Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 33496 [2017-15251]

Download as PDF 33496 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 138 / Thursday, July 20, 2017 / Notices FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES 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 August 16, 2017. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414: 1. QCR Holdings, Inc., Moline, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201–2272: 1. Southside Bancshares, Inc., Tyler, Texas; to merge with Diboll State Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First Bank & Trust East Texas, both of Diboll, Texas. C. 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 Comments .applications@stls.frb.org: 1. Simmons First National Corporation, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; to merge with Southwest Bancorp, Inc., VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Jul 19, 2017 Jkt 241001 Stillwater, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank SNB, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 17, 2017. Yao-Chin Chao, Assistant Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2017–15251 Filed 7–19–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. AGENCY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend, without revision, the recordkeeping and disclosure requirements associated with Regulation R. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to collection of information requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the Board. Boardapproved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB’s public docket files. The Board may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 452–3829. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974. PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three years, without revision, of the following report: Report title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation R. Agency form number: FR 4025. OMB Control number: 7100–0316. Frequency: On occasion. Respondents: Commercial banks and savings associations. Estimated number of respondents: Section 701 disclosures to customers: 1,500; Section 701 disclosures to brokers: 1,500, Section 723 recordkeeping: 75; Section 741 disclosures to customers: 750. Estimated average hours per response: Section 701 disclosures to customers: 5 minutes; Section 701 disclosures to brokers: 15 minutes, Section 723 recordkeeping: 15 minutes; Section 741 disclosures to customers: 5 minutes. Estimated annual burden hours: 75,563. General description of report: Sections 701, 723, and 741 contain information collection requirements. Details of the requirements for each section are provided below. Section 701. Section 701(a)(2)(i) and (b) require banks (or their broker-dealer partners) that utilize the exemption provided in this section to make certain disclosures to high net worth or institutional customers. Specifically, these banks must clearly and conspicuously disclose (i) the name of the broker-dealer and (ii) that the bank employee participates in an incentive compensation program under which the bank employee may receive a fee of more than a nominal amount for referring the customer to the brokerdealer and payment of this fee may be contingent on whether the referral results in a transaction with the brokerdealer. In addition, one of the conditions of the exemption is that the broker-dealer and the bank have a contractual or other written arrangement containing certain elements, including notification and information requirements. The bank must provide its broker-dealer partner with the name of the bank employee receiving a referral fee under the exemption and certain other identifying information relating to the bank employee. Section 723. Section 723(e)(1) requires a bank that desires to exclude a trust or fiduciary account in determining its compliance with the chiefly compensated test in section 721, pursuant to a de minimis exclusion 5, to maintain records demonstrating that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\20JYN1.SGM 20JYN1

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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 August 16, 2017.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Colette A. Fried, Assistant 
Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414:
    1. QCR Holdings, Inc., Moline, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior 
Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Southside Bancshares, Inc., Tyler, Texas; to merge with Diboll 
State Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire First Bank & 
Trust East Texas, both of Diboll, Texas.
    C. 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 Comments.applications@stls.frb.org:
    1. Simmons First National Corporation, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; to 
merge with Southwest Bancorp, Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Bank SNB, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 17, 2017.
Yao-Chin Chao,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2017-15251 Filed 7-19-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
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