Banks and bank holding companies: Formations, acquisitions, and mergers,

[Federal Register: September 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 182)]

[Notices]

[Page 53772-53773]

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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

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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. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

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 15, 2007.

1. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Anne MacEwen, Bank Applications Officer) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:

   1. JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York; to acquire control of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, San Francisco, California.

2. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Douglas A. Banks, Vice President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:

   1. Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia; to merge with Oak Hill Financial, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Oak Hills Banks, both of Jackson, Ohio. In connection with this application, Wesbanco has applied to acquire Oak Hill Financial Services, Inc., Jackson, Ohio, and thereby engage in securities brokerage activities, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(7)(i) of Regulation Y.

3. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (David Tatum, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309:

   1. Atlantic Southern Financial Group, Inc., Macon, Georgia; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of CenterState Bank Mid Florida, Leesburg, Florida.

   Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 17, 2007. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board.

   [FR Doc. E7-18559 Filed 9-19-07; 8:45 am]

   BILLING CODE 6210-01-S