[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21295]



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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 October 15, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. The Peoples Holding Company, Tupelo, Mississippi; to merge with 
Heritage Financial Holding Corporation, Decatur, Alabama, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Heritage Bank, Decatur, Alabama.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Wilber Co., Wilber, Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of Hickman Corporation, Hickman, Nebraska, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First State Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska, and to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Yutan Bancorp., Inc., Yutan, 
Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Yutan, Yutan, 
Nebraska. In addition, Wilber Co., Wilber, Nebraska, has applied to 
engage in insurance agency activities in a town of less than 5,000 in 
population through the acquisition of Yutan Insurance Agency, Yutan, 
Nebraska, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A) of Regulation Y.
    2. SSB Management LLC, Wilber, Nebraska; to acquire additional 
shares, for a total of 45.2 percent of the voting shares, of Wilber 
Co., Wilber, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire Hickman 
Corporation, Hickman, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire First 
State Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska; Yutan Bancorp., Inc., Yutan, Nebraska, 
and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Yutan, Yutan, Nebraska. SSB 
Management LLC, also has applied to acquire Yutan Insurance Agency, 
Inc., Yutan, Nebraska, and thereby to indirectly engage in insurance 
activities in a town of less than 5,000 in population, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(iii)(A) of Regulation Y.
    3. First National Johnson Bancshares, Inc. Johnson, Nebraska; to 
acquire additional voting shares, for a total of 12.9 percent of the 
voting shares of Wilber Co., Wilber, Nebraska, and thereby acquire 
shares of Hickman Corporation, Hickman, Nebraska, and First State Bank, 
Lincoln, Nebraska; Yutan Bancorp., Inc., Yutan, Nebraska, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Bank of Yutan, Yutan, Nebraska. First National 
Johnson Bancshares, Inc., also has applied to indirectly engage in 
insurance activities through the acquisition of Yutan Insurance Agency, 
Inc., Yutan, Nebraska, by Wilber Co., and thereby engage in insurance 
activities in a town of less than 5,000 in population, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 16, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-21295 Filed 9-21-04; 8:45 am]
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