[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4183]


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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. Once the application has been accepted 
for processing, it will also 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 March 17, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. NationsBank Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, and NB 
Holdings Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; to retain 7.98 percent 
of the voting shares of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc., Berlin, 
Maryland, and thereby indirectly retain Calvin B. Taylor Banking 
Company of Berlin, Maryland, Berlin, Maryland.
    In connection with this application, Applicants have also applied 
to retain 13.03 percent of the votings shares of First Perry Bancorp, 
Inc., Pinckneyville, Illinois, and thereby indirectly retain First 
National Bank in Pinckneyville, Pinckneyville, Illinois.
    In addition to this application, Applicants have also applied to 
retain 15.43 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank in 
Falfurrias, Falfurrias, Texas.
    In addition to this application, Applicants have also applied to 
retain 15.52 percent of the voting shares of First National Security 
Company, De Queen, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly retain Bank of 
Ashdown, NA, Ashdown, Arkansas; First National Bank of Howard County, 
Dierks, Arkansas; Citizens National Bank, Nashville, Arkansas; Bank of 
Waldron, Waldron, Arkansas; American State Bank, Broken Bow, Oklahoma; 
and First National Bank of De Queen, De Queen, Arkansas.
    In addition to this application, Applicants have also applied to 
retain 15.52 percent of the voting shares of First National Security 
Company, De Queen, Arkansas, and therby indirectly retain First 
National Bancshares of Hempstead County, Inc., Hope, Arkansas; First 
National Bank of Hope, Hope, Arkansas; Bank of Blevins, Blevins, 
Arkansas; and First National Bank of Lewisville, Lewisville, Arkansas. 
NationsBank has applied to retain all of these shares held in its 
fiduciary capacity.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 14, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-4183 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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