[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18777-18778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8849]


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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

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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 May 4, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking 
Supervision) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. 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 Belington Bank, 
Belington, West Virginia.
    2. Central Ohio Bancorp, Waverly, Ohio; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First National 
Bank, Waverly, Ohio.
    3. Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia; to merge with Freedom 
Bancshares, Inc., Belington, West Virginia, and thereby indirectly 
acquire 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. First National Bank Holding Company, Longmont, Colorado; to 
merge with First State Bancorp of the Rockies, Fort Collins, Colorado, 
and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank of Fort Collins, Fort 
Collins, Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 5, 2001.
Robert deV. Frierson
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-8849 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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