[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44474-44475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22119]


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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. The application also will 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 September 15, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc., Berlin, Maryland; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Calvin B.Taylor Banking Company of 
Berlin Maryland, Berlin, Maryland, and thereby indirectly

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acquire Calvin B. Taylor Bank of Delaware, Ocean View, Delaware.
    2. Wachovia Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of 1st United Bancorp, Boca Raton, 
Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire First United Bank, Boca Raton, 
Florida.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire United Bancorp's subsidiary, Island Investment Service, Inc., 
Palm Beach, Florida, and thereby engage in securities brokerage 
activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(7)(i) of the Board's Regulation 
Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of 
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah; to merge with GB 
Bancorporation, San Diego, California, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Grossmont Bank, San Diego, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 15, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-22119 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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