2160 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 10 / Wednesday, January 15, 1997 / Notices

Dated: January 9, 1997.

By order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–920 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

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,

including whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company can ‘‘reasonably

be expected to produce benefits to the

public, such as greater convenience,

increased competition, or gains in

efficiency, that outweigh possible

adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing must be accompanied by a

statement of the reasons a written

presentation would not suffice in lieu of

a hearing, identifying specifically any

questions of fact that are in dispute,

summarizing the evidence that would

be presented at a hearing, and indicating

how the party commenting would be

aggrieved by approval of the proposal.

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 February 10,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

(R. Chris Moore, Senior Vice President)

1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio

44101:

1. Park National Corporation,

Newark, Ohio; to merge with First Knox

Banc Corp., Mount Vernon, Ohio, and

thereby indirectly acquire The First

Knox National Bank of Mt. Vernon,

Mount Vernon, Ohio, and The Farmers

& Savings Bank, Loudonville, Ohio.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. FCFT, Inc., Princeton, West

Virginia; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Blue Ridge Bank,

Sparta, North Carolina.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,

Director, Bank Holding Company) 101

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105:

1. Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake

City, Utah; merge with Aspen

Bancshares, Inc., Aspen, Colorado, and

thereby indirectly acquire Pitkin County

Bank and Trust Company, Aspen,

Colorado, and Valley National Bank of

Cortez, Cortez, Colorado. Applicant has

also applied to acquire 19.9 percent of

the voting shares of Aspen.

In connection with this application,

Applicant has also applied to acquire

Centennial Savings Bank, F.S.B.,

Durango, Colorado, and thereby engage

in operating a savings association,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(9) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 9, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–991 Filed 1–14–97; 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, including whether

consummation of the proposal can

‘‘reasonably be expected to produce

benefits to the public, such as greater

convenience, increased competition, or

gains in efficiency, that outweigh

possible adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing on this question must be

accompanied by a statement of the

reasons a written presentation would

not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identifying specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing, and indicating how the party

commenting would be aggrieved by

approval of the proposal.

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 January 30, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior

Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New

York, New York 10045:

1. Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt

(Main), Federal Republic of Germany; to

engage de novo through its subsidiary,

German American Capital, Corp., New

York, New York, and thereby indirectly

acquire TransAtlantic Capital Company,

L.L.C., New York, New York, in

commercial real estate mortgage loan

origination activities, pursuant to §§

225.25(b)(1)(ii) and (b)(1)(iv) of the

Board’s Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 9, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–990 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F