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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63813-63814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30294]


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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,

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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.
    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 December 17, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager 
of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, 
San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. Greater Bay Bancorp, Palo Alto, California; to merge with Mt. 
Diablo Bancshares, Danville, California, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Mt. Diablo National Bank, Danville, California.
    2. Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisco, California; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Prime Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, 
and thereby indirectly acquire Prime Bank, Houston, Texas. Comments 
regarding this application must be received not later than December 7, 
1999.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 16, 
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-30294 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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