80 FR 64000 - Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 204 (October 22, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 64000]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26847]


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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 November 16, 2015.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Adam M. Drimer, Assistant Vice 
President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc., Huntington, West Virginia; to 
merge with First National Bankshares Corporation, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First National Bank, both in Ronceverte, West 
Virginia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior 
Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. WSB Bancshares, Inc., Wellington, Texas; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting share of XIT Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly 
acquire voting shares of Security State Bank, both in Littlefield, 
Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 19, 
2015.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2015-26847 Filed 10-21-15; 8:45 am]
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