0001193125-19-251382.txt : 20190923 0001193125-19-251382.hdr.sgml : 20190923 20190923083155 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-19-251382 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190923 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190923 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190923 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MIDSOUTH BANCORP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000745981 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 721020809 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-143322 FILM NUMBER: 191106302 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 102 VERSAILLES BLVD STREET 2: VERSAILLES CENTRE CITY: LAFAYETTE STATE: LA ZIP: 70501 BUSINESS PHONE: 3182378343 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 102 VERSAILLES BLVD CITY: LAFAYETTE STATE: LA ZIP: 70501 S-8 POS 1 d804237ds8pos.htm S-8 POS S-8 POS

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) 237–8343

(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.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer   ☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company  
     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.