[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76850-76851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7944]


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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 Web site 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 20, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Jay Bernstein, Bank 
Supervision Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Bay View Capital Corporation, San Mateo, California; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Great Lakes Bancorp, Buffalo, New York, and thereby acquiring Greater 
Buffalo Savings Bank, Buffalo, New York.
    2. TrustCo Bank Corp NY, Glenville, New York; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Ballston Spa Bancorp and thereby acquire Ballston Spa National Bank, 
both of Ballston Spa, New York.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
retain control of TrustCo Bank, Schenectady, New York, and thereby 
continue to engage in operating a savings and loan association, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cindy West, Manager) 1455 
East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Sky Financial Group, Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio; to acquire up to 
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percent of the voting shares of LNB Bancorp, Inc., Lorain, Ohio, and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of the Lorain National Bank, 
Lorain, Ohio.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 22, 
2005.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E5-7944 Filed 12-27-05; 8:45 am]
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