[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86714-86715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28894]


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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 will also 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.
    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 December 28, 2016.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (David L. Hubbard, Senior 
Manager) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034. Comments can 
also be sent electronically to [email protected]:
    1. Simmons First National Corporation, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; to 
acquire 100 percent of Hardeman County Investment Company Inc., and 
thereby indirectly acquire First South Bank, both of Jackson, 
Tennessee.
    2. Legacy BancShares, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Legacy National Bank, 
Springdale, Arkansas.
    3. First Security Bancorp, Searcy, Arkansas; to increase its 
ownership in CrossFirst Holdings, LLC, from 10.43 percent to 14.53 
percent through the purchase of up to 500,000 additional common member 
units, and thereby increase its interest in CrossFirst Bank, both of 
Leawood, Kansas.
    4. First National Bancorp, Inc., Green Forest, Arkansas; to acquire 
8.10 percent of Legacy BancShares, Inc., Springdale, Arkansas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire shares of Legacy National Bank, Springdale, 
Arkansas.
    5. Home BancShares, Inc., Conway, Arkansas; to merge with, Giant

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Holdings, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Landmark Bank, N.A., 
both of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Dennis Denney, Assistant 
Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
    1. The Banner County Ban Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan 
and Trust, Harrisburg, Nebraska; to acquire up to an additional 1.85 
percent for a total of 41.65 percent of the voting shares of Banner 
County Ban Corporation, parent of Banner Capital Bank, both of 
Harrisburg, Nebraska.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 28, 
2016.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-28894 Filed 11-30-16; 8:45 am]
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