[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 29967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7941]


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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 June 19, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
    1. Berkshire Bancorp, Inc., Wyomissing, Pennsylvania; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Berkshire Bank, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Bank of the South, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and PrimeTrust Bank, 
Nashville, Tennessee.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Glacier Bancorp, Inc., Kalispell, Montana, and Glacier Holdings, 
Inc., Kalispell, Montana; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares 
of Citizens Development Company, Billings, Montana, and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of First Citizens Bank of Billings, 
Billings, Montana; First National Bank of Lewistown, Lewistown, 
Montana; Western Bank of Chinook, N.A., Chinook, Montana; First 
Citizens Bank, N.A., Columbia Falls, Montana; and Citizens State Bank, 
Hamilton, Montana.
    In connection with this application, Glacier Holdings, Inc., has 
applied to become a bank holding company by merging with Citizens 
Development Company, Billings, Montana.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 19, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-7941 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]
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