[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3198]


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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 March 5, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking 
Supervision) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia; to merge with Freedom 
Bancshares, Inc., Belington, West Virginia, and thereby indirectly 
acquire voting shares of Belington Bank, Belington, West Virginia.. 
Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia; also has applied to acquire an 
option for 19.9 percent of the voting shares of Freedom Bancshares, 
Inc.
    2. FBI Corporation, Wheeling, West Virginia; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Freedom Bancshares, Inc., Belington, West Virginia, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Belington Bank, Belington, West 
Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Bannister Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 92.10 percent of the voting shares of 
Bannister Bank & Trust, Kansas City, Missouri.
    2. First Olathe Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; to acquire 
34.05 percent of the voting shares of Bannister Bancshares, Inc., 
Kansas City, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Bannister Bank & Trust, Kansas City, Missouri.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas(W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Katy Bancshares, Inc., Katy, Texas, and Katy Bancshares of 
Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware; to become bank holding companies by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Katy Bank, National 
Association, Katy, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 2, 
2001.
Robert deV. Frierson
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-3198 Filed 2-6-01; 8:45 am]
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