S-8 POS 1 a14-3730_1s8pos.htm S-8 POS

 

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)

 

Texas

 

76-0579161

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

 

c/o East West Bancorp, Inc.

135 N. Los Robles Avenue, 7th Floor

Pasadena, California 91101

 

77036

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

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.

 

Large accelerated filer

o

Accelerated filer

x

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

o

 

 

 


 

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 Registrant’s 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.

 

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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.

 

 

East West Bancorp, Inc., as successor to MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Douglas P. Krause

 

Name:

Douglas P. Krause, Esq.

 

Title:

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.

 

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