	equitable banc ebnc boss has ameritrust stake a group controlled by equitable bancorp chairman alfred lerner said it has uired a pct stake in ameritrust corp amtr and may buy up to pct if obtains regulatory approval in a filing with the securities and exchange commission the group said it bought its stake of mln ameritrust common shares for mln dlrs as an investment but the group acting through clevebaco l p a cleveland partnership also said it would seek regulatory approval to increase its stake lerner owns clevebaco corp which is the general partner of clevebaco l p the lerner group said it filed with the federal reserve board on march notice of its intent to buy more than pct of the common stock of ameritrust a cleveland bank holding company if the fed approves lerner whose equitable bancorp is also in cleveland said he intends to buy more ameritrust stock subject to market conditions and other factors since lerner heads a bank holding company with assets greater than one billion dlrs he said he is barred by law from serving as a director or officer of ameritrust or of having his representatives on its board lerner said he has no intention of influencing ameritrust management or its policies the group said clevebaco l p bought one mln of its shares from bear stearns and co inc on march at dlrs a share lerner said he accumulated the other one mln shares through march and sold them to clevebaco l p which he controls on march for dlrs a share reuter 
