[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78028-78029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28449]


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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 January 21, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Benjamin Franklin Bancorp, MHC, Franklin, Massachusetts; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Benjamin Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin, Massachusetts.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick Wilder, Assistant Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Blue River Bancshares, Inc., Shelbyville, Indiana; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Heartland Community Bank, Franklin, Indiana. Applicant also has applied 
to retain voting shares of Paramount Bank, Lexington, Kentucky a 
federal savings bank, and thereby operate a savings association, 
pursuant to section 12 CFR 225.28(b)(4) of Regulation Y.
    2. C-B-G, Inc., West Liberty, Iowa; to acquire 24.35 percent of the 
voting shares of Washington Bancorp, Washington, Iowa, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Federation Bank, Washington, Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. Nicholas, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Glacier Bancorp, Inc., Kalispell, Montana; to merge with First 
National Banks-West Co., Evanston, Wyoming, and thereby indirectly 
acquire First National Bank-West, Evanston, Wyoming.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200

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North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. FC Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas, and First Community Holdings 
of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; to become bank holding 
companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First 
Community Bank San Antonio, National Association, San Antonio, Texas.
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. First National Bank Holding Company, Scottsdale, Arizona; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First Heritage Bank, 
National Association, Newport Beach, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 22, 
2004.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-28449 Filed 12-28-04; 8:45 am]
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