[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 192 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 56762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19623]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 29, 2007.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank 
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Dublin, Ireland and M&T Bank 
Corporation, Buffalo, New York (M&T); to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of Partners Trust Financial Group, (Partners Trust), and 
merge Partners Trust with and into M&T, and thereby acquire voting 
shares of Partners Trust Municipal Bank, Utica, New York.
    In connection with this application, Allied Irish Banks. p.l.c., 
and M&T also have applied to acquire Partners Trust Bank; Partners 
NEWPRO, Inc.; Partners Preferred Capital Corporation; Partners Trust 
Investment Services, Inc.; BSB Mortgage Corporation; BSB Financial 
Services, Inc.; Groupinsure Brokerage Holding, Inc.; and SBU Mortgage 
Corporation, all of Utica, New York, and thereby engage in operating a 
federal savings bank, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii); in 
extending credit and servicing loans, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1); 
in asset management, servicing, and collection activities, pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(2)(vi); and in securities brokerage activities, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(7)(i), all of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. SCBT Financial Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of TSB Financial Corporation, and 
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Scottish Bank, both of 
Charlotte, North Carolina.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; to 
merge with Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 
voting shares of Bank of the South, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and 
PrimeTrust Bank, Nashville, Tennessee.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 
55480-0291:
    1. Hazen Bancorporation, Hazen, North Dakota; to acquire additional 
voting shares, for a total of 16.67 percent, of North Star Holding 
Company, and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting shares of 
Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North Dakota.
    2. McIntosh County Bank Holding Company, Ashley, North Dakota; to 
acquire additional voting shares, for a total of 33.33 percent, of 
North Star Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire additional 
voting shares of Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North Dakota.
    3. Wishek Bancorporation, Wishek, North Dakota; to acquire 
additional voting shares, for a total of 33.3 percent, of North Star 
Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting 
shares of Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North Dakota.
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant 
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. Bruning Bancshares, Inc., Bruning, Nebraska; to acquire up to 15 
percent of the voting shares of 3MV Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 
indirectly acquire voting shares of Access Bank (in organization), both 
in Omaha, Nebraska.
    2. 3MV Bancorp, Inc.; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 
100 percent of the voting shares of Access Bank (in organization), both 
of Omaha, Nebraska.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 1, 
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-19623 Filed 10-3-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S