69370 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee meeting on September 21, 2004, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, D.C. 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report.

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 23, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 

63166–2034:

1. Community First Bancshares, Inc., 

Harrison, Arkansas; to acquire 20 

percent of the voting shares of White 

River Bancshares Company, 

Fayetteville, Arkansas (in organization), 

and thereby indirectly acquire voting 

shares of Signature Bank of Arkansas, 

Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly First 

Bank of South Arkansas, Camden, 

Arkansas).

2. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, 

Arkansas; to acquire 20 percent of the 

voting shares of White River Bancshares 

Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas (in 

organization), and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Signature Bank 

of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 

(formerly First Bank of South Arkansas, 

Camden, Arkansas).

3. White River Bancshares Company, 

Fayetteville, Arkansas; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Signature 

Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 

Arkansas (formerly First Bank of South 

Arkansas, Camden, Arkansas).

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 23, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26327 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. 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 the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than December 13, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–1579:

1. The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi, 

Ltd., and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial 

Group, Inc., both of Tokyo, Japan; to 

acquire UFJ Futures, L.L.C., Chicago, 

Illinois, and Central Leasing (U.S.A.), 

Inc., Florence, Kentucky, and thereby 

engage in the finance leasing of 

equipment, pursuant to section 

225.28(b)(3), the execution and 

clearance of futures and options 

contractsand other transactional 

services, pursuant to section 225.28 

(b)(7) of Regulation Y.

In addition, Mitsubishi Trust & 

Banking Corporation (U.S.A.), New 

York, New York, and Mitsubishi Tokyo 

Financial Group, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, has 

applied to acquire UFJ Trust Company 

of New York, New York, and thereby 

engage in providing trust services on a 

national and international basis, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(5) of 

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 22, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26284 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am]

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Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of 

September 21, 2004

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 21, 2004.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long–run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with increasing the federal 

funds rate to an average of around 1–3/

4 percent.

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, November 18, 2004.

Vincent R. Reinhart,

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee.

[FR Doc. 04–26285 Field 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

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GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION

[OMB Control No. 3090–0246]

General Services Administration 

Regulation; Information Collection; 

Packing List Clause

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition 

Officer, GSA.