[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 168 (Thursday, August 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19978]


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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 applications 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 September 22, 2008.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Steve Foley, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Citizens Investors, LLC, Savannah, Georgia, to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring at least 51 percent of the voting shares 
of First Citizens Bankshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of First Citizens Bank, both of Glennville, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Burl Thornton, Assistant Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. SBA Bancorp, Inc., Ashland, Illinois, to merge with First 
Beardstown Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First State 
Bank of Beardstown, both of Beardstown, Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community 
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Springfield Bancshares, Inc., Springfield, Missouri, to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Springfield First Community Bank, Springfield, Missouri (in 
organization).
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Everest Bancshares, Inc., Everest, Kansas, to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Gower Bancshares, Inc., and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Bank of Gower, both in Gower, 
Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 25, 
2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8-19978 Filed 8-27-08; 8:45 am]
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