[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6988]


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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 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 14, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (R. Chris Moore, Senior Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. First Financial Bancorp, Hamilton, Ohio; to merge with 
Southeastern Indiana Bancorp, Vevay, Indiana, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Vevay Deposit Bank, Vevay, Indiana.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of First Mercantile National Bank, 
Longwood, Florida.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. CH and JD Byrum, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 52.4 percent of the voting shares of 
American State Bank, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and thereby indirectly 
acquire American State Corporation, Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:
    1. Hiawatha Bancshares, Inc., Hager City, Wisconsin; to merge with 
Glenwood Bancshares, Inc., Glenwood City, Wisconsin, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First National Bank of Glenwood City, Glenwood City, 
Wisconsin.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 14, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-6988 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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