[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6475]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


First Security 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 Sec.  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 April 10, 1995.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
    1. First Security Bancorp, Searcy, Arkansas; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Farmers Investment Corporation, Little Rock, 
Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Farmers Bank & Trust Company, 
Clarksville, Arkansas.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:
    1. First Community Bancorp, Inc., Glasgow, Montana; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Wolf Point Acquisition Bank, Wolf 
Point, Montana, a de novo bank.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105:
    1. Westamerica Bancorporation, San Rafael, California; to merge 
with North Bay Bancorp, Novato, California, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Novato National Bank, Novato, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 10, 
1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-6475 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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