[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14820-14821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5475]


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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

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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 Web site 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 April 11, 2008.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank 
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. The Westchester Bank Holding Corporation; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of The 
Westchester Bank, both of Yonkers, New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
    1. ATB Holdings, LLC, and ATB Management, LLC, both of Birmingham, 
Alabama; to acquire up to 51 percent of the voting shares of Guardian 
Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of 
Alabama Trust Bank, N.A., both of Sylacauga, Alabama.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice 
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Texas American Acquisition Group, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of Liberty Bank, North Richland Hills, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 13, 
2008.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc.E8-5475 Filed 3-18-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-S