[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56834-56835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22570]


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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

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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 September 27, 2002.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Susan Zubradt, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Central Financial Corporation, Hutchinson, Kansas; to acquire 25 
percent of the voting shares of Summit Bancshares, Inc., Prescott, 
Arizona, and thereby indirectly acquire Summit Bank, Prescott, Arizona 
(in organization) .
    2. Summit Bancshares, Inc., Prescott, Arizona; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Summit 
Bank, Prescott, Arizona (in organization).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 29, 
2002.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 02-22570 Filed 9-4-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S