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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 30, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervision)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101–2566:

1. First State Bancshares, Inc.,

Middlesboro, Kentucky; to acquire

LexBanc Corporation, Lexington,

Kentucky, and thereby indirectly

acquire Lexington Bank, FSB,

Lexington, Kentucky, and thereby

engage in permissible savings

association activities, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(4) of Regulation Y.

Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than June 8,

2000.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Area Bancshares Corporation,

Owensboro, Kentucky; to acquire Area

Trust Company, and thereby engage in

the operation of a trust company,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(5) of Regulation

Y.

2. Lima Bancshares, Inc., Lima,

Illinois; to retain voting shares of East

Dubuque Bancshares, Inc., East

Dubuque, Illinois, and its subsidiary,

East Dubuque Savings Bank, East

Dubuque, Illinois, and thereby engage in

operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(4) of Regulation

Y. Comments regarding this application

must be received not later than June 8,

2000.

3. Summit Bancorp, Inc.,

Arkadelphia, Arkansas; to engage de

novo through its subsidiary, Summit

Residential Services, Inc., Arkadelphia,

Arkansas, in community development

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(12) of

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 9, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12060 Filed 5–12–00; 8:45 am]

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Irwin Union Bank & Trust Company,

Columbus, Indiana; a De Novo

Corporation To Do Business Under

Section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act

An application has been submitted for

the Board’s approval of the organization

of a corporation to do business under

section 25A of the Federal Reserve Act

(Edge Corporation) 12 U.S.C. 611 et seq.

The factors that are to be considered in

acting on the application are set forth in

the Board’s Regulation K (12 CFR

211.4).

The application may by inspected at

the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago or

at the Board of Governors. Any

comment on an application that

requests a hearing must include a

statement of why a written presentation

would not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identify specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, and summarize

the evidence that would be presented at

a hearing.

Comments regarding the application

must be received by the Reserve Bank

indicated or at the offices of the Board

of Governors not later than June 13,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Irwin Union Bank & Trust

Company, Columbus, Indiana; to

establish Irwin International

Corporation, Columbus, Indiana, which

will acquire 78 percent of the

outstanding voting securities of Onset

Capital Corporation, Vancouver,

Canada, and thereby engage in leasing

real or personal property, pursuant to

§ 25A of the Federal Reserve Act.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 9, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12061 Filed 5–12–00; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, May

18, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

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Granting of Request for Early

Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification

Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvements Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General advance notice and to wait

designated periods before

consummation of such plans. Section

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,

in individual cases, to terminate this

waiting period prior to its expiration

and requires that notice of this action be

published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were

granted early termination of the waiting