[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14848]



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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. 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 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, including whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company 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'' (12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a hearing 
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. Unless 
otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the 
United States.
    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 July 8, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Hills Bancorporation, Hills, Iowa; to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of Hills Bank Kalona, Kalona, Iowa, a de novo bank.
    2. Landmark Financial Group, Inc., Belvidere, Illinois; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Alpine Bancorporation, Inc., 
Rockford, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Alpine Bank 
Illinois, Rockford, Illinois.
    3. North Shore Community Bancorp, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois (which 
will be renamed Wintrust Financial Corporation); to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Lake Forest Bancorp, Inc., Lake Forest, 
Illinois, Hinsdale Bancorp, Inc., Hinsdale, Illinois, and Libertyville 
Bancorp, Inc., Libertyville, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, Lake Forest, Illinois, Hinsdale Bank 
& Trust Company, Hinsdale, Illinois, and Libertyville Bank & Trust 
Company, Libertyville, Illinois.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Crabtree Capital Corporation, Schaumburg, Illinois, and thereby 
engage through its wholly-owned subsidiary, First Premium Services, 
Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, in making and servicing loans for the 
financing of commercial insurance premiums, pursuant to Sec.  
225.25(b)(1) of the Board's Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. First Fidelity Bancorp, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Comban Shares, Inc., 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire Community Bank 
& Trust Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105:
    1. CU Bancorp, Encino, California; to merge with Home Interstate 
Bancorp, Signal Hill, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Home 
Bank, Signal Hill, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 6, 1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-14848 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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