[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-249]



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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 20, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Marantz Group, LP, Springfield, Illinois and its general 
partner, Tom E. Marantz, Springfield, Illinois; to retain voting shares 
of Staun Bancorp, Inc., Staunton, Illinois, and thereby indirectly 
retain voting shares of First Community State Bank, Staunton, Illinois.
    2. Joseph Thomas McLane, Poplar Bluff, Missouri; to become a 
trustee of Midwest Bancorporation Inc. and Affiliates Employee Stock 
Ownership Plan, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and thereby indirectly gain 
control of Midwest Bancorporation, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri, First 
Midwest Bank of Carter County, Van Buren, Missouri, First Midwest Bank 
of Dexter, Dexter, Missouri, and First Midwest Bank of Piedmont, 
Piedmont, Missouri.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 31, 
2003.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-249 Filed 1-6-04; 8:45 am]
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