[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 98 (Friday, May 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12833]



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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 June 14, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. HCNB Bancorp, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Harbor 
Capital National Bank, Rockville, Maryland (in organization).
    2. M&F Bancorp, Inc., Durham, North Carolina; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Merchants and Farmers Bank, Durham, North Carolina.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. South Central Bancshares of Kentucky, Inc., Horse Cave, 
Kentucky; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of 
the voting shares of South Central Bancshares of River City, Inc., 
Owensboro, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly acquire South Central Bank 
of Daviess County, Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky; First United Bancshares, 
Inc., Glasgow, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly acquire South Central 
Bank of Barren County, Inc., Glasgow, Kentucky; and United Central 
Bancshares, Inc., Bowling Green, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly 
acquire South Central Bank of Bowling Green, Inc., Bowling Green, 
Kentucky.
    In connection with this application, South Central Bancshares of 
River City, Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky; also has applied to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
South Central Bank of Daviess County, Inc.,Owensboro, Kentucky.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 17, 1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-12833 Filed 5-20-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F