[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11661-11662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4544]


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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 April 4, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Capital City Bank Group, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida; to merge 
with First Alachua Banking Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire 
First National Bank of Alachua, Alachua, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community 
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:
    1. Community First Bancshares, Inc., Harrison, Arkansas; to acquire 
20 percent of the voting shares of White River Bancshares Company, 
Fayetteville, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Signature Bank 
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly First Bank of South 
Arkansas, Camden, Arkansas).
    2. Home Bancshares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas; to acquire 20 percent 
of the voting shares of White River Bancshares Company, Fayetteville, 
Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Signature Bank of Arkansas, 
Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly First Bank of South Arkansas, Camden, 
Arkansas).
    3. White River Bancshares Company, Fayetteville, Arkansas; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Signature Bank of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (formerly 
First Bank of South Arkansas, Camden, Arkansas).
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. BOTS, Inc., Topeka, Kansas; to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of VisionBank, Topeka, 
Kansas (in organization).
    2. Young Partners, L.P., and Young Corporation, both of 
Chillicothe, Missouri, to indirectly acquire, and Citizens Bancshares 
Co., Chillicothe, Missouri, to directly acquire an additional 11.6 
percent, for a total of 23.3 percent of the voting shares of First 
Community Bancshares, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First Community Bank, Lee's Summit, Missouri.
    3. Young Partners, L.P., and Young Corporation, both of 
Chillicothe, Missouri, to indirectly acquire, and Citizens Bancshares 
Co., Chillicothe, Missouri, to directly acquire an additional 2 
percent, for a total of 6.95 percent of the voting shares of Clayco 
Banc Corporation, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of CSB 
Bank, both in Claycomo, Missouri.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group)

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101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. FNB Bancorp, South San Francisco, California; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Sequoia National Bank, San Francisco, 
California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 3, 2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-4544 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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