[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 9770] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-5231] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 28, 1997. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. Armstrong Financial Co., Minden, Nebraska; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 80.99 percent of the voting shares of Minden Exchange Co., Minden, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire Minden Exchange Bank & Trust Co., Minden, Nebraska. 2. Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, and CBI Kansas, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of, and thereby merge with Shawnee Bank Shares, Inc., Shawnee, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Shawnee State Bank, Shawnee, Kansas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 26, 1997. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 97-5231 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F