[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10345-10346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5936]



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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. 
Sec.  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. Sec.  
1842(c)). If the

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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.      Sec. 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 April 8, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. First Commerce Banks of Florida, Inc., Winter Haven, Florida; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First Mercantile National 
Bank, Longwood, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:
    1. Citizens Bank Group, Inc., St. James, Minnesota; to acquire 75 
percent of the voting shares, and its subsidiary, Pioneer Bank, 
Mapleton, Minnesota, to become a bank holding company by acquiring 25 
percent of the voting shares, of Elmore Bancshares, Inc., Elmore, 
Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire The First National Bank of 
Elmore, Elmore, Minnesota. Citizens Bank Group proposes to contribute 
its 75 percent of Elmore to Pioneer Bank, and Elmore will be 
liquidated. Finally, Pioneer Bank will merge with Elmore's subsidiary 
bank, The First National Bank of Elmore, Elmore, Minnesota. Pioneer 
Bank will be the survivor with the First National Bank of Elmore and 
its current branch in Delavan, Minnesota operating as branches of 
Pioneer Bank.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 7, 1996.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-5936 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F