Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 61 / Monday, March 31, 1997 / Notices 15185

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 April 24, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Seacoast Banking Corporation of

Florida, Stuart, Florida; to merge with

Port St. Lucie National Bank Holding

Corporation, Port St. Lucie, Florida, and

thereby indirectly acquire Port St. Lucie

National Bank, Port St. Lucie, Florida.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Spirit Mortgage Company, Port St.

Lucie, Florida, and thereby engage in

making, acquiring, or servicing loans or

other extensions of credit, pursuant to §

225.25(b)(1)(iii) of the Board’s

Regulation Y. The proposed activity will

be conducted throughout the State of

Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Adams Bancshares, Inc., Employee

Stock Ownership Plan, Adams,

Minnesota; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 30.02 percent of

the voting shares of Adams Bancshares,

Inc., Adams, Minnesota, and thereby

indirectly acquire Farmers State Bank of

Adams, Adams, Minnesota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 25, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8001 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation

Y, (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo,

or to acquire or control voting securities

or assets of a company that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.25 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.25) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

Once the notice 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

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding the applications must be

received at the Reserve Bank indicated

or the offices of the Board of Governors

not later than April 14, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Robert M. Brady, Vice President) 600

Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

02106-2204:

1. Vermont Financial Services Corp.,

Brattleboro, Vermont; to merge with

Eastern Bancorp, Inc., Dover, New

Hampshire, and thereby engage in

operating a savings association,

Vermont Federal Bank, FSB, Williston,

Vermont, pursuant to § 225.25(b)(19) of

the Board’s Regulation Y. In connection

with this application, Vermont

Financial Services Corp., will be the

survivor as a result of this merger.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 25, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8002 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

Government in the Sunshine Act

Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: 62 FR 14431, March 26,

1997.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

THE MEETING: 11:00 a.m., Monday, March

31, 1997.

CHANGES IN THE MEETING: One of the

items announced for inclusion at this

meeting was consideration of any

agenda items carried forward from a

previous meeting; the following such

closed item(s) was added: Federal

Reserve System compensation policy

matters. (This item was originally

announced for a closed meeting on

March 26, 1997.)

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204.

Dated: March 26, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8156 Filed 3–26–97; 4:30 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Delegation of Authority To Disclose

Certain Materials to Other Government

Agencies

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Delegation of Authority.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1961, 26

FR 6191, that the Commission has

delegated to the Directors of the Bureaus

of Competition and Consumer

Protection the authority to disclose, to

federal, state, local and foreign

government agencies: (1) materials from

submitters who consent to disclosure;

and (2) complaints received from

consumers who did not request

confidentiality when disclosure of such

complaints is needed to obtain

information in a Commission

investigation or is made in connection

with the enforcement of a statute, rule

or order by the receiving agency. If the

Commission would not (without the

submitter’s consent) freely disclose a