[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8109]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 
or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for 
processing, they 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 indicated for that notice or to the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later 
than April 23, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. Oliver B. Triplett, III, and Oliver B. Triplett Trust, Oliver B. 
Triplett, III, Trustee, Forest, Mississippi; to retain 20.41 percent of 
the voting shares of First Forest Corporation, Forest, Mississippi, and 
thereby retain shares of Bank of Forest, Forest, Mississippi.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. First Grayson Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 
Celeste, Texas; to retain 15.82 percent of the voting shares of First 
Grayson Banchsares, Inc., Whitesboro, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Security Bank, Whitesboro, Texas.
    2. Metroplex North Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 
Celeste, Texas; to retain 17.87 percent of the voting shares of 
Metroplex North Bancshares, Inc., Whitesboro, Texas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First Bank, Celeste, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 28, 
1996.
William W. Wiles,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-8109 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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