Post-effective Amendment to an S-8 Filing (s-8 Pos)
02 Oktober 2017 - 10:59PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-181924
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
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ASB BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
North Carolina
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45-2463413
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
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incorporation or organization)
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Identification Number)
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11 Church Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and
Zip Code)
ASB Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan;
and
Asheville Savings Bank, S.S.B. Retirement
Savings Plan.
(Full title of the plan)
Richard H. Moore
First Bancorp
Chief Executive Officer
300 SW Broad Street
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
(910) 246-2500
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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Copies of all communications, including communications
sent to the Agent for Service, requested to:
Iain MacSween, Esq.
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey &
Leonard, L.L.P.
2000 Renaissance Plaza
230 N. Elm Street
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
(336) 373-8850
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filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated
filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment
relates to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 of ASB Bancorp, Inc. (“
ASBB
”), a North Carolina corporation
and the holding company for Asheville Savings Bank, S.S.B., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC
”)
on October 21, 2010 (Registration No. 333-177442) and June 6, 2012 (Registration No. 333-181924) (the “
Registration Statements
”),
registering 417,029 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“
ASBB Common Stock
”) under the Asheville
Savings Bank, S.S.B. Retirement Savings Plan and 781,837 shares of ASBB Common Stock under the ASB Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive
Plan.
On May 1, 2017, ASBB entered
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “
Merger Agreement
”) with First Bancorp (“
First
Bancorp
”), a North Carolina corporation and the holding company for First Bank. Effective as of October 1, 2017, ASBB
merged with and into First Bancorp, with First Bancorp as the surviving corporation. Also on October 1, 2017, Asheville Savings
Bank, S.S.B. merged with and into First Bank, with First Bank as the surviving bank.
In connection with the
merger, ASBB has terminated all offerings of ASBB Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking
made by ASBB in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities
that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, ASBB hereby removes from registration
any and all shares of ASBB Common Stock originally reserved under the Asheville Savings Bank, S.S.B. Retirement Savings Plan and
the ASB Bancorp, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan that remain unissued as of the effective time of the merger.
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 Statements to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Southern Pines, State of North Carolina,
as of this 2
nd
day of October, 2017.
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FIRST BANCORP
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(successor by merger to ASB Bancorp, Inc.)
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By:
/s/ Richard H. Moore
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Richard H. Moore
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Chief Executive Officer
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