[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48234-48235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18089]


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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

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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 September 2, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community 
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Poplar Bluff, Missouri; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Sterling Bank, Poplar Bluff, Missouri (in formation).
    2. S.Y. Bancorp, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky; to acquire 9.9 percent 
of the voting shares of Indiana Business Bank, Indianapolis, Indiana 
(in formation).
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. First Centralia Bancshares, Inc., Centralia, Kansas; to acquire 
up to 8.3 percent of the voting shares of Morrill Bancshares, Inc., 
Merriam, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire The Morrill and Janes 
Bank & Trust Company, Merriam, Kansas; City National Bank, Kilgore, 
Texas; and 1st Bank Oklahoma, Claremore, Oklahoma.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 3, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-18089 Filed 8-6-04; 8:45 am]
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