Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 1995 / Notices 9841

Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843(c)(8)) and § 225.21(a) of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.21(a)) to commence or to

engage de novo, either directly or

through a subsidiary, in a nonbanking

activity that is listed in § 225.25 of

Regulation Y as closely related to

banking and permissible for bank

holding companies. Unless otherwise

noted, such activities will be conducted

throughout the United States.

The application is 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

question 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.’’ 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.

Comments regarding the application

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than March 7, 1995.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. First Community Bancshares, Inc.,

Houston, Texas; to engage de novo in

providing economic information and

advice, statistical forecasting services,

and industry studies, conducting

financial feasibility studies, providing

advice regarding swaps, caps, and

similar transactions related to interest

rates or prices and economic indices,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(4) of the Board’s

Regulation Y. The geographic scope will

be limited to employees, shareholders,

directors, and their family members,

affiliated companies and trusts.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 15, 1995.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–4224 Filed 2–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

First Mariner Bancorp, et al.;

Formations of; Acquisitions by; and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied for the Board’s approval

under section 3 of the Bank Holding

Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1842) and §

225.14 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.14) to become a bank holding

company or to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the applications

are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).

Each application is 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 to the

Reserve Bank or to the offices of the

Board of Governors. Any comment on

an application that requests a hearing

must include a statement of why a

written presentation would not suffice

in lieu of a hearing, identifying

specifically any questions of fact that

are in dispute and summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a

hearing.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received not later than March

17, 1995.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior

Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street,

Richmond, Virginia 23261:

1. First Mariner Bancorp (formerly

MarylandsBank Corp.), Towson,

Maryland; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of First Mariner Bank

(formerly MarylandsBank, FSB),

Towson, Maryland.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690:

1. Capitol Bancorp, Ltd., Lansing,

Michigan; to acquire 100 percent of the

voting shares of Grand Haven Bank,

Grand Haven, Michigan, a de novo bank.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198:

1. First Place Financial Corporation,

Farmington, New Mexico; to acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of

Western Bank, Gallup, New Mexico.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 15, 1995.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–4225 Filed 2–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 100394 AND 101494

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of acquired entity PMN No. Date terminated

General Electric Company, Thomas R. Roos, Island Development Corporation Inc ..................................................... 94–2247 10/03/94

Sterling Software, Inc., KnowledgeWare, Inc., KnowledgeWare, Inc ............................................................................. 94–2143 10/04/94

ONEOK Inc., Nelson Bunker Hunt Trust Estate, Creston Partners, L.P ........................................................................ 94–2195 10/04/94

Emerson Electric Co., Astec (BSR) PLC, Astec (BSR) PLC .......................................................................................... 94–2140 10/05/94

TransCanada PipeLines Limited, Northridge Canada Inc., Northridge U.S. Inc ............................................................. 94–2160 10/05/94