[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18021-18022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9666]


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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

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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 May 8, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Amtrust, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa; to acquire up to 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Cuba City State Bank, Cuba City, Wisconsin.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Guaranty Capital Corporation, Belzoni, Mississippi; to merge 
with Hollandale Capital Corporation, Hollandale, Mississippi, and 
thereby acquire Bank of Hollandale, Hollandale, Mississippi.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice 
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Mountain Bancshares, Inc., Newport, 
Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire Mountain Bank, Eagle, 
Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 8, 1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-9666 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F