[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55631-55632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20733]


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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

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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 October 8, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Jay Bernstein, Bank 
Supervision Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Excel Bancorp LLC, New York, New York to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 96.93 percent of the voting shares of Excel Bank, 
National Association, New York, New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. First National Bancorp, Inc., Brewster, Minnesota; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Nobles Agency, Inc., Brewster, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly 
acquire voting shares of The First National Bank of Brewster, Brewster, 
Minnesota. Applicant also proposes through the acquisition of Nobles 
Agency, Inc., Brewster, Minnesota, to engage in insurance agency 
activities in a town with a population not exceeding 5,000, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 9, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-20733 Filed 9-14-04; 8:45 am]
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