[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28713]


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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 December 10, 2001.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Stephen J. Ong, Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Wesbanco Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia, to acquire 19.9 percent 
of the voting shares of American Bancorporation, Wheeling, West 
Virginia, and thereby indirectly acquire Wheeling National Bank, St. 
Clairsville, Ohio.
    1. AB Corporation, Wheeling, West Virginia, to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
American Bancorporation, Wheeling, West Virginia, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Wheeling National Bank, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. CFB Holding Company, Clinton, Iowa; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Citizens First 
Bank, Clinton, Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Susan Zubradt, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. First National of Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska; to acquire 
First National of Illinois, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and Castle Bank 
Group, Inc., DeKalb, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire voting 
shares of Castle Bank, N.A., DeKalb, Illinois.
    In connection with this application, First National of Illinois has 
applied to become a bank holding company.
    2. First National Bancshares, Inc., Goodland, Kansas; to acquire 
86.4 percent of the voting shares of Security State Bank, Bird City, 
Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 9, 
2001.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 01-28713 Filed 11-15-01; 8:45 am]
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