Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 76669 [E6-21844]
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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 January 16,
2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55480-0291:
1. First Sleepy Eye Bancorporation,
Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota; to
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares
of Lake Benton Bancorporation, Inc.,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of First
Security Bank–Lake Benton, Lake
Benton, Minnesota.
Dated: December 12, 2006.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division,
Region 6.
[FR Doc. E6–21890 Filed 12–20–06; 8:45 am]
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, December 18, 2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6–21844 Filed 12–20–06; 8:45 am]
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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
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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 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 January 16, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480-0291:
1. First Sleepy Eye Bancorporation, Inc., Sioux Falls, South
Dakota; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Lake Benton
Bancorporation, Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and thereby indirectly
acquire voting shares of First Security Bank-Lake Benton, Lake Benton,
Minnesota.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 18,
2006.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-21844 Filed 12-20-06; 8:45 am]
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