[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24540]


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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 October 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. Greater Community Bancorp, Totowa, New Jersey; to acquire 9.9 
percent of the voting shares of 1st Constitution Bancorp, Cranbury, New 
Jersey, and thereby indirectly acquire 1st Constitution Bank, Cranbury, 
New Jersey.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Piper Holdings, Inc., Covington, Indiana; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Heritage Bancshares, Inc., Darlington, Indiana, 
and thereby indirectly acquire Heritage Bank & Trust Company, 
Darlington, Indiana.
    2. Sturgis Bancorp, Inc., Sturgis, Michigan; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Sturgis Bank & Trust Company, Sturgis, Michigan.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis(Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Henderson Bancshares, Inc., Lexington, Tennessee; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
First State Bank, Henderson, Tennessee.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City(Susan Zubradt, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. American National Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Quick Bancorp, Inc., Council Bluffs, 
Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire Peoples National Bank, Council 
Bluffs, Iowa.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 26, 
2001.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-24540 Filed 10-1-01; 8:45 am]
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