Federal Register: February 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 34)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-4006
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Federal Reserve System
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Banks and bank holding companies:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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 March 15, 2002.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105 1521:
1. Caixa Geral de Depositos, SA, Lisbon, Portugal and CGD USA Holding Company, Inc., New York, New York; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 51 percent of the voting shares of Crown Bank, National Association, Ocean City, New Jersey.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 631662034:
1. First Staunton Bancshares, Inc., Staunton, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Hamel Bancorp, Inc., Hamel, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Hamel State Bank, Hamel, Illinois.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 941051579:
1. Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; to acquire 100 percent of Tejas Bancshares, Inc., Amarillo, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Tejas Force, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and The First National Bank of Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 13, 2002.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
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SUMMARY:
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
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 March 15, 2002.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105 1521:
1. Caixa Geral de Depositos, SA, Lisbon, Portugal and CGD USA Holding Company, Inc., New York, New York; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 51 percent of the voting shares of Crown Bank, National Association, Ocean City, New Jersey.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 631662034:
1. First Staunton Bancshares, Inc., Staunton, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Hamel Bancorp, Inc., Hamel, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire Hamel State Bank, Hamel, Illinois.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 941051579:
1. Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; to acquire 100 percent of Tejas Bancshares, Inc., Amarillo, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire Tejas Force, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and The First National Bank of Amarillo, Amarillo, Texas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 13, 2002.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 024006 Filed 21902; 8:45 am]
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