Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 209 / Friday, October 27, 2000 / Notices 64445

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice

President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261–4528:

1. James L. Pitrolo, Jr., John B. Pitrolo,

Janice M. Cota, and Joyce E. Keefover;

all of Mannington, West Virginia; to

acquire additional voting shares of

Heritage Bancshares, Inc., Mannington,

West Virginia, and thereby indirectly

acquire additional voting shares of First

Exchange Bank, Mannington, West

Virginia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 24, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–27676 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–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 November 20,

2000.

A. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS

(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–

2272:

1. OSB Delaware Financial Services,

Inc., Dover, Delaware, and OSB

Financial Services, Inc., Orange, Texas;

to become bank holding companies by

acquiring 100 percent of the voting

shares of Orange Savings Bank, SSB,

Orange, Texas.

2. Southwest Bancorporation of

Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas, and

Southwest Holding Delaware,

Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with

Citizens Bankers, Inc., Baytown, Texas,

and Citizens Bankers of Delaware, Inc.,

Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of

Citizens Bank and Trust Company of

Baytown, Texas, Baytown, Texas;

Baytown State Bank, Baytown, Texas;

Pasadena State Bank, Pasadena, Texas;

and First National Bank of Bay City, Bay

City, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 23, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–27606 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–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 November 24,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Mid-Iowa BancShares, Co., Algona,

Iowa; to merge with Ruthven

Investment, Ltd., Ruthven, Iowa, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of Ruthven State Bank, Ruthven, Iowa.

2. First Bancorp of Taylorville, Inc.,

Taylorville, Illinois; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of The First

National Bank of Mt. Auburn, Mt.

Auburn, Illinois.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer

Regulation Group) 101 Market Street,

San Francisco, California 94105–1579:

1. Humboldt Bancorp, Eureka,

California; to merge with Tehama

Bancorp, Red Bluff, California, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of Tehama Bank, Red Bluff, California.

2. New Corporation, Oakland,

California; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Met Financial

Corporation, Oakland, California, and

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares

of Metropolitan Bank, Oakland,

California.

3. UFJ Holdings, Inc. (in formation),

Osaka, Japan; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of The Sanwa Bank,

Limited, Osaka, Japan, and thereby

indirectly acquire Sanwa Bank

California, San Francisco, California,

and The Tokai Bank, Limited, Nagoya,

Japan, and thereby acquire Tokai Bank

of California, Los Angeles, California.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Sanwa Financial Products Co., L.L.C,

New York, New York, and thereby

engage in derivative product

transactions as an originator and as a

principal, pursuant to § 225.28(b)(7) of

Regulation Y; and thereby indirectly

acquire Sanwa Futures, L.L.C, Chicago,

Illinois, and thereby engage in the

execution and clearance, on various

futures exchanges, of futures and

options contracts, pursuant to

§ 225.28(b)(7) of Regulation Y; Sanwa

Universal Securities Co., L.L.C., New

York, New York, and thereby engage in

broker dealer activities and to a limited