[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53361-53362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17741]


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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 must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the 
offices of the Board of Governors not later than October 3, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. CNB Financial Corp., Worcester, Massachusetts; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Commonwealth National Bank, Worcester, Massachusetts.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Highlands Bankshares, Inc., Petersburg, West Virginia; to 
acquire at least 80 percent of the voting shares of The National Bank 
of Davis, Davis, West Virginia.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200

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North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. FC Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas, and FC Holdings of Delaware, 
Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with Bosque Corporation, and 
thereby indirectly Bosque County Bank of Meridian, both of Meridian, 
Texas.
    2. Prosper Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas, and Prosper Delaware 
Financial Corp., Dover, Delaware; to become bank holding companies by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Prosper State Bank 
Prosper, Texas.
    3. South Texas Bancshares, Inc., Grand Prairie, Texas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Caprock Bancshares, Inc., Shallowater, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire First State Bank, Shallowater, Texas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Amegy Bancorporation, Inc., Houston, 
Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Amegy Bank, 
National Association, Houston, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 1, 
2005.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-17741 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
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