[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7075]


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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 April 13, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking 
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Cincinnati Financial Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio; to acquire 
shares of FirstMerit Corporation, Akron, Ohio, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Citizens National Bank, Canton, Ohio; FirstMerit Bank, N.A., 
Akron, Ohio; Peoples Bank, N.A., Ashtabula, Ohio; and Peoples National 
Bank, Wooster, Ohio. FirstMerit received the Board's approval to 
acquire CoBancorp, Elyria, Ohio, and its subsidiaries Premier Bank & 
Trust, Elyria, Ohio and Jefferson Savings Bank, West Jefferson, Ohio.
    2. Heritage Capital Corporation, Ashland, Kentucky; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Heritage Bank of Ashland, Inc., Ashland, Kentucky, a de novo 
institution.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Halbur Bancshares, Inc., Halbur, Iowa; to acquire at least 97.2 
percent of the voting shares of Westside Banco, Inc., Westside, Iowa, 
and thereby indirectly acquire Westside State Savings Bank, Westside, 
Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. First York Ban Corp., York, Nebraska; to acquire 60 percent of 
the voting shares of NebraskaLand National Bank, North Platte, 
Nebraska, a de novo insitition.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 13, 
1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-7075 Filed 3-18-98; 8:45 am]
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