[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 26206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11187]


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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 (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, 
nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. 
Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained 
from the National Information Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
    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 May 30, 2000.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President), 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. First Banks, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Bank of Ventura, Ventura, California.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President), 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Citizens Financial Corporation, Cortez, Colorado; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
The Citizens State Bank of Cortez, Cortez, Colorado.
    2. Cortez Investment Co., Cortez, Colorado; to acquire 50 percent 
of the voting shares of Citizens Financial Corporation, Cortez, 
Colorado, which will acquire The Citizens State Bank of Cortez, Cortez, 
Colorado.
    3. Vail Banks, Inc., Vail, Colorado; to merge with Estes Bank 
Corporation, Estes Park, Colorado; and thereby acquire United Valley 
Bank, Estes Park, Colorado.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, 
Consumer Regulation Group), 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Amplicon, Inc., Santa Ana, California; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Hutton National Bank, Santa Ana, California (in 
organization).
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
continue to engage directly in the activities of personal property 
leasing or acting as agent, broker or advisor in leasing personal 
property, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(3)of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 1, 2000.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-11187 Filed 5-4-00; 8:45 am]
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