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[Federal Register: January 11, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 8)]
[Notices]               
[Page 1481-1482]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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

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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 <A HREF="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/">www.ffiec.gov/nic/</A>.
    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 February 4, 2002.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Susan Zubradt, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Lauritzen Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; to acquire 1.54 percent, 
for a total of 23.03 percent, of the voting shares of First National of 
Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire 
additional interest in First National Bank of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; 
First National Bank, North Platte, Nebraska; Platte Valley State Bank & 
Trust Co., Kearney, Nebraska; Fremont National Bank & Trust Co., 
Fremont, Nebraska; First National Bank & Trust Company, Columbus, 
Nebraska; First National Bank, Overland Park, Kansas; First National 
Bank South Dakota, Yankton, South Dakota; First National of Colorado, 
Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, First National Bank, Fort Collins, 
Colorado; Union Colony Bank, Greeley, Colorado; First National Bank of 
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; First National of Illinois, Inc., Omaha, 
Nebraska, and Castle Bank, N.A., DeKalb, Illinois.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 7, 
2002.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 02-686 Filed 1-10-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-02-S

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