[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29645-29646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13856]


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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 25, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:

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    1. Merchants and Manufacturers Bancorporation, Inc., New Berlin, 
Wisconsin; to merge with Pyramid Bancorp, Inc., Grafton, Wisconsin, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Grafton State Bank, Grafton, Wisconsin.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Jamesmark Bancshares, Inc., Springfield, Missouri; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Old Missouri National Bank, Springfield, Missouri (in organization).
    2. Town and Country Financial, Inc., Dundee, Kentucky; to acquire 
81 percent of the voting shares of Main Street Bancshares, Inc., Vine 
Grove, Kentucky (in organization). Main Street Bancshares, Inc., Vine 
Grove, Kentucky (in organization), also has applied to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 60.66 percent of the voting shares of 
Farmers Bank of Vine Grove, Vine Grove, Kentucky.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Pembina County Bankshares, Ltd., Cavalier, North Dakota; to 
merge with Stephen Bancshares, Inc., Stephen, Minnesota, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Farmers State Bank, Stephen, Minnesota.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 26, 1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-13856 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F