[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37781-37782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13404]


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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 August 6, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Douglas A. Banks, Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Fifth Third Bancorporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, 
Fifth Third Financial Corporation, both of Cincinnati, Ohio; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of R-G Crown Bank, National 
Association, Augusta, Georgia, upon the conversion of R-G Crown Bank, 
FSB, to a bank.
    In connection with this proposal, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Fifth 
Third Financial Corp, also have applied to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of R-G Crown Bank, FSB, Casselberry, Florida, and thereby 
engage in owning and operating a savings association, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,

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Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. John T. Vucurevich Foundation, Rapid City, South Dakota; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 84.48 percent of the Class B 
common stock and 11.85 percent of the Class A common stock of United 
Bancorporation, and thereby indirectly acquire United Bank, both of 
Osseo, Wisconsin; Cambridge State Bank, Cambridge, Wisconsin; Lincoln 
Community Bank, Merrill, Wisconsin; Bank of Poynette, Poynette, 
Wisconsin; Clark County State Bank, Osceola, Iowa; Farmers State Bank, 
Stickney, South Dakota; and Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Iroquois, 
South Dakota.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. The Protection Bank Holding Company, Inc., Protection, Kansas; 
to acquire up to 100 percent of the voting shares of Citizens State 
Bank of Ashland, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 6, 2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-13404 Filed 7-10-07; 8:45 am]
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