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[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63385-63386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24296]

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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

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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 26, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Webster Financial Corporation, and Webster Bank, National 
Association, both of Waterbury, Connecticut; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Eastern Wisconsin Bancshares, Inc., Howards Grove, 
Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank of Howards Grove, 
Howards Grove, Wisconsin.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Independent Bancshares, Inc., Clarkfield, Minnesota; to merge 
with Clarkfield Holding Company, Clarkfield, Minnesota, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Clarkfield, 
Clarkfield, Minnesota.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. First Live Oak Bancshares, Inc., Three Rivers, Texas, and First 
Live Oak Delaware Bancshares, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to become 
bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of First State Bank, 
Three Rivers, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 26, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-24296 Filed 10-29-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S
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