81_FR_62309 81 FR 62135 - Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

81 FR 62135 - Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 174 (September 8, 2016)

Page Range62135-62135
FR Document2016-21597

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 62135]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21597]


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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 October 3, 2016.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior 
Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Greater State Bancshares Corp., McAllen, Texas, to become a bank 
holding company through the acquisition of Greater State Bank, 
Falfurrias, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 2, 
2016.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-21597 Filed 9-7-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                  and disclose extraordinary events and                   and 11, would be revised to say                       (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
                                                  transactions. An event or transaction is                ‘‘Income (loss) before income taxes and               noted, nonbanking activities will be
                                                  presumed to be an ordinary and usual                    discontinued operations,’’ ‘‘Income                   conducted throughout the United States.
                                                  activity of the reporting entity unless                 (loss) before discontinued operations,’’                Unless otherwise noted, comments
                                                  evidence clearly supports its                           and ‘‘Discontinued operations, net of                 regarding each of these applications
                                                  classification as an extraordinary item.                applicable income taxes,’’ respectively.              must be received at the Reserve Bank
                                                     ASU 2015–01 is effective for fiscal                  Similarly, the captions for Schedule HI,              indicated or the offices of the Board of
                                                  years, and interim periods within those                 memorandum items 2 and 8, and items                   Governors not later than October 3,
                                                  fiscal years, beginning after December                  8 and 11 on the Predecessor Financial                 2016.
                                                  15, 2015. Thus, for example, holding                    Items and applicable Glossary                           A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
                                                  companies with a calendar year fiscal                   references would also be revised to                   (Robert L. Triplett III, Senior Vice
                                                  year must begin to apply the ASU in                     eliminate the concept of extraordinary                President) 2200 North Pearl Street,
                                                  their FR Y–9C for March 31, 2016.6                      items.                                                Dallas, Texas 75201–2272:
                                                  After a holding company adopts ASU                                                                              1. Greater State Bancshares Corp.,
                                                                                                          Additional Comments                                   McAllen, Texas, to become a bank
                                                  2015–01, any event or transaction that
                                                  would have met the criteria for                            One commenter requested                            holding company through the
                                                  extraordinary classification before the                 clarification on why the proposed                     acquisition of Greater State Bank,
                                                  adoption of the ASU should be reported                  change to the Call Report regarding                   Falfurrias, Texas.
                                                  in Schedule HI, item 5(l), ‘‘Other                      trading revenues due to changes in                      Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                                                  noninterest income,’’ or item 7(d),                     credit and debit valuation adjustments                System, September 2, 2016.
                                                  ‘‘Other noninterest expense,’’ as                       was not proposed on the FR Y–9C                       Robert deV. Frierson,
                                                  appropriate, unless the event or                        report. The Federal Reserve reviewed                  Secretary of the Board.
                                                  transaction would otherwise be                          this information and determined that                  [FR Doc. 2016–21597 Filed 9–7–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  reportable in another item of Schedule                  the proposed changes are not necessary
                                                                                                                                                                BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
                                                  HI.                                                     for the FR Y–9C and that the current
                                                     Consistent with the elimination of the               information is adequate to meet the
                                                  concept of extraordinary items in ASU                   Federal Reserve’s supervisory needs.                  FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
                                                  2015–01, the Federal Reserve proposed                     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
                                                  to revise the instructions for Schedule                 System, September 1, 2016.                            Change in Bank Control Notices;
                                                  HI, item 11, and remove the term                        Robert deV. Frierson,                                 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
                                                  ‘‘extraordinary items’’ and revise the                  Secretary of the Board.                               Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;
                                                  captions for Schedule HI, item 8,                       [FR Doc. 2016–21524 Filed 9–7–16; 8:45 am]            Correction
                                                  ‘‘Income (loss) before income taxes and                 BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
                                                  extraordinary items and other                                                                                   This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.
                                                  adjustments,’’ item 10, ‘‘Income (loss)                                                                       2016–21009) published on pages 60354
                                                  before extraordinary items and other                    FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM                                of the issue for Thursday, September 1,
                                                  adjustments’’ and item 11,                                                                                    2016.
                                                  ‘‘Extraordinary items and other                         Formations of, Acquisitions by, and                     Under the Federal Reserve Bank of
                                                  adjustment, net of income taxes                         Mergers of Bank Holding Companies                     Chicago heading, the entry for The
                                                  effective March 31, 2016. After the                                                                           Stephen L. LaFrance, Jr. GW
                                                  concept of extraordinary items has been                   The companies listed in this notice                 Investments Trust, the Jason P.
                                                  eliminated and such items would no                      have applied to the Board for approval,               LaFrance GW Investments Trust, the
                                                  longer be reportable in Schedule HI,                    pursuant to the Bank Holding Company                  Amy Beth LaFrance GW Investments
                                                  item 11, only the results of discontinued               Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)                  Trust, all of Little Rock, Arkansas,
                                                  operations would be reportable in item                  (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part                  Stephen L. LaFrance, Jr., Little Rock,
                                                  11. Accordingly, effective March 31,                    225), and all other applicable statutes               Arkansas, as trustee of the Stephen L.
                                                  2016, the revised captions for Schedule                 and regulations to become a bank                      LaFrance, Jr. GW Investments Trust and
                                                  HI, items 8, 10 and 11 would become                     holding company and/or to acquire the                 co-trustee of the Jason P. LaFrance GW
                                                  ‘‘Income (loss) before income taxes and                 assets or the ownership of, control of, or            Investments Trust, and Jason P.
                                                  discontinued operations,’’ ‘‘Income                     the power to vote shares of a bank or                 LaFrance, Little Rock, Arkansas, as co-
                                                  (loss) before discontinued operations,’’                bank holding company and all of the                   trustee of the Jason P. LaFrance GW
                                                  and ‘‘discontinued operations, net of                   banks and nonbanking companies                        Investments Trust and as trustee of the
                                                  applicable income taxes’’ respectively.                 owned by the bank holding company,                    Amy Beth LaFrance GW Investments
                                                  The captions for Schedule HI,                           including the companies listed below.                 Trust and the Amy LaFrance Bancroft
                                                                                                            The applications listed below, as well              GW Investments Revocable Trust, Little
                                                  memorandum items 2 and 8, and items
                                                                                                          as other related filings required by the              Rock, Arkansas is revised to read as
                                                  8 and 11 on the Predecessor Financial
                                                                                                          Board, are available for immediate                    follows:
                                                  Items and applicable Glossary
                                                                                                          inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank                  A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
                                                  references would also be revised to
                                                                                                          indicated. The applications will also be              (Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice
                                                  eliminate the concept of extraordinary
                                                                                                          available for inspection at the offices of            President) 230 South LaSalle Street,
                                                  items.
                                                     No comments were received on the                     the Board of Governors. Interested                    Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414:
                                                                                                          persons may express their views in                      1. The Stephen L. LaFrance, Jr. GW
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                                                  planned changes related to
                                                  extraordinary items. Accordingly,                       writing on the standards enumerated in                Investments Trust, the Jason P.
                                                  effective September 30, 2016, the                       the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the               LaFrance GW Investments Trust, the
                                                  captions for Schedule HI, items 8, 10,                  proposal also involves the acquisition of             Amy Beth LaFrance GW Investments
                                                                                                          a nonbanking company, the review also                 Trust, all of Little Rock, Arkansas,
                                                    6 Early adoption of ASU 2015–01 is permitted          includes whether the acquisition of the               Stephen L. LaFrance, Jr., Little Rock,
                                                  provided that the guidance is applied from the          nonbanking company complies with the                  Arkansas, as trustee of the Stephen L.
                                                  beginning of the fiscal year of adoption.               standards in section 4 of the BHC Act                 LaFrance, Jr. GW Investments Trust and


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FR Citation81 FR 62135 

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