[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54245-54246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27028]


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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

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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 Web site 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 November 23, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, 
Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. H2H Bancshares, Inc., Hosmer, South Dakota; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Farmers State Bank, Hosmer, South Dakota.
    2. Mesaba Bancshares, Inc., Grand Rapids, Minnesota; to merge with 
Bovey Financial Corporation, Bovey, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly 
acquire The First National Bank of Bovey, Bovey, Minnesota.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 23, 
2001.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-27028 Filed 10-25-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S