[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50436-50437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24658]


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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

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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 Atlanta (Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice 
President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470:
    1. Black Diamond Financial Group, Inc., Tampa, Florida; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Bank of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida.
    2. First Dozier Bancshares, Inc., Dozier, Alabama; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The 
First National Bank of Dozier, Dozier, Alabama.
    3. Regions Financial Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama; to merge 
with First Bancshares of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of First Bank of Texas, Tomball, 
Texas.
    4. South Group Bancshares, Inc., Glennville, Georgia; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
South Georgia Bank, Glennville, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Lincoln Bancorp, Inc., Rochelle, Illinois; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Lincoln State Bank, S.B., Rochelle, Illinois.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 27, 
2001.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-24658 Filed 10-2-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S