[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36552-36553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15317]


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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

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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 July 12, 2003.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Phillip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Kankakee Bancorp, Inc., Kankakee, Illinois; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of State 
Bank of Aviston, Aviston, Illinois.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
retain control of KFS Bank, F.S.B., Kankakee, Illinois, and thereby 
engage in operating a savings association, pursuant to section 
225.28(b)(4) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (James Hunter, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Platte County Bancshares, Inc., Platte City, Missouri; to 
acquire an additional 6.2 percent, for a total of 18.7 percent, of the 
voting shares of MidAmerican Bancshares, Inc., Harrisonville, Missouri, 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Allen Bank and Trust 
Company, Harrisonville, Missouri.
    2. Peoples Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; to acquire an 
additional 22.87 percent, for a total of 68.7 percent, of the voting 
shares of MidAmerican Bancshares, Inc., Harrisonville, Missouri, and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Allen Bank and Trust 
Company, Harrisonville, Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 12, 2003.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 03-15317 Filed 6-17-03; 8:45 am]
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