As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2019
Registration No. 033-62773
Registration No. 333-27949
Registration No. 333-143322
Registration No. 333-225328
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 033-62773
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-27949
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-143322
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-225328
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MIDSOUTH BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Louisiana | 72-1020809 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
102 Versailles Boulevard
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
(337) 2378343
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan
Employment Agreement Between MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. and C. R. Cloutier
Employment Agreement Between MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. and Karen L. Hail
(Full title of the plans)
Joy Lambert Phillips
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Hancock Whitney Corporation
Hancock Whitney Plaza, 2510 14th Street
Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
(228) 868-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
Copy to:
Nicholas G. Demmo, Esq.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 403-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the Registration Statements) of MidSouth Bancorp, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (the Registrant), previously filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission):
| File No. 033-62773, originally filed with the Commission on September 20, 1995, pertaining to the registration of 28,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Registrant (Common Stock), issuable under the Employment Agreement between MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. and C.R. Cloutier and the Employment Agreement between MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. and Karen L. Hail. |
| File No. 333-27949, originally filed with the Commission on May 29, 1997, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on February 27, 2004, pertaining to the registration of 272,875 shares of Common Stock, issuable under the MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan. |
| File No. 333-143322, originally filed with the Commission on May 29, 2007, pertaining to the registration of 500,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable under the MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan. |
| File No. 333-225328, originally filed with the Commission on May 31, 2018, pertaining to the registration of 560,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable under the MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan. |
On September 21, 2019, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 30, 2019 (the Merger Agreement), between the Registrant and Hancock Whitney Corporation, a Mississippi corporation (Hancock Whitney), the Registrant merged with and into Hancock Whitney (the Merger).
In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Registrant terminates the Registration Statements and deregisters the remaining securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Gulfport, Mississippi, on September 23, 2019.
HANCOCK WHITNEY CORPORATION | ||
As successor by merger to MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael M. Achary | |
Name: | Michael M. Achary | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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.