0001437749-12-011203.txt : 20121108 0001437749-12-011203.hdr.sgml : 20121108 20121108104524 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-12-011203 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-15D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121108 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20121108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CITIZENS SOUTH BANKING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001051871 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 542069979 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-103218 FILM NUMBER: 121188817 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 519 SOUTH NEW HOPE ROAD CITY: GASTONIA STATE: NC ZIP: 28054-4040 BUSINESS PHONE: 7048685200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 519 SOUTH NEW HOPE ROAD CITY: GASTONIA STATE: NC ZIP: 28054-4040 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GASTON FEDERAL BANCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971222 15-15D 1 csbc_1515d-110812.htm FORM 15-15D csbc_1515d-110812.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number: 333-103218

Citizens South Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1043 East Morehead Street, Suite 201, Charlotte, North Carolina 28204, (704) 716-2134 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Plan interests in the Citizens South Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) 
 (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None 
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
 
Rule 12g-4(a)(1) [ ]    
Rule 12g-4(a)(2) [ ]    
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [X]    
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]    
Rule 15d-6  [X]    
 
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None*

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: November 8, 2012

Park Sterling Corporation 401(k) Plan
(successor to the Citizens South Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan)

By: Park Sterling Bank, its Plan Administrator
 
           
By: 
/s/ David L. Gaines
        
Name: 
David L. Gaines
    
 
  
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
        

* In connection with the merger of Citizens South Banking Corporation (“Citizens South”) into Park Sterling Corporation (“Park Sterling”), the Plan was amended to eliminate the option of participants to invest in securities of Citizens South or Park Sterling. On November 8, 2012, Park Sterling (as successor to Citizens South) filed a post-effective amendment on Form S-8 with the SEC to terminate the offering of Citizens South common stock offered under the Plan and deregister unsold shares and plan interests, and on January 1, 2013, the Plan will be merged into the Park Sterling Corporation 401(k) Plan. This Form 15 is being filed to suspend the Plan’s duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Form 11-K.