[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 54533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23017]


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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 October 2, 2000.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President), 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Marathon Financial Corporation, Winchester, Virginia, to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Rockingham Heritage Bank, 
Harrisonburg, Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer), 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Alpena Banking Corporation, Alpena, Michigan; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The 
Bank of Alpena (in formation), Alpena, Michigan.
    C. 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, and its subsidiary, 
First Banks America, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Commercial Bank of San Francisco, San 
Francisco, California.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, 
Consumer Regulation Group), 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Brenton Banks, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Brenton Bank, Des 
Moines, Iowa.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Brenton Investments, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, and thereby engage 
in offering retail investment brokerage products and services, pursuant 
to Sec. 228.25(b)(7) of Regulation Y; Brenton Insurance, Inc., Des 
Moines, Iowa, and thereby engage in offering insurance products to 
Applicant's customers, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(11)(vii) of 
Regulation Y; Brenton Savings Bank, FSB, Ames, Iowa, and thereby engage 
in operating a savings association, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(4) of 
Regulation Y, and thereby indirectly acquire Brenton Mortgages, Inc., 
Des Moines, Iowa, and thereby engage in mortgage banking services, 
pursuant to Sec. 228.25(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 1, 
2000.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-23017 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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