[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1814]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

F & M National Corporation, 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 26, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261:
    1. F & M National Corporation, Winchester, Virginia; to merge with 
FB&T Financial Corporation, Fairfax, Virginia, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Fairfax Bank & Trust Company, Fairfax, Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. First Michigan Bank Corporation, Holland, Michigan; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Arcadia Financial Corporation, 
Portage, Michigan, and thereby indirectly acquire Arcadia Bank & Trust 
Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. East Texas National, Inc., Palestine, Texas, and East Texas-
Dover, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire 100 percent of the voting 
shares of American Bank, Huntsville, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 25, 
1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-1814 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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