[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 57457-57458] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-27725] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 57458]] 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 November 18, 1999. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413: 1. JD Financial Group, Inc., Evanston, Illinois; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Pan American Bank, Chicago, Illinois. Comment regarding this application must be received not later than November 5, 1999. 2. Merchants Merger Corp., New Berlin, Wisconsin; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Pyramid Bancorp. Inc., Grafton, Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire Grafton State Bank, Grafton, Wisconsin. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen, Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: 1. Truman Bancshares, Inc., Truman, Minnesota, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Martin County Fidelity Bancshares Company, Fairmont, Minnesota; to acquire 87.65 percent of the voting shares of Martin County National Bank, Fairmont, Minnesota. Martin Couty Fidelity Bancshares Company has also applied to become a bank holding company. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 19, 1999. Robert deV. Frierson, Associate Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 99-27725 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-P