Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 10, 1997 / Notices 47669

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

September 24, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. James Homer Shields, III, London,

England; to acquire an additional 2.84

percent, for a total of 11.49 percent, of

the voting shares of Sebastian

Bankshares, Inc., Barling, Arkansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire River Valley

Bank and Trust, Lavaca, Arkansas.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Judy Noe Myers, Dallas, Texas; to

retain a total of 14.82 percent of the

voting shares of Rusk County

Bancshares, Inc., Henderson, Texas, and

thereby indirectly retain Peoples State

Bank, Henderson, Texas.

2. Carmen P. Smith Family Limited

Partnership; Carmen P. Smith; and

Peggie J. Woodruff, as General Partners,

all of Wichita Falls, Texas; to acquire

14.61 percent of the voting shares of

AmeriBancShares, Inc., Wichita Falls,

Texas, and AmeriBancShares of

Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware,

and thereby indirectly acquire American

National Bank, Wichita Falls, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–23864 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

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.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

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 October 3,

1997.

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 Canada,

Montreal, Canada, and NatBC Holding

Corporation, Hollywood, Florida; to

become bank holding companies by

acquiring 100 percent of the voting

shares of Natbank, N.A., Hollywood,

Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire

Natbank, N.A. (the proposed National

Bank successor to Natbank, F.S.B.).

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Union Planters Corporation,

Memphis, Tennessee; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Capital

Bancorp, Miami, Florida, and thereby

indirectly acquire Capital Bank, Miami,

Florida.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Paradigm Bancorporation, Inc.,

Houston, Texas, and Paradigm Delaware

Bancorporation, Inc., Dover, Delaware;

to acquire 100 percent of the voting

shares of First National Bank of Dayton,

Dayton, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, September 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–23863 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[File No. 962–3004]

London International Group, Inc.;

Analysis To Aid Public Comment

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Proposed consent agreement.

SUMMARY: The consent agreement in this

matter settles alleged violations of

federal law prohibiting unfair or

deceptive acts or practices or unfair

methods of competition. The attached

Analysis to Aid Public Comment

describes both the allegations in the

draft complaint that accompanies the

consent agreement and the terms of the

consent order—embodied in the consent

agreement—that would settle these

allegations.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before November 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: FTC/Office of the Secretary,

Room 159, 6th St. and Pa. Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey A. Klurfeld, Federal Trade

Commission, San Francisco Regional

Office, 901 Market Street, Suite 570,

San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 356–

5270.

Linda K. Badger, Federal Trade

Commission, San Francisco Regional

Office, 901 Market Street, Suite 570,

San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 356–

5275.

Kerry O’Brien, Federal Trade

Commission, San Francisco Regional

Office, 901 Market Street, Suite 570,

San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 356–

5289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 6(f) of the Federal Trade

Commission Act, 38 Stat. 721, 15 U.S.C.

46, and Section 2.34 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice (16 CFR

2.34), notice is hereby given that the

above-captioned consent agreement