34182 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 103 / Friday, May 26, 2000 / Notices

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Michael J. Armstrong,

Associate Director for Mitigation.

[FR Doc. 00–13326 Filed 5–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–04–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 19, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045–0001:

1. Australia and New Zealand

Banking Group Limited, Melbourne,

Australia; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Amerika Samoa

Bank, Pago Pago, American Samoa.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Lafayette Community Bancorp,

Lafayette, Indiana; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Lafayette

Community Bank (in organization),

Lafayette, Indiana.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri

63166–2034:

1. Arvest Bank Group, Inc.,

Bentonville, Arkansas, and its

subsidiary, First Bancshares,

Incorporated, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; to

retain 100 percent of the voting shares

of State Bank and Trust, Tulsa,

Oklahoma, following it’s conversion to

a state chartered bank.

2. Heritage Group, Inc., Aurora,

Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of City National Bank and

Trust Company, Hastings, Nebraska.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 22, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–13255 Filed 5–25–00; 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 9,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervision)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101–2566:

1. Gary Arthur Rubel and Nancy Sue

Rubel, both of Englewood, Florida; to

acquire voting shares of CNB Bancorp,

Inc., Woodsfield, Ohio, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of

Citizens National Bank of Woodsfield,

Woodsfield, Ohio.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 22, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board

[FR Doc. 00–13256 Filed 5–25–00; 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 9, 2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. First Gothenburg Bancshares, Inc.,

Gothenburg, Nebraska; Nebraska

Bankshares, Inc., Gothenburg, Nebraska;

and Stamford Banco, Inc., Stamford,

Nebraska; to acquire First Gothenburg

Bancshares, Inc., Gothenburg, Nebraska,

through Cook Management, Inc.,

Gothenburg, Nebraska, and thereby

engage in general insurance activities in

a town of less than 5,000 in population,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(11)(iii) of

Regulation Y.