[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 182 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53772-53773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18559]


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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

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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 15, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank 
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York; to acquire control of 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, San Francisco, California.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Douglas A. Banks, Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia; to merge with Oak Hill 
Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Oak Hills Banks, both 
of Jackson, Ohio. In connection with this application, Wesbanco has 
applied to acquire Oak Hill Financial Services, Inc., Jackson, Ohio, 
and thereby engage in securities brokerage activities, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(7)(i) of Regulation Y.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Atlantic Southern Financial Group, Inc., Macon, Georgia; to 
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of CenterState Bank Mid 
Florida, Leesburg, Florida.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 17, 
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-18559 Filed 9-19-07; 8:45 am]
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