[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29083]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 November 28, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Horizon Bank of Florida Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 
Pensacola, Florida; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 29.98 
percent of the voting shares of Horizon Bancshares, Inc., Pensacola, 
Florida, and thereby indirectly acquire Horizon Bank of Florida, 
Pensacola, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Ontario, Canada; Bankmont Financial 
Corp., New York, New York; and Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Chicago, 
Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Harris Trust 
Company of Florida, West Palm Beach, Florida.
    2. Wintrust Financial Corporation, Lake Forest, Illinois; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Crystal Lake Bank & Trust Company, National Association, Crystal Lake, 
Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Tennessee Central Bancshares, Inc., Adamsville, Tennessee; to 
acquire 9.92 percent of the voting shares of Premier Bank of Brentwood, 
a de novo bank, Brentwood, Tennessee.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Commercial Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., and Commercial Guaranty 
Bancshares Acquisition Corp., both of Overland Park, Kansas; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Humboldt Bancshares, Inc., 
Humboldt, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Humboldt Bank, 
Humboldt, Kansas.
    In connection with this application, Commercial Guaranty Bancshares 
Acquisition Corporation also has applied to become a bank holding 
company.
    2. Republic Bancshares, Inc., Natoma, Kansas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 99.6 percent of the voting shares of 
United National Bank of Natoma, Natoma, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 29, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-29083 Filed 11-3-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F