[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54479-54480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27185]


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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 November 2, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Mt. Sterling Bancorp, Inc., Mt. Sterling, Illinois; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Mt. Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Mt. Sterling, Illinois, and thereby 
indirectly acquire

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Farmers State Bank & Trust Company, Mt. Sterling, Illinois.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Bluestem Bank Holding Company L.L.C., Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 
to acquire an additional 7.95 percent, thereby increasing its ownership 
interest from 23.05 percent to 31 percent, of the voting shares of 
Thomson Holdings, Inc., Centerville, South Dakota, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First Midwest Bank, Centerville, South Dakota.
    2. First Community Bancorp., Inc., Glasgow, Montana; to merge with 
Froid Bankshares, Inc., Froid, Montana, and thereby indirectly acquire 
First State bank of Froid, Froid, Montana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Astra Financial Corporation, Prairie Village, Kansas; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Mitchell County 
Bank, Simpson, Kansas, and up to 13.52 percent of First Missouri 
Bancshares, Brookfield, Missouri, and indirectly acquire First Missouri 
National Bank, Brookfield, Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 5, 
1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-27185 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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