[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1935-1936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-905]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Holcomb Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, et al.; 
Formations of; Acquisitions by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec. 225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the 

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application has been accepted for processing, it will also be available 
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested 
persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank or to 
the offices of the Board of Governors. Any comment on an application 
that requests a hearing must include a statement of why a written 
presentation would not suffice in lieu of a hearing, identifying 
specifically any questions of fact that are in dispute and summarizing 
the evidence that would be presented at a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than February 16, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Holcomb Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Holcomb, 
Illinois; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 33 percent of 
the voting shares of Holcomb Bancorp, Inc., Holcomb, Illinois, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Holcomb State Bank, Holcomb, Illinois.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, 
Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105:
    1. Puget Sound Bancorp, Port Orchard, Washington; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First 
National Bank of Port Orchard, Port Orchard, Washington.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 18, 
1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-905 Filed 1-23-96; 8:45 am]
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