[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16526]


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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 Web site 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 25, 2003.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
    1. Pebblespring Holding Company, Berwyn, Pennsylvania; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Eagle National Bank, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. The Desjardins Group, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Desjardins FSB 
Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; La Caisse centrale Desjardins de 
Quebec, Montreal, Canada; Federation de caisses Desjardins du Quebec, 
Levis, Quebec, Canada; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 
100 percent of the voting shares of Desjardins Bank, N.A., Hallandale, 
Florida, upon is conversion from a federal savings bank, Desjardins 
Federal Savings Bank, Hallandale, Florida.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Richard M. Todd, Vice 
President and Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291:
    1. Allied Equity Holding Corporation, Denver, Colorado; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Western Dakota Holding Company, Timber Lake, South Dakota, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Western Dakota Bank, Timber Lake, South Dakota.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Industry Bancshares, Inc., Industry, Texas; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Fayetteville Bancshares, Inc., 
Fayetteville, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Fayetteville Bank, Fayetteville, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 25, 2003.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 03-16526 Filed 6-30-03; 8:45 am]
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