Start Preamble

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. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at 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 January 27, 2003.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470:

1. Buford Banking Group, Inc., Buford, Georgia; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Lanier Community Bank (in organization), Buford, Georgia.

2. F.N.B. Corporation, Naples, Florida; to acquire up to 20 percent of the voting shares of Sun Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire Sun Bank, both of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166-2034:

1. Century Bancshares, Inc., Gainesville, Missouri; to acquire 24.8 percent of Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, Inc., Gainesville, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Plato, Plato, Missouri.

2. Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, Inc., Gainesville, Missouri; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of Community First Financial Corporation, Plato, Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire Community First Financial Corporation and its subsidiary, Bank of Plato, both of Plato, Missouri.

Start SignatureEnd Signature End Preamble