[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 208 (Friday, October 25, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 55304] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-27401] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 November 18, 1996. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Lloyd W. Bostian, Jr., Senior Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261: 1. City Holding Company, Charleston, West Virginia; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The Old National Bank of Huntington, Huntington, West Virginia. Comments regarding this application must be received by November 8, 1996. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303: 1. Arrowhead Capital Corporation, West Palm Beach, Florida; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 52 percent of the voting shares of Sunniland Bank, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690: 1. FBOP Corporation, Oak Park, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of SDNB Financial Corp., San Diego, California, and thereby indirectly acquire San Diego National Bank, San Diego, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 21, 1996. Jennifer J. Johnson Deputy Secretary of the Board [FR Doc. 96-27401 Filed 10-24-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F