[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00586]


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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 January 12, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Manulife Financial Corporation, Toronto, Canada; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, and 
thereby indirectly acquire First Signature Bank and Trust Company, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    In connection with this application, John Hancock Financial 
Services, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; to become a bank holding company 
by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First Signature Bank 
and Trust Company, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Community Capital Corporation, Greenwood, South Carolina; to 
merge with Abbeville Capital Corporation, Abbeville, South Carolina, 
and thereby indirectly acquire The Bank of Abbeville, Abbeville, South 
Carolina.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas; to retain 32.25 percent 
of the voting shares of TCBancorp, Inc., North Little Rock, Arkansas, 
and thereby indirectly retain voting shares of Twin City Bank, North 
Little Rock, Arkansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 12, 
2003.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E3-00586 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S