[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30028-30029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14134]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding
Companies; Correction
This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc. 99-13088) published on page
27990 of the issue for Monday, May 24, 1999.
Under the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston heading, the entry for
Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, is revised to read
as follows:
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
[[Page 30029]]
1. Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of BankBoston Corporation, Boston,
Massachusetts, and thereby indirectly acquire BankBoston, National
Association, Boston, Massachusetts; BankBoston Maine, National
Association, South Portland, Maine; and Bank of Boston - Florida,
National Association, Boca Raton, Florida.
In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to
acquire all of BankBoston's direct and indirect nonbank subsidiaries,
including BancBoston Robertson Stephens, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts,
and thereby engage in underwriting bank ineligible securities,
including equity securities and high yield debt, both through public
offerings and private placements; providing advice in connection with
mergers and acquisitions; brokerage activities; providing equity
research to institutional and high net worth customers, pursuant to Secs.
225.28(b)(1), (2), (6), (7) and (8) of Regulation Y, see Bank of Boston
Corp., 74 Fed. Res. Bull. 699 (1988); Bank of Boston Corp., 83 Fed.
Res. Bull. 42 (1997); BankBoston Corp., 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 850 (1998);
RIHT Life Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona, and thereby engage in
reinsuring credit life and health insurance for borrowers of
BankBoston, N.A. or its subsidiaries in connection with extensions of
credit to such borrowers, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(11) of Regulation
Y; BancBoston Leasing Investments, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, and
thereby engage in leasing personal and real property, pursuant to Secs.
225.28(b)(3) and (12) of Regulation Y; BancBoston Investments, Inc.,
Boston, Massachusetts, and thereby engage in venture capital
investments, including secured and unsecured lending and voting and
nonvoting equity investments, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(1) of
Regulation Y; Back Bay Capital Funding LLC, Wilmington, Delaware, and
thereby engage in asset-based lending, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(1)
of Regulation Y; BankBoston (NH), N.A., Nashua, New Hampshire, and
thereby engage in certain credit card activities, pursuant to Sec.
225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y; Partners First Holdings LLC, Linthicum,
Maryland, and thereby engage in credit card activities, pursuant to
Sec. 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y; Partners First Receivables LLC,
Linthicum, Maryland, and thereby engage in credit card activities,
pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y; Partners First Funding
LLC, Linthicum, Maryland, and thereby engage in credit card activities,
pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y; and BancBoston Real
Estate Capital Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, and thereby engage
in real estate lending and collateralized commercial lending, pursuant
to Sec. 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.
Comments on this application must be received by June 23, 1999.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 28, 1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-14134 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F