[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6785-6786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3544]


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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. 
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

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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). 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 March 10, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Bolivar Bancshares, Inc., Bolivar, Missouri; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Bank 
of Bolivar, Bolivar, Missouri (in organization).
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. BancFirst Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to acquire 40 
percent of the voting shares of First Ada Bancshares, Inc., Ada, 
Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank of Ada, 
Ada, Oklahoma. Ccomments regarding this application must be received no 
later than February 28, 1997.
    2. Mid-America Bankshares, Inc., Baldwin City, Kansas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
State Bank of Esbon, Esbon, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 7, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-3544 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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