[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-476]



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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 Web site at http://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 April 1, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
    1. CB Financial Corp., Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of County 
Bank, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, Georgia; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Synovus Bank of Jacksonville, 
Jacksonville, Florida (in organization).
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. The Templar Fund, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; to acquire an 
additional 7.5 percent, for a total ownership of 42 percent, 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. Summit Bancshares, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of ANB Financial Corporation, Arlington, 
Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of ANB Delaware 
Financial Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, and Arlington National 
Bank, Arlington, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 2, 2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E4-476 Filed 3-5-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S