[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-946]


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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 February 9, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Allied Bancshares, Inc., Cumming, Georgia; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First 
National Bank of Forsyth County, Cumming, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (James Hunter, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Pine River Bank Corporation, Bayfield, Colorado; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of First National Bank of Lake City & 
Creede, Lake City, Colorado.
    2. First Pioneer Holding, Inc., Denver, Colorado; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First 
Western Trust Bank, Denver, Colorado (in organization).
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire First Western Investment Management, Inc., Denver, Colorado, 
and thereby engage in investment advisory activities, pursuant to 
sections 225.28(b)(6)(i) and (ii) of Regulation Y, and James Sprout & 
Associates, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, and thereby engage in 
investment advisory activities, pursuant to sections 225.28(b)(6)(i) 
and (ii) of Regulation Y.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Poudre River Valley Trust Co., Fort Collins, Colorado, and 
thereby engage in trust company activities, pursuant to section 
225.28(b)(5) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 12, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-946 Filed 1-15-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S