[Federal Register: July 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 130)]
[Notices]               
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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

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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 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 July 30, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. North Fork Bancorporation, Inc., Melville, New York; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of North Fork Bank, Melville, New 
York, and thereby indirectly acquire Commercial Bank of New York, New 
York, New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Piper Holdings, Inc., Covington, Indiana; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The 
Fountain Trust Company, Covington, Indiana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Live Oak Financial Corp., Dallas, Texas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Live 
Oak Delaware Financial Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Live Oak State Bank, Dallas, Texas (in 
organization).
    2. Live Oak Delaware Financial Corp., Wilmington, Delaware; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Live Oak State Bank, Dallas, Texas (in organization).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 29, 2001.
Robert deV. Frierson
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-16870 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S