[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63476-63477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30439]


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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 December 7, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Alabama National BanCorportion, Birmingham, Alabama; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Community Bank of Naples, N.A., 
Naples, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Port William Bancshares, Inc., Carrollton, Kentucky; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
The First National Bank of Carrollton, Carrollton, Kentucky.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Bryan Family Management Trust, and Bryan Heritage Limited 
Partnership, both of Bryan, Texas, to acquire The First National Bank 
of Bryan, Bryan, Texas.
    2. Diboll State Bancshares, Inc., Diboll, Texas; to merge with 
First Bancorporation of Cleveland, Inc., Cleveland, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First Cleveland Delaware Financial Corporation, 
Dover, Delaware, and First Bank & Trust, Cleveland, Texas.
    3. Sulphur Springs Bancshares, Sulphur Springs, Texas; Sulphur 
Springs Delaware Financial Corporation, Dover, Delaware; and The City 
National Bank of Sulphur Springs, Sulphur Springs, Texas; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of First National Bank, Sulphur 
Springs, 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:

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    1. Eggemeyer Advisory Corp., Castle Creek Capital, LLC, Castle 
Creek Capital Partners Fund-I, LP, all of Rancho Santa Fe, California; 
to acquire more than 5 percent of the voting shares of PNB Financial 
Group, Newport Beach, California, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Pacific National Bank, Newport Beach, California.
    2. Western Bancorp, Newport Beach, California; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of PNB Financial Group, Newport Beach, 
California, and thereby indirectly acquire Pacific National Bank, 
Newport Beach, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 9, 
1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-30439 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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