Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 20003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10133]


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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. 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 May 17, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Heartland Bancshares, Inc., Lake Placid, Florida; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Heartland National Bank, Lake Placid, Florida (in organization).
    2. South Alabama Bancorporation, Inc., Mobile, Alabama; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of Sweet Water State Bancshares, Inc., 
Sweet Water, Alabama, and thereby indirectly acquire Sweet Water State 
Bank, Sweet Water, Alabama.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Simmons First National Corporation, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; to 
merge with NBC Bank Corp., El Dorado, Arkansas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire National Bank of Commerce of El Dorado, El Dorado, Arkansas.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Amoret Bancshares, Butler, Missouri; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of C.J. Bancshares, Inc., Harrisonville, Missouri.
    2. FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado ESOP, and FirstBank 
Holding Company of Colorado, both of Lakewood, Colorado; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of FirstBank of El Paso County, Colorado 
Springs, Colorado (in organization).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 19, 
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-10133 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F