[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34933-34934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16512]


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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

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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 July 26, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Canada; CIBC World 
Markets Inc., Toronto, Canada; CIBC Delaware Holdings, New York, New 
York; and Amicus Holdings, Inc., Cicero, Illinois; to acquire 95 
percent of Series C preferred stock and 51 percent of total voting 
shares of Juniper Financial Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Juniper Bank, Wilmington, Delaware.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice 
President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470:
    1. Newnan Coweta Bancshares, Inc., Newnan, Georgia; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Newnan Coweta Bank, Newnan, Georgia.
    2. Central Alabama Bancshares, Inc., Wetumpka, Alabama; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
First Community Bank of Central Alabama (in organization), Wetumpka, 
Alabama.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, 
Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 
94105-1579:
    1. Centennial First Financial Services, Redlands, California; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Palomar Community Bank, 
Escondido, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 26, 2001.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-16512 Filed 6-29-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-P