[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 177 (Thursday, September 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18044]


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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 October 9, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Smith Associates Florida Banking Fund LLC; Smith Associates Bank 
Fund Management LLC, and Florida Shores Bancorp, Inc., all of Pompano 
Beach, Florida; to acquire 60 percent of the voting shares of Florida 
Shores Bank - Southwest, Venice, Florida (in organization).
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Century Financial Services Corporation, to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Century Bank, 
upon its conversion from a federal savings bank, Century Bank, FSB, all 
of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to a commercial bank.
    2. Equity Bancshares, Inc., Andover, Kansas, to acquire up to 100 
percent of the voting shares of Signature Bancshares, Inc., Spring 
Hill, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Signature 
Bank KC, Haddam, Kansas.
    In connection with this application, Equity Bancshares, Inc., also 
has applied to acquire Citizens Agency, Inc., Haddam, Kansas, and 
thereby engage in general insurance activities in a town of less than 
5,000, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(11)(iii)(A) of Regulation Y.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. JLL Associates G. P. FCH, L.L.C.; JLL Associates FCH, L.P.; JLL 
Partners Fund FCH, L.P.; and JLL/FCH Holdings I, LLC, all of New York, 
New York; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 54.7 percent of 
the voting shares of FC Holdings, Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquiring FC Holdings of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, 
Delaware; First Community Bank, The Woodlands, N.A., Tomball, Texas; 
First Community Bank Central Texas, N.A., Meridian, Texas; First 
Community Bank, Fort Bend, N.A., Sugar Land, Texas; and First Community 
Bank San Antonio, N.A., San Antonio, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 10, 
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-18044 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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