[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55402-55403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28267]


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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

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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 November 20, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Gulf Coast Bancorp, Inc., Port Charlotte, Florida; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Gulf Coast Community Bank, N.A., Port Charlotte, Florida (in 
organization).
    2. Skylake Bankshares, Inc., North Miami Beach, Florida; to merge 
with Kislak Financial Corporation, Miami Lakes, Florida, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Kislak National Bank, North Miami, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. MNB Bancshares, Inc., Manhattan, Kansas; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Freedom Bancshares, Inc., Osage City, Kansas, 
and thereby indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank, Osage City, Kansas.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Wills Point Financial Corporation, Wills Point, Texas; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Citizens National Bank of Wills Point, Wills Point, Texas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of 
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Pedcor Bancorp, Indianapolis, Indiana; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 80.9 percent of the voting shares of International 
City Bank, N.A., Long Beach, California.
    2. Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah; to merge with Vectra 
Bancorporation, Denver, Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire Vectra 
Bank, Denver, Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 21, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-28267 Filed 10-23-97; 8:45 am]
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