[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47127-47128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22743]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 
or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for 
processing, they 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 indicated for that notice or to the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later 
than September 19, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
    1. Jackson T. Stephens, Little Rock, Arkansas; to acquire a total 
of 3.84 percent; W.R. Stephens Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire 
an additional 3.59 percent, for a total of 3.63 percent; W.R. Stephens 
Revocable Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a total of 0.03 
percent; Warren A. Stephens Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a 
total of 0.28 percent; Elizabeth Ann Stephens Campbell Trust, Little 
Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a total of 0.80 percent; Stephens Group, 
Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire a total of 0.10 percent; and 
Bess C. Stephens Trust, Little Rock, Arkansas, to acquire an additional 
2.72 percent, for a total of 6.75 percent, of the voting shares of 
First United Bancshares, Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First National Bank of El Dorado, El Dorado, 
Arkansas; Bank of North Arkansas, Melbourne, Arkansas; City National 
Bank of Fort Smith, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Commercial Bank at Alma, 
Alma, Arkansas; First National Bank of Magnolia, Magnolia, Arkansas; 
First Stuttgart Bank & Trust Company,

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Stuttgart, Arkansas; Merchants & Planters Bank, N.A., Camden, Arkansas, 
and FirstBank, Texarkana, Texas.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Ned S. Holmes, Houston, Texas; to acquire an additional 3.24 
percent, for a total of 17.65 percent, of the voting shares of 
Commercial Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Heritage Bank, Wharton, Texas.
    2. Rayford Holley Reily, Groveton, Texas; to acquire an additional 
5 percent, for a total of 28.82 percent, of the voting shares of 
Citizens State Financial Corporation, Corrigan, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank, Corrigan, Texas, and First 
Bank, Groveton, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 30, 
1996.
William W. Wiles
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-22743 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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