[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: E3-00587]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or 
Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons 
may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for 
that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must 
be received not later than January 2, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Herman Eugene Ratchford, Triangle Real Estate of Gastonia, Inc., 
Herman Eugene Ratchford, Jr., and James Henry Ratchford, all of 
Gastonia, North Carolina, as a group acting in concert to acquire 
voting shares of First South Bancorp, Inc., Spartanburg, South 
Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First South 
Bank, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 12, 
2003.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E3-00587 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]
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