[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 35932] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-17527] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 July 27, 1998. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413: 1. Old Kent Financial Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan; to merge with First Evergreen Corporation, Evergreen Park, Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank of Evergreen Park, Evergreen Park, Illinois. B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034: 1. First Banks, Inc., Creve Coeur, Missouri; and its wholly owned subsidiary CCB Bancorp, Inc., Newport Beach, California; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Republic Bank, Torrance, California. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 26, 1998. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 98-17527 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F