[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 43059-43060] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-21148] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. 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, 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. 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 [[Page 43060]] 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 September 13, 1996. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690: 1. First American Bank Corporation, Elk Grove Village, Illinois; to acquire 17.6 percent of the voting shares of Oak Park River Forest Bankshares, Inc., Oak Park, Illinois (in organization) and thereby indirectly acquire Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest, Oak Park, Illinois (in organization). 2. Stichting Priotiteit ABN AMRO Holding, Stichting Administratiekantoor ABN AMRO Holding, ABN AMRO Holding N.V., ABN AMRO Bank N.V., all of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and ABN AMRO North America, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of CNBC Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Columbia National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. In connection with this application, the Notificants also have applied to acquire CNBC Development Corporation, CNBC Investment Corporation, Sky Finance Company, and Sky Mortgage Company, and thereby engage in the activity of making and servicing loans pursuant to Sec. 225.25(b)(1) of the Board's Regulation Y; and CNBC Leasing Corporation, and thereby engage in the activity of leasing pursuant to Sec. 225.25(b)(5) of the Board's Regulation Y. Notificants also have applied to acquire Columbia Financial Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CNBC Bancorp, Inc., formed to hold the nonbank subsidiaries. B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166: 1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of First Financial Corporation of America, Salem, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire The First National Bank of Salem, Salem, Missouri; and Ameribanc, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., to merge with First Financial Corporation of America, Salem, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire The First National Bank of Salem, Salem, Missouri. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 14, 1996. Jennifer J. Johnson Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 96-21148 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F