0001144204-13-021914.txt : 20130415 0001144204-13-021914.hdr.sgml : 20130415 20130415171110 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-13-021914 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-12G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130415 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130415 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130415 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECB BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001066254 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 562090738 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-12G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24753 FILM NUMBER: 13761964 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 337 STREET 2: HWY 264 CITY: ENGELHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 BUSINESS PHONE: 2529259411 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 337 CITY: ENGLEHARD STATE: NC ZIP: 27824 15-12G 1 v341329_15-12g.htm 15-12G

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: 001-35389

ECB BANCORP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Post Office Box 337

Engelhard, North Carolina 27824

(252) 925-5501

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, par value $3.50 per share

(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:

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, ECB Bancorp, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:	April 15, 2013	By:	/s/ Scott M. Custer
		Name:	Scott M. Custer
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer, Crescent Financial Bancshares, Inc. (successor to ECB Bancorp, Inc.)

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

Rule 15d-6