[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19187-19188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5481]


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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

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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/.
    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 8, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Republic Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of United 
Republic Bank, Omaha, Nebraska (in organization).
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Skagit State Bancorp, Burlington, Washington; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Skagit 
State Bank, Burlington, Washington.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 10, 
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-5481 Filed 4-12-06; 8:45 am]
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