[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61630-61631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24851]


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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 25, 2002.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Farmers Bancorp Inc., Blytheville, Arkansas; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of First State Bank, Kenton, Tennessee
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Julie Stackhouse, Vice 
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Community Financial Corporation, Owatonna, Minnesota; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Community Bank Owatonna, Owatonna, Minnesota, a de novo bank.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Susan Zubradt, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:

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    1. Davis Bancorporation, Inc., Davis, Oklahoma; to acquire an 
additional 5 percent, for a total of 22.05 percent, of the voting 
shares of Century Capital Financial, Inc., Kilgore, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire additional voting shares of City National Bank of 
Kilgore, Kilgore, Texas, and Century Capital Financial-Delaware, Inc., 
Wilmington, Delaware.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire FBC Financial Corporation, Claremore, Oklahoma, and thereby 
engage in the operation of a savings association.
    2. Nodaway Valley Bancshares, Inc., Maryville, Missouri; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Buchanan County Bancshares, Inc., 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Heritage Bank of St. 
Joseph, Saint Joseph, Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 25, 
2002.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 02-24851 Filed 9-30-02; 8:45 am]
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