[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 192 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 56762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19623]
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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 October 29, 2007.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank
Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
1. Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Dublin, Ireland and M&T Bank
Corporation, Buffalo, New York (M&T); to acquire 100 percent of the
voting shares of Partners Trust Financial Group, (Partners Trust), and
merge Partners Trust with and into M&T, and thereby acquire voting
shares of Partners Trust Municipal Bank, Utica, New York.
In connection with this application, Allied Irish Banks. p.l.c.,
and M&T also have applied to acquire Partners Trust Bank; Partners
NEWPRO, Inc.; Partners Preferred Capital Corporation; Partners Trust
Investment Services, Inc.; BSB Mortgage Corporation; BSB Financial
Services, Inc.; Groupinsure Brokerage Holding, Inc.; and SBU Mortgage
Corporation, all of Utica, New York, and thereby engage in operating a
federal savings bank, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii); in
extending credit and servicing loans, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(1);
in asset management, servicing, and collection activities, pursuant to
section 225.28(b)(2)(vi); and in securities brokerage activities,
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(7)(i), all of Regulation Y.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill, III, Vice
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
1. SCBT Financial Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of TSB Financial Corporation, and
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Scottish Bank, both of
Charlotte, North Carolina.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President)
1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
1. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; to
merge with Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire
voting shares of Bank of the South, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and
PrimeTrust Bank, Nashville, Tennessee.
D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480-0291:
1. Hazen Bancorporation, Hazen, North Dakota; to acquire additional
voting shares, for a total of 16.67 percent, of North Star Holding
Company, and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting shares of
Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North Dakota.
2. McIntosh County Bank Holding Company, Ashley, North Dakota; to
acquire additional voting shares, for a total of 33.33 percent, of
North Star Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire additional
voting shares of Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North Dakota.
3. Wishek Bancorporation, Wishek, North Dakota; to acquire
additional voting shares, for a total of 33.3 percent, of North Star
Holding Company, and thereby indirectly acquire additional voting
shares of Unison Bank, both of Jamestown, North Dakota.
E. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant
Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001:
1. Bruning Bancshares, Inc., Bruning, Nebraska; to acquire up to 15
percent of the voting shares of 3MV Bancorp, Inc., and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of Access Bank (in organization), both
in Omaha, Nebraska.
2. 3MV Bancorp, Inc.; to become a bank holding company by acquiring
100 percent of the voting shares of Access Bank (in organization), both
of Omaha, Nebraska.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 1,
2007.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7-19623 Filed 10-3-07; 8:45 am]
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