[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32821-32822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15347]


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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 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

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must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the 
Board of Governors not later than July 13, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice 
President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. First Dozier Bancshares, Inc., Dozier, Alabama; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The 
First National Bank of Dozier, Dozier, Alabama.
    2. Trust B Created Under Item V of the Last Will and Testament of 
John Rufus Williams, Atlanta, Georgia; to become a bank holding company 
by acquiring 33.3 percent of the voting shares of FNB Newton 
Bankshares, Inc., Covington, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquiring 
First Nation Bank, Covington, Georgia.
    3. The 2000 Williams Investment Company, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 82.8 percent of the voting 
shares of FNB Newton Bankshares, Inc., Covington, Georgia, and thereby 
indirectly acquiring First Nation Bank, Covington, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas, and North Little Rock 
Bancshares, Inc., North Little Rock, Arkansas; to acquire over 5 
percent of the voting shares of Russellville Bancshares, Inc., 
Jonesboro, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
First Arkansas Valley Bank, Russellville, Arkansas.
    In connection with this application, Russellville Bancshares, Inc., 
Jonesboro, Arkansas, has applied to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 86 percent of the voting shares of First Arkansas Valley 
Bank.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Farmers State Corporation, Mankato, Minnesota; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Owatonna Bancshares, Inc., Owatonna, 
Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Community 
Bank Minnesota, Owatonna, Minnesota.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Farmers Bank Holding Company, Ault, Colorado; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Farmers Bank, Ault, Colorado (in organization).
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, 
Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 
94105-1579:
    1. Trafalgar Holdings, LLC, Vancouver, Washington; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 60 percent of the voting shares of Regents 
Bancshares, Inc., Vancouver, Washington, and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Regents Bank, National Association, La Jolla, 
California (in organization).
    In connection with this application, Regents Bancshares has applied 
to become a bank holding company.
    2. YNB Financial Services Corp., Yakima, Washington; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Yakima National Bank, Yakima, Washington.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 13, 2001.
Robert deV. Frierson
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-15347 Filed 6-15-00; 8:45 am]
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