[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3299-3300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1318]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking 
Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible 
Nonbanking Activities

    The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 
4 of the

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Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y, 
(12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or control voting 
securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed 
below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other 
company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in Sec.  225.28 of 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order 
to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding 
companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted 
throughout the United States.
    Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 
indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their 
views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the 
standards of section 4 of the BHC Act.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be 
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than February 12, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Great Southern Bancorp, Inc., Springfield, Missouri; to acquire 
Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc., Springfield, Missouri, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Guaranty Federal Savings Bank, Springfield, 
Missouri, and thereby engage in the activity of operation of a savings 
association, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 14, 
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-1318 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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