[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72433-72434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6841]


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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

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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 Web site at http://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 December 30, 2005.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. BV Bancshares, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Stonebridge Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a de novo bank.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. United Bancorporation of Wyoming, Inc., Jackson, Wyoming; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of First National Bank Holding 
Company, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First 
National Bank of Pinedale, both in Pinedale, Wyoming.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 30, 
2005.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E5-6841 Filed 12-2-05; 8:45 am]
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