As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2014
Registration Statement No. 333-91589
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-8
Registration Statement No. 333-91589
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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c/o East West Bancorp, Inc. 135 N. Los Robles Avenue, 7th Floor Pasadena, California 91101 |
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METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC. DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK BONUS PLAN
METROCORP BANCSHARES, INC. 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
East West Bancorp, Inc.
c/o Douglas P. Krause, Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
135 N. Los Robles Avenue, 7th Floor
Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 768-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. (the Registrant) under File No. 333-91589, pertaining to the registration of 320,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable pursuant to the Registrants Director Stock Option Agreement, the Non-Employee Director Stock Bonus Plan and the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
On September 18, 2013, the Registrant entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with East West Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (East West). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, among other transactions, on January 17, 2014, the Registrant merged with and into East West (the Merger), with East West continuing as the surviving corporation and as the successor in interest to the Registrant following the Merger.
In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration the securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pasadena, State of California, on the 17th day of January 2014.
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East West Bancorp, Inc., as successor to MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. | |
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/s/ Douglas P. Krause |
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Douglas P. Krause, Esq. |
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Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.