[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 58054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23278]


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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 7, 2002.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Cooperative Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleebenbank, N.A., Rabobank 
Nederland, Utrecht The Netherlands, to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of VIB Corp, El Centro, 
California, and thereby indirectly acquire Valley Independent Bank, El 
Centro, California.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. First Bancorp, Troy, North Carolina; to merge with Carolina 
Community Bancshares, Inc., Latta, South Carolina, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Carolina Community Bank, N.A., 
Latta, South Carolina.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470:
    1. Financial Corporation of Louisiana, Crowley, Louisiana; to merge 
with Security Acadia Bancshares, Inc., Rayne, Louisiana, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Rayne Bank & Trust Company, Rayne, 
Louisiana.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. IBT Bancorp, Inc., Dallas, Texas, and IBT Delaware Bancorp, 
Inc., Dover, Delaware; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 
100 percent of the voting shares of Independent Bank of Texas, Irving 
Texas, a de novo bank.
    2. Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc., McAllen, Texas, and Texas 
Regional Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with San Juan 
Bancshares, Inc., San Juan, Texas, and indirectly acquire San Juan 
Delaware Financial Corporation, Inc., Dover, Delaware, and Texas County 
Bank, San Juan, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 9, 
2002.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 02-23278 Filed 9-12-02; 8:45 am]
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