[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68134-68135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29014]


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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/.

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    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 December 7, 2000.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Firstar Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; to merge with U.S. 
Bancorp, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and thereby indirectly acquire U.S. 
Bank National Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota; U.S. Bank National 
Association ND, Fargo, North Dakota; U.S. Bank National Association MT, 
Billings, Montana; and U.S. Bank National Association OR, Canby, 
Oregon.
    In connection with this transaction, Applicant and U.S. Bancorp 
also have granted cross-options to purchase up to 19.9 percent of the 
outstanding shares of each other's common stock. These options would 
expire on consummation of the merger. Firstar Corporation's subsidiary 
banks are Firstar Bank, National Association, Cincinnati, Ohio; Firstar 
Bank, National Association, Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas; and 
Firstar Bank U.S.A., National Association, Waukegan, Illinois.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 7, 
2000.
Robert deV. Frierson
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-29014 Filed 11-13-00; 8:45 am]
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