[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 53390] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-25496] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (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 October 25, 1999. A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001: 1. Banco Portugues do Atlantico, S.A., Oporto, Portugal, and its affiliates, Banco Comerical Portugues, S.A. Oporto, Portugal, BCP-IF S.G.P.S., LDA, Lisbon, Portugal, and its subsidiaries, BPA International, S.G.P.S. Sociedade Unipessoal LDA, Maderia, Portugal, and Banco Portugues do Atlantico (USA), Inc., Newark, New Jersey; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Banco Portugues do Atlantico, National Association, Newark, New Jersey. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Paul Kaboth, Banking Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566: 1. F.N.B. Corporation, Hermitage, Pennsylvania; to acquire 20 percent of the voting shares of Sun Bancorp, Inc., Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire Sun Bank, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. C. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528: 1. Uwharrie Capital Corp., Albemarle, North Carolina; to merge with Anson Bancorp, Inc., Wadesboro, North Carolina, and thereby indirectly acquire Anson Savings Bank, Inc., Wadesboro, North Carolina. D. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413: 1. First Manitowoc Bancorp, Inc., Manitowoc, Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of capital stock of Dairy State Financial Services, Plymouth, Wisconsin, by merging Dairy State Financial Services into FMB Interim Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of First Manitowoc Bancorp, Inc. and thereby acquire 100 percent of Dairy State Bank, Plymouth, Wisconsin. E. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034: 1. Arvest Bank Group, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of The First National Bank of Huntsville, Huntsville, Arkansas. F. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. Rivers Ridge Holding Company, Edina, Minnesota; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of BankVista, Sartell, Minnesota, a de novo bank. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 27, 1999. Robert deV. Frierson, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 99-25496 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F