[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 48869]] 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] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F