26206 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 88 / Friday, May 5, 2000 / Notices

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 1, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–11188 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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 or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than May 22,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Robert and Michelle Sullivan, and

Michael and Nancy Van Cleef, all of

Carleton, Nebraska; to acquire voting

shares of Carleton Agency, Inc.,

Carleton, Nebraska, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of

Citizens State Bank, Carleton, Nebraska.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 2, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–11292 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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 May 30, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President),

411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. First Banks, Inc., St. Louis,

Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Bank of Ventura,

Ventura, California.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President), 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Citizens Financial Corporation,

Cortez, Colorado; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of The

Citizens State Bank of Cortez, Cortez,

Colorado.

2. Cortez Investment Co., Cortez,

Colorado; to acquire 50 percent of the

voting shares of Citizens Financial

Corporation, Cortez, Colorado, which

will acquire The Citizens State Bank of

Cortez, Cortez, Colorado.

3. Vail Banks, Inc., Vail, Colorado; to

merge with Estes Bank Corporation,

Estes Park, Colorado; and thereby

acquire United Valley Bank, Estes Park,

Colorado.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group), 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Amplicon, Inc., Santa Ana,

California; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Hutton National Bank,

Santa Ana, California (in organization).

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to continue

to engage directly in the activities of

personal property leasing or acting as

agent, broker or advisor in leasing

personal property, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(3)of Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 1, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–11187 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

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 June 1, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior

Vice President) 100 North 6th Street,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105–

1521:

1. Sterling Financial Corporation,

Lancaster, Pennsylvania; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of and

thereby merge with Hanover Bancorp,

Inc., Hanover, Pennsylvania, and