[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 41 (Friday, February 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11118-11119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3868]


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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 applications 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 March 24, 2008.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., to merge with First Community 
Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First 
Community Bank, all of Hammond, Louisiana.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Glenda Wilson, Community 
Affairs Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:

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    1. Parkside Financial, Inc.; to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Parkside Financial Bank & 
Trust (in organization), both of Clayton, Missouri.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. First Graham Bancorp, Inc., Graham, Texas, and First Graham 
Delaware Corporation, Dover, Delaware; to acquire 100 percent of the 
voting shares of Surety Bank, Fort Worth, Texas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 
Regional and Community Bank Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105-1579:
    1. Porter Mountain III, LLP, to become a bank holding company by 
acquiring 30 percent of the voting shares of Grand Valley Corporation, 
both of Grand Junction, Colorado, and thereby acquire voting shares of 
Grand Valley National Bank, Heber City, Utah.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
engage de novo in extending credit and servicing loans pursuant to 
section 225.28(b)(1) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 25, 
2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E8-3868 Filed 2-28-08; 8:45 am]
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