As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2013
Registration No. 333-77689
Registration No. 333-151210
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-77689
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-151210
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ECB BANCORP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
North Carolina | 56-2090738 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
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3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
(919) 659-9000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code,
of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
OMNIBUS STOCK OWNERSHIP AND LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
2008 OMNIBUS EQUITY PLAN
(Full titles of the Plans)
Scott M. Custer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Financial Bancshares, Inc.
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
(919) 659-9000
(Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copy to:
Betty O. Temple, Esq.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
550 South Main Street
Suite 400
Greenville, South Carolina 29601
(864) 255-5400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:
¨ | Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer |
¨ | Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | R | Smaller reporting company |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements of ECB Bancorp, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“ECB”) on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by ECB with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
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Registration Statement No. 333-77689, registering 159,000 shares of ECB’s common stock, $3.50 par value per share (“Common Stock”) under the Omnibus Stock Ownership and Long Term Incentive Plan; and
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• | Registration Statement No. 333-151210, registering 200,000 shares of the Common Stock under the 2008 Omnibus Equity Plan. |
On April 1, 2013, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 25, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and between Crescent Financial Bancshares, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Crescent”) and ECB, ECB merged with and into Crescent, with Crescent being the surviving entity (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, ECB has terminated all offerings of Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by ECB in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offerings subject to the Registration Statements, ECB removes from registration any and all securities of ECB that had been registered for issuance under the Registration Statements that remain unissued as of the effective time of the Merger.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on April 15, 2013.
ECB BANCORP, INC. | |||
By: | Crescent Financial Bancshares, Inc. | ||
(successor to ECB Bancorp, Inc.) | |||
By: | /s/ Scott M. Custer | ||
Scott M. Custer | |||
Chief Executive Officer |