Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 61841

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

November 5, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Patrick Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Rebecca Ann Ritchey, Wichita, 

Kansas; Gregory and Anne Ritchey, 

Shenandoah, Iowa; and Michael Bauer, 

Shenandoah, Iowa; to acquire voting 

shares of CNB Corp., Shenandoah, Iowa, 

and thereby indirectly voting shares of 

City National Bank of Shenandoah, 

Shenandoah, Iowa.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 18, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–23607 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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 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 November 15, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Jay Bernstein, Bank Supervision 

Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045–0001:

1. The Toronto–Dominion Bank, 

Toronto, Ontario; to acquire at least 51 

percent of the voting shares of 

Banknorth Group, Inc., Portland, Maine, 

and thereby indirectly acquire voting 

shares of Banknorth, National 

Association, Portland, Maine.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Citizens Bancshares, Co., 

Chillicothe, Missouri; to acquire 12 

percent of the voting shares of First 

Community Bancshares, Inc., Overland 

Park, Kansas, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of First 

Community Bank, Lee’s Summit, 

Missouri.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–1579:

1. Franklin Resources, Inc., San 

Mateo, California; to acquire 14 percent 

of Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc., Fort 

Collins, Colorado, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of 

Centennial Bank of the West, Fort 

Collins, Colorado; Guaranty 

Corporation, Denver, Colorado; 

Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, 

Denver, Colorado; The First National 

Bank of Strasburg, Strasburg, Colorado; 

and Collegiate Peaks Bank, Buena Vista, 

Colorado.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 15, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–23555 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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 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 November 15, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105–

1521:

1. Abington Mutual Holding 

Company, and Abington Community 

Bancorp, Inc., both of Jenkintown, 

Pennsylvania; to become bank holding 

companies by acquiring 100 percent of 

the voting shares of Abington Savings 

Bank, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411