[Federal Register: December 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 243)]
[Notices]
[Page 70506]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or
Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company.
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for
inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons
may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for
that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must
be received not later than January 2, 2004.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Herman Eugene Ratchford, Triangle Real Estate of Gastonia, Inc.,
Herman Eugene Ratchford, Jr., and James Henry Ratchford, all of
Gastonia, North Carolina, as a group acting in concert to acquire
voting shares of First South Bancorp, Inc., Spartanburg, South
Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First South
Bank, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 12,
2003.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E3-00587 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-S