[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48868-48869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24701]


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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 October 9, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. One Valley Bancorp, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of One Valley Bank-Central Virginia, 
N.A., Lynchburg, Virginia. The proposed successor by charter conversion 
to One Valley Bank-Central Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia, a subsidiary 
of One Valley Bancorp, Inc.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. First United Bancshares, Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas; to acquire 
100 percent of the voting shares of City Bank & Trust of Shreveport, 
Shreveport, Louisiana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado, ESOP, Lakewood, Colorado; 
to acquire an additional .86 percent for a total of 26.36 percent, of 
the voting shares of FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado, Lakewood, 
Colorado, and thereby indirectly acquire FirstBank of

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Arvada, N.A., Arvada, Colorado; FirstBank of Aurora, N.A., Aurora, 
Colorado; FirstBank of Avon, Avon, Colorado; FirstBank of Boulder, 
N.A., Boulder, Colorado; FirstBank of Breckenridge, N.A., Breckenridge, 
Colorado; FirstBank of Douglas County, N.A., Castle Rock, Colorado; 
FirstBank of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado; FirstBank of 
Cherry Creek, N.A., Denver, Colorado; FirstBank of Denver, N.A., 
Denver, Colorado; FirstBank of Longmont, Longmont, Colorado; FirstBank 
of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado; FirstBank of Greeley, 
Greeley, Colorado; FirstBank of Tech Center, N.A., Englewood, Colorado; 
FirstBank of Colorado, N.A., Lakewood, Colorado; FirstBank of South 
Jeffco, Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank of Lakewood, N.A.,Lakewood, 
Colorado; FirstBank of Littleton, N.A., Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank 
of Arapahoe County, N.A., Littleton, Colorado; FirstBank of 
Silverthorne, N.A., Silverthorne, Colorado; FirstBank of Vail, Vail, 
Colorado; FirstBank North, N.A., Westminster, Colorado; FirstBank of 
Wheat Ridge, N.A., Wheat Ridge, Colorado; FirstBank of Evergreen, 
Evergreen, Colorado; and FirstBank, N.A., Palm Desert, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 12, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-24701 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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