[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31101-31102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14748]


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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

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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 June 30, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Edgar County Banc Shares, Inc., Paris, Illinois; to merge with 
Kansas Banc Corporation, Kansas, Illinois, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Kansas State Bank, Kansas, Illinois, and Edgar County Bank & 
Trust Co., Paris, Illinois.
    In addition, Applicant has also applied to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Kansas Banc 
Corporation, Kansas, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Kansas 
State Bank, Kansas, Illinois, and Edgar County Bank & Trust Co., Paris, 
Illinois.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Lauritzen Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; to acquire 3.68 percent, 
for a total of 24.9 percent, of the voting shares of First National of 
Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire First 
National Bank South Dakota, Yankton, South Dakota; First National Bank, 
Fort Collins, Colorado; Union Colony Bank, Greeley, Colorado; and The 
Bank of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
    Comments regarding this application must be received by June 20, 
1997.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 2, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-14748 Filed 6-5-97; 8:45 am]
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