-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LS9TLTquGPXfBWx5UTMom2rAqad/PoNvYY9bS/RDH/RYBLaa9qYQkj8dSRqyWBAG l7o6yutAtv+MGoNkHCGPiQ== 0000950133-07-004071.txt : 20071126 0000950133-07-004071.hdr.sgml : 20071126 20071005144451 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950133-07-004071 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-1/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20071005 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071010 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: First Advantage Bancorp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001404306 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-1/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-144454 FILM NUMBER: 071158966 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1430 MADISON STREET CITY: CLARKSVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37040 BUSINESS PHONE: 931-522-6176 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1430 MADISON STREET CITY: CLARKSVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37040 S-1/A 1 w38931a3sv1za.htm AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FORM S-1 sv1za
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2007
Registration No. 333-144454
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO THE
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
First Advantage Bancorp
and
First Federal Savings Bank Employees’ Savings & Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Tennessee   6035   26-041680
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Primary Standard Industrial   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)   Classification Code Number)    
1430 Madison Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
(931) 552-6176

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Earl O. Bradley, III
Chief Executive Officer
1430 Madison Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
(931) 552-6176

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
     
Gary R. Bronstein, Esq.
Victor L. Cangelosi, Esq.
Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP
5101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 362-0840
  James C. Stewart, Esq.
Malizia Spidi & Fisch, P.C.
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 434-4660
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box. þ
     If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. o
Calculation of Registration Fee
                             
 
              Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum     Amount of  
  Title of each class of     Amount to     offering price     aggregate offering     registration  
  securities to be registered     be registered     per unit     price (1)     fee  
 
Common Stock $.01 par value
    6,348,000 Shares     $10.00     $63,480,000     (2)  
 
Participation Interests
    (3)         $1,892,580     (4)  
 
(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
 
(2)   The registration fee of $2,355 was previously paid upon the initial filing of the Form S-1 on July 10, 2007.
 
(3)   In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
 
(4)   The securities of First Advantage Bancorp to be purchased by the First Federal Savings Bank 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan are included in the amount shown for common stock. Accordingly, no separate fee is required for the participation interests. In accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, as amended, the registration fee has been calculated on the basis of the number of shares of common stock that may be purchased with the current assets of such Plan.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 

 


 

PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
         
SEC filing fee (1)
  $ 2,400  
OTS filing fee
    12,000  
NASD filing fee (1)
    22,900  
Nasdaq Stock Market listing fee
    105,000  
Blue Sky fees and expenses
    7,500  
EDGAR, printing, postage and mailing
    150,000  
Legal fees and expenses
    390,000  
Accounting fees and expenses
    100,000  
Appraiser’s fees and expenses
    40,000  
Business Plan fees and expenses
    42,500  
Underwriting Expenses (excluding counsel fees)
    658,100  
Marketing firm expenses (including marketing firm’s counsel fees) (1) (2) (3)
    65,000  
Conversion agent fees and expenses
    25,000  
Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses
    20,000  
Certificate printing
    7,500  
Miscellaneous
    11,000  
 
     
Total
  $ 1,658,900  
 
     
 
(1)   Expenses based on the initial registration of 7,670,500 shares at $10.00 per share.
 
(2)   Assumes 8% ESOP purchase and purchases by insiders equal to 8.0% of the offering.
 
(3)   Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. will receive a fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate purchase price of shares sold in the subscription offering and the community offering, excluding shares purchased by the employee stock ownership plan, and by officers, directors and employees of First Federal Savings Bank and members of their immediate families. Assumes purchases by insiders equal to 8.0% of the offering.

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Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
     Article X of the Registrant’s Charter provides:
A director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability: (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or (iii) for unlawful distributions under Section 48-18-304 of the TBCA. If the TBCA is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the TBCA, as so amended.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
     In addition, Article XI of the Registrant’s Charter provides:
(A) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, and (1) he or she conducted himself in good faith, (2) he or she reasonably believed, (a) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the Corporation, that his or her conduct was in the Corporation’s best interest and, (b) in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the Corporation’s best interest, and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the TBCA, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide before such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section (C) hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(B) The right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article XI shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the TBCA requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, services to an employee benefit plan) shall be made upon (1) delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section or otherwise, (2) delivery to the Corporation, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, of a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct set forth in Section A of this Article XI, and (3) a determination that the facts would not preclude indemnification under this Article XI.
The determination shall be made (a) by the Board of Directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the proceeding, (b) if a quorum cannot be obtained under the preceding clause, by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Board of Directors (in which designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of two (2) or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding, (c) by independent special legal counsel, (i) selected by the Board of Directors or its committee in the manner described in clause (a) or (b) of this paragraph, or (ii) if a quorum of the board cannot be obtained under clause (a) or (b) of this paragraph, selected by a majority vote of the full

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Board of Directors (in which selection directors who are parties may participate) or; (d) by the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding may not be voted on the determination.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Sections (A) and (B) of this Article XI shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.
(C) If a claim under Section (A) or (B) of this Article XI is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (1) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (2) in any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the TBCA. Authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if the determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by those entitled to select counsel under clause (c) of the second paragraph of Section (B). In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
(D) The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article XI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, this Charter, Bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or Disinterested Directors, as defined in Article XIII of this Charter, or otherwise.
(E) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or subsidiary or affiliate or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the TBCA.
(F) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article XI with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
None.

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
The exhibits and financial statement schedules filed as a part of this registration statement are as follows:
(a)   List of Exhibits (filed herewith unless otherwise noted)
     
1.1
  Engagement Letter between First Federal Savings Bank and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.*
 
   
1.2
  Draft Agency Agreement*
 
   
2.1
  Plan of Conversion*
 
   
3.1
  Charter of First Advantage Bancorp*
 
   
3.2
  Bylaws of First Advantage Bancorp*
 
   
4.1
  Specimen Stock Certificate of First Advantage Bancorp*
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP re: Legality*
 
   
8.1
  Opinion of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP re: Federal Tax Matters
 
   
8.2
  Opinion of BKD LLP re: State Tax Matters*
 
   
10.1
  Form of First Federal Savings Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan*
 
   
10.2
  Form of First Federal Savings Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan Trust Agreement*
 
   
10.3
  Form of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Loan Agreement, Pledge Agreement and Promissory Note*
 
   
10.4
  First Federal Savings Bank 401(k) & Profit Sharing Plan*
 
   
10.5
  Form of Employment Agreement between First Federal Savings Bank and Earl O. Bradley, III, John T. Halliburton, Patrick C. Greenwell, Franklin G. Wallace and Jon R. Clouser*
 
   
10.6
  Form of Employment Agreement between First Advantage Bancorp and Earl O. Bradley, III, John T. Halliburton and Patrick C. Greenwell*
 
   
10.7
  First Federal Savings Bank Executive Deferred Incentive Plan*
 
   
10.8
  First Federal Savings Bank Deferred Compensation Plan*
 
   
10.9
  First Federal Savings Bank Directors’ Compensation Agreements*
 
   
10.10
  Form of First Federal Saving Bank Stock-Based Deferral Plan*
 
   
16.1
  Letter of Stone, Rudolph & Henry, PLC*
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 filed herewith)
 
   
23.2
  Consent of BKD LLP*
 
   
23.3
  Consent of Keller & Company, Inc.*
 
   
24.1
  Powers of Attorney*
 
   
99.1
  Appraisal Report of Keller & Company, Inc. (P)*
 
   
99.2
  Draft Marketing Materials*
 
   
99.3
  Form of Subscription Order Form and Instructions*
 
(P)   The supporting financial schedules are filed in paper under Form SE pursuant to Rule 202 of Regulation S-T.
 
*   Previously filed.
(b)   Financial Statement Schedules
All schedules have been omitted as not applicable or not required under the rules of Regulation S-X.

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Item 17. Undertakings.
     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
  (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the forgoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
 
  (iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
  (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
  (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
  (4)   That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
  (5)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
  (6)   That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
     The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
  (i)   Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
  (ii)   Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

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  (iii)   The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
 
  (iv)   Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Clarksville, State of Tennessee on October 5, 2007.
         
  First Advantage Bancorp
 
 
  By:   /s/ Earl O. Bradley, III    
    Earl O. Bradley, III   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Name   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Earl O. Bradley, III
 
Earl O. Bradley, III
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
  October 5, 2007
 
       
/s/ Patrick C. Greenwell
 
Patrick C. Greenwell
  Chief Financial Officer and
Corporate Secretary
(principal accounting and financial officer)
  October 5, 2007
 
       
                  *
 
John T. Halliburton
  President and Director     
 
       
                  *
 
William G. Beach
  Director     
 
       
                  *
 
Dr. Vernon M. Carrigan
  Director     
 
       
                  *
 
Robert E. Durrett, III
  Director     
 
       
                  *
 
William Lawson Mabry
  Director     
 
       
                  *
 
William H. Orgain
  Director     
 
       
                  *
 
Michael E. Wallace
  Director     
 
       
                  *
 
David L. Watson
  Director     
  *   Pursuant to the Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 for First Advantage Bancorp on July 10, 2007.
         
 
       
/s/ Earl O. Bradley, III
 
Earl O. Bradley, III
  Chief Executive Officer and Director   October 5, 2007

 

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Exhibit 8.1
October 5, 2007
Board of Directors
First Advantage Bancorp
First Federal Savings Bank
1430 Madison Street
Clarksville, Tennessee 37040
     
Re:
  Federal Income Tax Opinion Relating to the Conversion of First Federal Savings Bank from a Federally-Chartered Mutual Savings Bank to a Federally-Chartered Stock Savings Bank
Gentlemen:
     You have asked our opinion regarding the material federal income tax consequences of the proposed conversion of First Federal Savings Bank (“First Federal”) from a federally-chartered mutual savings bank to a federally-chartered stock savings bank (the “Converted Bank”) and the acquisition of the Converted Bank’s capital stock by First Advantage Bancorp, a Tennessee corporation (“First Advantage Bancorp”), pursuant to a plan of conversion initially adopted by the Board of Directors of First Federal on January 31, 2007 (the “Plan of Conversion”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan of Conversion.
     In connection with the opinions expressed below, we have examined and relied upon originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Plan of Conversion and of such corporate records of the parties to the conversion as we have deemed appropriate. We have also relied upon, without independent verification, the representations of First Federal and First Advantage Bancorp contained in their letter to us dated August 31, 2007. We have assumed that such representations are true and that the parties to the conversion will act in accordance with the Plan of Conversion. In addition, we have made such investigations of law as we have deemed appropriate to form a basis for the opinions expressed below.
     We have assumed that the conversion contemplated by the Plan of Conversion will be consummated in accordance therewith and as described in the prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by First Advantage Bancorp.
     In issuing the opinions set forth below, we have referred solely to existing provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Treasury Regulations and similar guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) thereunder. Changes in the

 


 

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First Advantage Bancorp
First Federal Savings Bank
October 5, 2007
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tax laws could affect the continued validity of the opinions expressed below. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the opinions expressed herein would be adopted by the IRS or a court of law. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should the present federal income tax laws be changed by any legislation, judicial decisions or otherwise.
     Based on and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that for federal income tax purposes, under current law:
  1.   The conversion of First Federal from the mutual to the stock form of organization will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code (see Rev. Rul. 80-105, 1980-1 C.B. 78), and no gain or loss will be recognized by account holders and no gain or loss will be recognized by First Federal by reason of such conversion.
 
  2.   No gain or loss will be recognized by First Advantage Bancorp upon the sale of shares of common stock in the Offering (Section 1032(a) of the Code).
 
  3.   No gain or loss will be recognized by account holders of First Federal upon the issuance to them of accounts in the Converted Bank immediately after the conversion, in the same dollar amounts and on the same terms and conditions as their accounts at First Federal plus interests in the liquidation account in the Converted Bank (Section 354(a) of the Code).
 
  4.   It is more likely than not that the fair market value of the non-transferable subscription rights to purchase shares of common stock of First Advantage Bancorp to be issued to Eligible Account Holders, Supplemental Eligible Account Holders and Employees, Officers and trustees is zero (the “Subscription Rights”) and, accordingly, that no income will be realized by Eligible Account Holders, Supplemental Eligible Account Holders and Employees, Officers and trustees upon the issuance to them of Subscription Rights (Section 356(a) of the Code) or upon the exercise of the Subscription Rights (Rev. Rul. 56-572, 1956-2 C.B. 182).
 
  5.   It is more likely than not that the tax basis to the holders of shares of common stock purchased in the Offering pursuant to the exercise of Subscription Rights will be the amount paid therefor, and that the holding period for such shares of common stock will begin on the date of completion of the Offering (Section 1012 of the Code).
 
  6.   The holding period for shares of common stock purchased in the Community Offering or Syndicated Community Offering will begin on the day after the date of the purchase (Section 1223(6) of the Code).

 


 

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First Advantage Bancorp
First Federal Savings Bank
October 5, 2007
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     The opinions set forth in 4 and 5 above are based on the position that the Subscription Rights do not have any market value at the time of distribution or at the time they are exercised. Whether subscription rights have a market value for federal income tax purposes is a question of fact, depending upon all relevant facts and circumstances. The IRS will not issue rulings on whether subscription rights have a market value. We are unaware of any instance in which the IRS has taken the position that nontransferable subscription rights issued by a converting financial institution have a market value. The subscription rights will be granted at no cost to the recipients, will be nontransferable and of short duration, and will afford the recipients the right only to purchase First Advantage Bancorp common stock at a price equal to its estimated fair market value, which will be the same price as the purchase price for the unsubscribed shares of common stock. We believe that it is more likely than not (i.e., that there is a more than a 50% likelihood) that the Subscription Rights have no market value for federal income tax purposes.
     Except as set forth above, we express no opinion to any party as to the tax consequences, whether federal, state, local or foreign, of the conversion or of any transaction related thereto or contemplated by the Plan of Conversion. This opinion is given solely for the benefit of First Federal and First Advantage Bancorp and Eligible Account Holders, Supplemental Eligible Account Holders and Employees, Officers and trustees who receive Subscription Rights, and other investors in the Offerings, and may not be relied upon by any other party or entity or otherwise referred to in any document without our express written consent. We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Application for Conversion filed with the Office of Thrift Supervision and as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all filed in connection with the conversion, and to reference to our firm and to this opinion in the prospectus included in the registration statement on Form S-1 under the headings “The Conversion and Stock Offering—Material Income Tax Consequences” and “Legal and Tax Opinions.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
         
  Very truly yours,


MULDOON MURPHY & AGUGGIA LLP
 
 
  /s/ Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP  
     
 

 

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October 5, 2007
VIA EDGAR
Mr. William Friar
Senior Financial Analyst
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
         
 
Re:     First Advantage Bancorp
 
      Clarksville, Tennessee
 
      Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
 
      File No. 333-144454
Dear Mr. Friar:
      On behalf of First Advantage Bancorp (the “Company”), enclosed for filing is Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Amended Registration Statement”), including exhibits, marked pursuant to Rule 472 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to indicate changes from Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company on September 25, 2007.
      The Amended Registration Statement is being filed in response to the staff’s oral comment to revise the federal income tax opinion (Exhibit 8.1).
      Furthermore, in response to the staff’s oral comment to include in the prospectus a “Recent Developments” section containing summary capsule financial information as of and period ended September 30, 2007, if available, please be advised that the Company has informed us that such information is currently unavailable.

 


 

Mr. William Friar
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
October 5, 2007
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      If you have any questions concerning this submission, please contact the undersigned at (202) 362-0840. Thank you for your assistance.
Very truly yours,
MULDOON MURPHY & AGUGGIA LLP
/s/ Victor L. Cangelosi                        
Victor L. Cangelosi
Enclosures
cc:
  David Lyon, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Earl O. Bradley, III, Chief Executive Officer
John T. Halliburton, President
Patrick C. Greenwell, Chief Financial Officer
James R. Pack, Treasurer
Douglas Keller, BKD LLP
Benjamin Howard, BKD LLP
Harold Hanley, KBW
Charles Sloane, KBW
Douglas Reidel, KBW
James Crotty, KBW
James Stewart, Esq., Malizia Spidi & Fisch
Gary R. Bronstein, Esq.
Eric S. Kracov, Esq.
Stephen F. Donahoe, Esq.
Suzanne Walker, Esq.

 

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