[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33398]



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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 January 26, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking 
Supervision) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Fifth Third Bancorp,  Cincinnati, Ohio; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Old Kent Financial Corporation, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, and thereby indirectly acquire Old Kent Bank, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, and Old Kent Bank, N.A., Jonesville, Michigan.
    In connection with this matter, Fifth Third Bancorp has also given 
notice of its intent to acquire Old Kent Securities Corporation, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan, and thereby engage in permissible financial and 
investment advisory activities pursuant to Secs.  225.28(b)(6) and (7) 
of Regulation Y; Old Kent Financial Life Insurance Corporation, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan, and thereby engage in permissible credit related 
reinsurance activities pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(11) of Regulation Y; 
and Gladshire Limited Dividend Housing Association LP; Pleasant 
Prospect Limited Dividend Housing Association LP; Mount Mercy Limited 
Partnership; Grand Rapids Hope II Limited Partnership; Grand Rapids 
Hope Limited Partnership; Michigan Capital Fund For Housing Limited 
Partnership I; Trinity Village II Limited Dividend Housing Ass'n LP; 
Pleasant Prospect II Limited Dividend Housing Ass'n LP; Michigan 
Capital Fund for Housing Limited Partnership II; New Hope Homes Limited 
Dividend Housing Ass'n LP; Hayward-Wells Limited Dividend Housing Ass'n 
LP; Independence Village of Brighton Limited Dividend Housing 
Association LP; CFSB - Eastbrook Apartments Investor, LLC; and 
Eastbrook Apartments Limited Dividend Housing Ass'n LP, and thereby 
engage in permissible community development activities pursuant to 
Sec.  225.28(b)(12) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 26, 
2000.
Jennifer J. Johnson
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 00-33398 Filed 12-29-00; 8:45 am]
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