Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 27, 2007 / Notices 8733 

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 March 23, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York (Anne McEwen, Financial 

Specialist) 33 Liberty Street, New York, 

New York 10045–0001: 

1. Amboy Bancorporation Employee 

Stock Ownership Plan, Old Bridge, New 

Jersey; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring up to 26 percent 

of the voting shares of Amboy 

Bancorporation, and thereby indirectly 

acquire Amboy National Bank, both of 

Old Bridge, New Jersey. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. American United Bancorp, Inc., 

Lawrenceville, Georgia; to become a 

bank holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of American 

United Bank, Lawrenceville, Georgia. 

2. Calusa Financial Corporation, 

Punta Gorda, Florida; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Calusa 

National Bank, Punta Gorda, Florida (in 

organization). 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. Associated Banc–Corp, Green Bay, 

Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of First National Bank of 

Hudson, Woodbury, Minnesota. 

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Pinnacle Bancorp, Inc., Central 

City, Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of 

the voting shares of Farmers and 

Merchants Bank, Imperial, Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 21, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3245 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 March 23, 

2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 

(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs 

Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63166-2034: 

1. Central Bancompany, Inc., Jefferson 

City, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of 

the voting shares of Gardner Bancorp, 

Inc., Gardner, Kansas, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of First 

Kansas Bank and Trust Company, 

Gardner, Kansas. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. Lauritzen Corporation, First 

National of Nebraska, Inc., and First 

National of Illinois, Inc., all of Omaha, 

Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of the 

voting shares of First Marengo Financial 

Corporation, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of First National 

Bank of Marengo, both in Marengo, 

Illinois. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 22, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–3312 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 


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