As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2017
Registration Statement No. 333-155648
Registration Statement No. 333-147249
Registration Statement No. 333-120685
Registration Statement No. 333-92143
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-155648
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-147249
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-120685
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-92143
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SOUTHWEST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Oklahoma | 73-1136584 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
c/o Simmons First National Corporation
501 Main Street
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Stock Based Award Plan
Southwest Bancorp, Inc. 1999 Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)
c/o George A. Makris, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
c/o Simmons First National Corporation
501 Main Street
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601
(870) 541-1000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications should be sent to:
Patrick A. Burrow Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Simmons First National Corporation 425 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 1400 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 558-3160 |
Frank M. Conner III Michael P. Reed Covington & Burling LLP One CityCenter 850 Tenth Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 662-6000 |
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
These post-effective amendments relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (together, the Registration Statements) of Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (the Company) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission):
| Registration Statement No. 333-155648, pertaining to the registration of 800,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (Shares), issuable under the Southwest Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Stock Based Award Plan, which was filed with the Commission on November 25, 2008; |
| Registration Statement No. 333-147249, pertaining to the registration of 200,000 Shares issuable under the Southwest Bancorp, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, which was filed with the Commission on November 9, 2007; |
| Registration Statement No. 333-120685, pertaining to the registration of 500,000 Shares issuable under the Southwest Bancorp, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, which was filed with the Commission on November 23, 2004; and |
| Registration Statement No. 333-92143, pertaining to the registration of 420,000 Shares issuable under the Southwest Bancorp, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, which was filed with the Commission on December 6, 1999. |
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 19, 2017 (as amended, the Merger Agreement), by and among the Company and Simmons First National Corporation (Simmons First), on October 19, 2017 the Company merged with and into the Simmons First, with Simmons First surviving the merger (the Merger). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than Shares to be cancelled in accordance with the Merger Agreement) were cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.3903 shares of Simmons First common stock and $5.11 in cash per Share.
As a result of the consummation of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all Shares registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 these post-effective amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on October 30, 2017.
SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORPORATION | ||
As successor by merger to Southwest Bancorp, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Robert A. Fehlman | |
Name: | Robert A. Fehlman | |
Title: | Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |