[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8660-8661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-372]


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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

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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 March 19, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Webster Financial Corporation, Waterbury, Connecticut; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Webster Bank, Waterbury, Connecticut, upon its conversion to a national 
bank.
    In connection with this application, Applicant to acquire Webster D 
& P Holdings, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut, and thereby indirectly 
acquire 73.6 percent of Duff & Phelps, LLC and Duff & Phelps 
Securities, LLC, both of Chicago, Illinois, and thereby engage in 
financial advisory and agency transaction activities, pursuant to 
sections 225.28(b)(6)(iii), 225.28(b)(7)(i) and 225.28(b)(7)(iii) of 
Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Nadine W. Wallman, Assistant 
Vice President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. National City Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio; to merge with 
Provident Financial Group, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Provident Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.
    In connection with this application, Applicant to acquire 100 
percent of Provident Investment Advisors, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
thereby engage in financing and investment advisory activities, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 19, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E4-372 Filed 2-24-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S