones County Bancshares, Inc., Laurel, Mississippi; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Bank of Jones County, Laurel, Mississippi.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. iTeam Companies, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Bank 
of Kenney, Kenney, Illinois.
    In addition, Applicant also has applied to acquire iStream 
Companies, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin, and thereby engage in data 
processing activities, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(14)(i) of 
Regulation Y.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community 
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Fayette Bancorp, Inc., Hickory Valley, Tennessee; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring at least 50 percent of Mason Bancorp, 
Inc., Hickory Valley, Tennessee, and thereby indirectly acquire The 
Bank of Mason, Mason, Tennessee.
    2. Mason Bancorp, Inc., Hickory Valley, Tennessee; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the Bank of Mason, Mason, 
Tennessee.
    3. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas; to merge with Marine 
Bancorp, Inc., Marathon, Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire voting 
shares of Marine Bank of the Florida Keys, Marathon, Florida.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 11, 
2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-5271 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]

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