[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 65524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18824]


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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 December 4, 2006.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Reserve Financial Associates, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Sofia 
Financial Associates, LLC, and Skilken Financial Associates, LLC, all 
of Columbus, Ohio; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 
percent of the voting shares of Business Bank of Florida Corp., and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Florida Business Bank, both 
of Melbourne, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Franklin Bancorp, Inc., and d/b/a Sunrise Community Banks; to 
merge with University Financial Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire 
University National Bank, all of St. Paul, Minnesota.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Community Bancshares of Kansas, Inc., Goff, Kansas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Nemaha Investment Company, Inc., Merriam, Kansas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First State Bank of Goff, Goff, Kansas.
    2. Ironhorse Financial Group, Inc.; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Republic Bank 
& Trust, both of Norman, Oklahoma.
    3. Ironhorse Financial Group, Inc., Norman, Oklahoma; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Armstrong Bancshares, Inc., and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Armstrong Bank, both of 
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. BT Holdings, Inc., Quitman, Texas; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Quitman 
Bancorporation, Inc., Quitman, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Quitman Bancorporation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, 
Delaware, and Bank Texas, National Association, Quitman, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 3, 
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-18824 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am]
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