30410 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 92 / Thursday, May 11, 2000 / Notices

acquire additional voting shares of

Guaranty Bank & Trust Company of

Delhi, Delhi, Louisiana.

Dated: Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, May 5, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–11783 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 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 offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice of to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than May 26,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. Francis O. Bourg, Jr., Francis O.

Bourg, III, Augustine Bourg Taylor,

Josephine Bourg Junot, and Dean Paul

Chauvin, Jr., (collectively) Houma,

Louisiana; to acquire additional voting

shares of South Louisiana Financial

Corporation, Houma, Louisiana, and

thereby indirectly acquire additional

voting shares of South Louisiana Bank,

Houma, Louisiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 8, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–11880 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

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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 June 5, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303–2713:

1. City Savings Bancshares, Inc.,

Deridder, Louisiana; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of City

Savings Bank & Trust Company,

Deridder, Louisiana.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Nebraska Bankshares, Inc., Farnam,

Nebraska; Stockmens Financial

Corporation, Rushville, Nebraska; and

Stamford Banco., Inc., Stamford,

Nebraska; to each buy more than 10

percent of the voting shares of First

Gothenburg Bancshares, Inc.,

Gothenburg, Nebraska, and thereby

indirectly acquire First State Bank,

Gothenburg, Nebraska.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. Plains Bancorp, Inc., Lubbock,

Texas; to merge with Sudan Bancshares,

Inc., Sudan, Texas, and thereby

indirectly acquire First National Bank,

Sudan, Texas.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Pacific Capital Bancorp, Santa

Barbara, California; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of San

Benito Bank, Hollister, California.

2. Westamerica Bancorporation, San

Rafael, California; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of First

Counties Bank, Clearlake, California.

3. Pacific Capital Bancorp, Santa

Barbara, California; to merge with Los

Robles Bancorp, Thousand Oaks,

California, and thereby indirectly

acquire Los Robles Bank, Thousand

Oaks, California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 5, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–11784 Filed 5–10–00; 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 May 26, 2000.