[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69018-69019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29169]


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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

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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 December 11, 2000.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer), 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-
2204:
    1. FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts; to 
merge with and acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Summit 
Bancorp, Princeton, New Jersey, and thereby indirectly acquire Summit 
Bank, Hackensack, New Jersey; Summit Bank, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; and 
Summit Bank, Norwalk, Connecticut.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President), 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Sooner Southwest Bankshares, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bancorporation 
of Heavener, Inc., Heavener, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire 
First National Bank, Heavener, Oklahoma.
    2. Heritage Group, Inc., Aurora, Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Heritage Bank, N.A., Doniphan, Nebraska, a de 
novo bank.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President), 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Mason National Bancshares, Inc., Mason, Texas, and Mason 
National Bancshares of Nevada, Inc., Carson City, Nevada; to become 
bank holding companies by acquiring Mason National Bank, Mason, Texas.
    2. Shelby Bancshares, Inc., Center, Texas, and Shelby Bancshares of 
Nevada, Inc., Carson City, Nevada; to become bank holding companies by 
acquiring Shelby Savings Bank, SSB, Center, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 8, 
2000.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-29169 Filed 11-14-00; 8:45 am]
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