3592 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2001 / Notices

By the Federal Housing Finance Board.

James L. Bothwell,

Managing Director.

[FR Doc. 01–382 Filed 1–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6725–01–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 February 8,

2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Admiral Family Banks, Inc., Alsip,

Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Federated Bancorp,

Inc., Loda, Illinois, and thereby

indirectly acquire voting shares of

Federated Bank, Onarga, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 9, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–1124 Filed 1–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

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 January 30,

2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. Worth Bancorp, Spartanburg,

Indiana; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Worth Bank (in

organization), Spartanburg, Indiana,

which will merge with Greensfork

Township State Bank, Spartanburg,

Indiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, January 10, 2001.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 01–1227 Filed 01–12–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early

Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification

Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. § 18a, as added by Title II of the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvements Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General advance notice and to wait

designated periods before

consummation of such plans. Section

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,

in individual cases, to terminate this

waiting period prior to its expiration

and requires that notice of this action be

published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were

granted early termination of the waiting

period provided by law and the

premerger notification rules. The grants

were made by the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General for the Antitrust Division of the

Department of Justice. Neither agency

intends to take any action with respect

to these proposed acquisitions during

the applicable waiting period.

Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—11/27/2000

20010384 ................ Bunzl plc ............................................... Lawrence D. Starr ................................ Koch Supplies Inc.

20010443 ................ Bunzl plc ............................................... Edward S. Reiner ................................. Schrier Bros., Inc.

20010445 ................ Knauf International GmbH ................... USG Corporation .................................. USG Corporation.

20010490 ................ AmeriPath, Inc ...................................... Pathology Consultants of America, Inc Pathology Consultants of America, Inc.

20010505 ................ Ali M. & Ather Jaferi ............................. Bay View Capital Corp ......................... Bay View Franchise Mortgage Acceptance Company.

20010507 ................ NICE Systems, Ltd ............................... Steven D. Kaiser .................................. Stevens Communications, Inc.