[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25895]


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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 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 December 17, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Saladrigas Holdings, LP, Miami, Florida; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Premier American Bank, Miami, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Royal Financial, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Royal 
Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. First Bankshares of Las Animas, Inc., Las Animas, Colorado; to 
acquire 9.0 percent of the voting shares of Southern Colorado National 
Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Southern 
Colorado National Bank, both of Pueblo, Colorado.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. MNB Ventures, Inc., Mercedes, Texas; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Mercedes 
Bancorp, Inc., Mercedes, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Mercedes 
Delaware Financial Corporation, Dover, Delaware, and Mercedes National 
Bank, Mercedes, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 17, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-25895 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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