Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 1995 / Notices 9689

Significant effect on small businesses is

not expected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory

[Section 17A(c) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934; and 12 CFR

208.8(f)(2)] and is not given confidential

treatment.

Abstract: This interagency form

fulfills the statutory registration

requirements for entities acting as

transfer agents and enables certain basic

information changes concerning the

transfer agents to become known by the

supervisory agencies. Minor changes to

the form are proposed to clarify the

reporting of information relative to the

location(s) where transfer agent

activities are conducted and relative to

those instances where transfer agents

contract to either perform transfer

activities for others or have transfer

activities performed for themselves.

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the extension, without

revision, of the following report:

1. Report title: Notice Claiming Status

as an Exempt Transfer Agent.

Agency form number: FR 4013.

OMB Docket number: 7100–137.

Frequency: On occasion.

Reporters: State member banks, bank

holding companies, and trust company

subsidiaries of bank holding companies

that are subject to supervision by the

Federal Reserve Board.

Annual reporting hours: 20.

Estimated average hours per response:

2.

Number of respondents: 10.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is authorized by

law (§17A(c)(1) of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §78q1(c)(1) as amended by the Securities

Acts Amendments of 1975) and is

voluntary. The collection of the data by

the Federal Reserve from state member

banks, subsidiaries of state member

banks, bank holding companies, and

subsidiaries of bank holding companies

(except national banks and state

nonmember banks that are insured by

the FDIC) is authorized by law (15

U.S.C. §78c(a)(34)(B)(ii)). Individual

respondent data are not regarded as

confidential.

Abstract: This voluntary notice

provides a method for state member

banks, bank holding companies, and

trust companies that are subject to

Federal Reserve supervision and that are

engaged as a transfer agent on behalf of

an issuer of securities to claim

exemption from several of the Securities

and Exchange Commission’s rules

applicable to registered transfer agents.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 14, 1995.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–4136 Filed 2–17–95; 8:45AM]

Billing Code 6210–01–F

FCFT, Inc., 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. FCFT, Inc., Princeton, West

Virginia; to acquire 10 percent of the

voting shares of Bank of Mount Hope,

Inc., Mount Hope, West Virginia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice

President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:

1. Community First Bankshares, Inc.,

Fargo, North Dakota; to merge with

Abbott Bank Group, Inc., Alliance,

Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire

The Abbott Bank, Alliance Nebraska.

2. Duke Financial Group, Inc., St.

Paul, Minnesota; to acquire 53.06

percent of the voting shares of First

National Bank of North County,

Carlsbad, California.

3. Frandsen Financial Corporation,

Forest Lake, Minnesota; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Minnesota Bank Holding Company,

Plymouth, Minnesota, and thereby

indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank of

Montgomery, Montgomery, Minnesota,

and Citizens State Bank of Waterville,

Waterville, Minnesota.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Lone Star National BancsharesNevada, Inc., Pharr, Texas; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Lone Star

National Bank, Pharr, Texas.

2. Lone Star National BancsharesTexas, Inc., Pharr, Texas; to become a

bank holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Lone Star

National Bank-Nevada, Inc., Pharr,

Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Lone Star National Bank, Pharr, Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 14, 1995.

Willaim W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95-4137 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

Quad City Holdings, Inc.; Notice of

Application to Engage de novo in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities

The company listed in this notice has

filed an application under § 225.23(a)(1)

of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR

225.23(a)(1)) for the Board’s approval

under section 4(c)(8) of the Bank

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