[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11454-11455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6164]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


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 April 4, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (R. Chris Moore, Senior Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Commercial Bancshares Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 
West Liberty, Kentucky; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 
32 percent of the voting shares of Commercial Bancshares, Inc., West 
Liberty, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly acquire Commercial Bank, West 
Liberty, Kentucky.
    2. Southeast Bancorp, Inc., Corbin, Kentucky; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of First Bank of East Tennessee, National 
Association, La Follette, Tennessee.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and 
Ameribanc, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc., Chesterfield, 
Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Missouri State Bank & Trust 
Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
    In connection with this application, Applicants have also applied 
to acquire Roosevelt Bank, Chesterfield, Missouri, a federal savings 
bank, and thereby engage in the operation of a federal savings bank, 
pursuant to Sec.  225.25(b)(9) of the Board's Regulation Y.

[[Page 11455]]

    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Wauneta Falls Bancorp, Inc., Wauneta, Nebraska; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Ogallala National Bank, Ogallala, 
Nebraska.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 6, 1997.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-6164 Filed 3-11-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F