[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63868-63869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27323]


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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

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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 November 17, 2000.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Northwest Mutual Holding Company, Winsted, Connecticut; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring Northwest Community Bank, 
Winsted, Connecticut.
    2. Litchfield Mutual Holding Company, Litchfield, Connecticut; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring Litchfield Bancorp, 
Litchfield, Connecticut.
    3. Northwest Mutual Holding Company, Winsted, Connecticut; to merge 
with Litchfield Mutual Holding Company, and thereby acquire Litchfield 
Bancorp, Litchfield, Connecticut. The successor bank holding company 
will be called Connecticut Mutual Holding Company.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice 
President) 104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Compass Bancshares, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama; to merge with 
FirstTier Corporation, Northglenn, Colorado, and thereby indirectly 
acquire FirstTier Bank, Northglenn, Colorado; and Firstate Bank, 
Kimball, Nebraska.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. SSB Management LLC, Wilber, Nebraska, and First National Johnson 
Bancshares, Inc, Johnson, Nebraska; to acquire Wilber Co., Wilber, 
Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire Saline State Bank, Wilber, 
Nebraska. In connection with these applications, SSB Management has 
applied to become a bank holding company and acquire Saline State 
Insurance Agency, LLC, Wilber, Nebraska, and thereby engage in general 
insurance activities pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A) of 
Regulation Y. Wilber Co. also has applied to acquire Saline State 
Insurance Agency.
    2. Wilber Co., Wilber, Nebraska; to acquire 23.34 percent of the 
voting shares of NebraskaLand Financial Services, Inc., North Platte, 
Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire NebraskaLand National Bank, 
North Platte, Nebraska.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 19, 
2000.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-27323 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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