[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23555]


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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 November 15, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Jay Bernstein, Bank 
Supervision Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ontario; to acquire at least 
51 percent of the voting shares of Banknorth Group, Inc., Portland, 
Maine, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Banknorth, 
National Association, Portland, Maine.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Citizens Bancshares, Co., Chillicothe, Missouri; to acquire 12 
percent of the voting shares of First Community Bancshares, Inc., 
Overland Park, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
First Community Bank, Lee's Summit, Missouri.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Franklin Resources, Inc., San Mateo, California; to acquire 14 
percent of Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Centennial Bank of the 
West, Fort Collins, Colorado; Guaranty Corporation, Denver, Colorado; 
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, Denver, Colorado; The First National 
Bank of Strasburg, Strasburg, Colorado; and Collegiate Peaks Bank, 
Buena Vista, Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 15, 
2004.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-23555 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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