[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 556-557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-185]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


First Financial 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 February 1, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (John J. Wixted, Jr., Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101:
    1. First Financial Bancorp, Hamilton, Ohio; to merge with F&M 
Bancorp, Rochester, Indiana, and thereby indirectly acquire Farmers & 
Merchants Bank, Rochester, Indiana.
    2. FirstMerit Corporation, Akron, Ohio; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of FirstMerit Trust Company, N.A., Naples, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. LJT, Inc., Holdrege, Nebraska; to acquire .20 percent of the 
voting shares of First Holdrege Bancshares, Inc., Holdrege, Nebraska, 
and thereby indirectly acquire shares of First National Bank of 
Holdrege, Holdrege, Nebraska.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105:
    1. California Community Bancshares Corporation, Vacaville, 
California; to 

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become a bank holding company by acquiring Continental Pacific Bank, 
Vacaville, California. Comments on this application must be received by 
January 22, 1996.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 2, 
1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-185 Filed 1-5-96; 8:45 am]
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