[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37135-37136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14846]


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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 July 7, 2000.

    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Peoples Financial Group, Inc., Iva, South Carolina; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
The Peoples Bank, Iva, South Carolina.

    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama; to merge 
with First National Bancshares of Louisiana, Inc., Alexandria, 
Louisiana, and thereby indirectly acquire Security First National Bank, 
Alexandria, Louisiana.
    2. Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama; to merge 
with East Coast Bank Corporation, Ormond Beach, Florida, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Bank at Ormond By-the-Sea, Ormond Beach, Florida.

    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. IBT Bancorp, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; to merge with FSB 
Bancorp, Inc, Breckenridge Michigan, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Farmers State Bank of Breckenridge, Breckenridge, Michigan.

    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

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Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Inter-Mountain Bancorp., Inc., Bozeman, Montana; to merge with 
Three Forks Bancorporation, Three Forks, Montana; and thereby 
indirectly acquire Security Bank of Three Forks, Three Forks, Montana.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 7, 2000.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-14846 Filed 6-12-00; 8:45 am]
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