[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 3325] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-1514] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 February 17, 1998. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713: 1. Hibernia Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; to merge with Firstshares of Texas, Inc., Marshall, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank, Marshall, Texas. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. CountryBanc Holding Company, Edmond, Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First State Holding Company of Elkhart, Elkhart, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank of Elkhart, Elkhart, Kansas. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272: 1. MainBancorp, Inc., Austin, Texas, and Maincorp Intermediate Holding Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of, and thereby merge with First National Bancorporation, Inc., Ennis, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank of Ennis, Ennis, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 16, 1998. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 98-1514 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F