[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15518-15519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8135]


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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 25, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

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President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Pinnacle Bancorp, Inc., Central City, Nebraska; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of First Ogallala Investment, Inc., 
Ogallala, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank 
in Ogallala, Ogallala, Nebraska.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. BonState Bancshares, Inc., Bonham, Texas, and Bonham Financial 
Services, Inc., Dover, Delaware; to become bank holding companies by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Bonham Financial 
Services, Inc., Dover, Delaware.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Castle Creek Capital Partners Fund-I, L.P.; Castle Creek 
Capital, L.L.C.; and Eggemeyer Advisory Corporation, all of San Diego, 
California; to acquire up to 35 percent of the voting shares of Rancho 
Santa Fe National Bank, Rancho Santa Fe, California, and up to 24.9 
percent of the voting shares of First Community Bank of the Desert, 
Yucca Valley, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 26, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-8135 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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