[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14894-14895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4242]


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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 http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

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    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 17, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Richard Walker, Community 
Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204:
    1. Chicopee Bancorp, Inc., Chicopee, Massachusetts; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Chicopee Savings Bank, Chicopee, Massachusetts.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Centra Financial Holdings, Inc., Morgantown, West Virginia; to 
acquire up to 100 percent of the voting shares of Smithfield State Bank 
of Smithfield, Pennsylvania, Smithfield, Pennsylvania.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. South Georgia Bank Holding Company, Omega, Georgia; to merge 
with Community National Bancorporation, and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Community National Bank, both of Ashburn, Georgia.
    2. Southwest Capital Holdings, Inc. Fort Myers, Florida; to become 
a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Southwest Capital Bank, National Association, Fort Myers, Florida.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Forstrom Bancorporation Inc., Clara City, Minnesota; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Yellow Medicine Bancshares, Inc., 
and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Yellow Medicine County 
Bank, both of Granite Falls, Minnesota.
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. FC Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas; to merge with Texas National 
Bancshares, Inc., Tomball, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting 
shares of Tomball Delaware Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, and Texas 
National Bank, Tomball, Texas.
    2. Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A., Monterrey, Nuvevo Leon, Mexico; 
Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multipile, Grupo 
Financiero Banorte, Monterrey Nuvevo Leon, Mexico; and Banorte USA 
Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; to become bank holding companies by 
acquiring 70 percent of the voting shares of INB Financial Corporation, 
McAllen, Texas, and indirectly, INB Delaware Corporation, Wilmington, 
Delaware, and Inter National Bank, McAllen, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 20, 
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-4242 Filed 3-23-06; 8:45 am]
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