[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12838]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 
or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for 
processing, they will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later 
than May 30, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Susma Patel, London, England; Suketu Madhusudan Patel (Suku), 
London, England; Parimal Kantibhai Patel (Perry), London, England; 
Bharat Muljibhai Amin, London, England; and Dennis John Lloyd King, 
Surrey, England; collectively, as the Patel Group, each to acquire a 
total of 43.06 percent of the voting shares of First Bankshares, Inc., 
Longwood, Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank 
of Central Florida, Longwood, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Danny Biggs, Great Bend, Kansas; to acquire an additional 8.37 
percent, for a total of 13 percent; Merlin & Nelva Grimes, Great Bend, 
Kansas, to acquire an additional 15.38 percent, for a total of 20 
percent; ED&J, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas, to acquire an addtional 15.37 
percent, for a total of 20 percent; Ronald & Carol Carr, Great Bend, 
Kansas, to acquire a total of 10 percent; Steven J. Sell, Great Bend, 
Kansas, to acquire a total of 10 percent; Richard Schenk, Great Bend, 
Kansas, to acquire a total of 10 percent; Dennis Call, Great Bend, 
Kansas, to acquire a total of 10 percent; and R. Joe Southard, Great 
Bend, Kansas, to acquire a total of 7 percent, of the voting shares of 
First Wakeeney Agency, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Interstate Bank, Great Bend, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 12, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-12838 Filed 5-15-97; 8:45 am]
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