Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 99 / Monday, May 22, 2000 / Notices 32099

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology; and

e. Estimates of capital or start up costs

and costs of operation, maintenance,

and purchase of services to provide

information.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be shared among the

agencies and will be summarized or

included in the agencies’ requests for

OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Written comments should address the

accuracy of the burden estimates and

ways to minimize burden including the

use of automated collection techniques

or the use of other forms of information

technology as well as other relevant

aspects of the information collection

request.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 16, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12706 Filed 5–19–00; 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 June 5,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Ann Doolin Adcock, Dumas,

Arkansas; to acquire additional voting

shares of M & F Financial Corporation,

Dumas, Arkansas, and thereby

indirectly acquire additional voting

shares of Merchants and Farmers Bank,

Dumas, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 16, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12707 Filed 5–19–00; 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 15, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. Northwest Bancorporation, Inc.,

Houston, Texas; to merge with Redstone

Bancorporation, Inc., Houston, Texas,

and thereby indirectly acquire Redstone

Bank, N. A., Houston, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 16, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–12709 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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 June 5, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. National Bank of Greece, S.A.,

Athens, Greece; to acquire NBG Asset

Management Inc. and NBG Securities

Inc., both of New York, New York, and

thereby indirectly acquire through NBG

International Limited, London, England,

indirect control of Newbrook Group

LLC, New Brook Capital Management,

Inc., Newbrook Capital Management

LLC, and Newbrook Securities LLC, and

thereby engage in investment advisory

activities, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of

Regulation Y; brokerage, riskless

principal, and private placement

activities, pursuant to §§ 225.28(b)(7)(i),

(ii) and (iii) of Regulation Y,

respectively; and private investment

fund activities, including acting as a

commodity pool operator for and

controlling private investment funds

that invest solely in assets that a bank

holding company is permitted to hold