[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20373-20374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7749]


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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 May 13, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Jay Bernstein, Bank 
Supervision Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Edgar M. Bronfman Trusts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and Treetops 
Acquisition

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Group LP, Treetops Acquisition Group II LP, Treetops Acquisition Group 
Ltd., Treetops Acquisition Group II Ltd., CAM Discount Ltd., all of New 
York, New York, to become bank holding companies by acquiring up to 
fifty-one percent of the voting shares of Israel Discount Bank, Ltd., 
Tel Aviv, Israel, and thereby indirectly acquire Discount Bancorp, New 
York, New York, and Israel Discount Bank of New York, New York, New 
York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Copiah Bancshares, Inc., Hazlehurst, Mississippi; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Copiah Bank, National Association, Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. Peotone Bancorp, Inc., Peotone, Illinois; to acquire up to 20.06 
percent of the voting shares of SouthwestUSA Corporation, Las Vegas, 
Nevada, and thereby indirectly acquire SouthwestUSA Bank, Las Vegas, 
Nevada.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. The Farmers State Bank of Fort Morgan, Colorado Employee Stock 
Ownership Plan, Fort Morgan, Colorado; to acquire up to 38 percent of 
the voting shares of FSB Bancorporation of Fort Morgan, Colorado, Fort 
Morgan, Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Farmers State Bank of Fort Morgan, Fort Morgan, Colorado.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 13, 
2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-7749 Filed 4-18-05; 8:45 am]
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