[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 79]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32271]


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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 January 23, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Hampden Bancorp, MHC, Springfield, Massachusetts to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Hampden Bank, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Hampden 
Savings Bank, Springfield, Massachusetts.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation, Moultrie, Georgia; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First Bank Holding Company, 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Sylvester Banking 
Company, Sylvester, Georgia.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Pittsfield Community Bancorp, Inc., Pittsfield, Illinois; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Community Bank of Pittsfield, Pittsfield, Illinois, and 
Community State Bank of Plymouth, Plymouth, Illinois.
    2. Templar Fund, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire up to 43.7 
percent of the voting shares of Truman Bancorp, Inc., St. Louis, 
Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Truman Bank, 
St. Louis, Missouri.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc., McAllen, Texas, and Texas 
Regional Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to merge with Southeast 
Texas Bancshares, Inc., Beaumont, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Texas Community Bancshares of Delaware, Wilmington, 
Delaware, and Community Bank and Trust, SSB, Beaumont, Texas.
    2. Treaty Oak Holdings, Inc., and Treaty Oak Bancorp, Inc., both of 
Austin, Texas; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 
percent of the voting shares of Texline State Bank, Texline, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 24, 
2003.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 03-32271 Filed 12-31-03; 8:45 am]
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