As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2015

Registration No. 333-178371

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-3D

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Metro Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania	25-1834776
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3801 Paxton Street

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111

888-937-0004

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

Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the Plan)

Mark A. Zody

Chief Financial Officer

Metro Bancorp, Inc.

3801 Paxton Street

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17111

888-937-0004

(Name, Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public)

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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement No. 333-178371 on Form S-3D filed on December 7, 2011 by Metro Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) to register for issuance pursuant to the Metro Bancorp, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $1.00 par value.  The Company terminated this Plan and offering of shares thereunder, effective December 4, 2015.  In accordance with the undertakings contained in the Registration Statement, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove from registration the 500,000 shares of common stock which remained unsold at the termination of the Plan and offering.

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-3D and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-3D to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Harrisburg, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on December 21, 2015.  No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

METRO BANCORP, INC.
(Registrant)
By:	/s/ Mark A. Zody
	Mark A. Zody
	Chief Financial Officer