[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28555]


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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 19, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. PAB Bankshares, Inc., Valdosta, Georgia; to merge with Eagle 
Bancorp, Inc., Statesboro, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Eagle Bank & Trust Company, Statesboro, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Bern Bancshares, Inc., Bern, Kansas; to merge with Axtell 
Agency, Inc., Axtell, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire State Bank 
of Axtell, Axtell, Kansas.
    2. FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado, ESOP, Lakewood, Colorado; 
to acquire up to 26.86 percent of the voting shares of FirstBank 
Holding Company of Colorado, Lakewood, Colorado; and thereby indirectly 
acquire FirstBank, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank of Arvada, Arvada, 
Colorado; FirstBank of Aurora, Aurora, Colorado; FirstBank of Avon, 
Avon, Colorado; FirstBank of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; FirstBank of 
Breckenridge, Breckenridge, Colorado; FirstBank of Douglas County, 
Castle Rock, Colorado; FirstBank of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, 
Colorado; FirstBank of Cherry Creek, Denver, Colorado; FirstBank of 
Denver, Denver, Colorado; FirstBank of Longmont, FirstBank of 
Evergreen, Evergreen, Colorado; FirstBank of Northern Colorado, Fort 
Collins, Colorado; FirstBank of Greeley, Greeley, Colorado; FirstBank 
of Tech Center, Englewood, Colorado; FirstBank of Colorado, Lakewood, 
Colorado; FirstBank of South Jeffco, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank of 
Lakewood, Lakewood, Colorado; FirstBank of Littleton, Littleton, 
Colorado; FirstBank of Arapahoe County, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank 
of Parker, Parker, Colorado; FirstBank of Silverthorne, Silverthorne, 
Colordo; FirstBank of Vail, Vail, Colorado; FirstBank North, 
Westminster, Colorado; and FirstBank of Wheat Ridge, Wheat Ridge, 
Colorado.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Henderson Citizens Bancshares, Inc., and Henderson, Texas; 
Henderson Citizens Delaware Bancshares, Inc., Dover, Delaware; and 
Citizens National Bank, Henderson, Texas; to become bank holding 
companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Jefferson 
National Bank, Jefferson, Texas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager 
of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, 
San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Metropolitan Bancshares, Inc., Aurora, 
Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire Community Bank of Parker, 
Parker, Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 20, 
1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-28555 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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