WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

Registration No. 333-35208

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Post-Effective Amendment No.   1

to

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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WEST COAST BANCORP

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

2000 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

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Robert D. Sznewajs

President and Chief Executive Officer

West Coast Bancorp

5335 Meadows Road, Suite 201

Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035

Telephone (503) 684-0884

(Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated 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. Check one:

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DEREGISTRATION

DEREGISTRATION

The total number of shares of common stock of West Coast Bancorp registered pursuant hereto for issuance under the 2000 Restricted Stock Plan was 250,000 shares. The Registration Statement is hereby amended to remove from registration all shares that have not yet been issued.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on December 2, 2009.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on December 2, 2009.

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below designates and appoints ROBERT D. SZNEWAJS and RICHARD R. RASMUSSEN and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to sign post-effective amendments to currently effective registration statements on Forms S-8 filed prior to the date below by West Coast Bancorp, an Oregon corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in order to remove from registration shares not yet sold under registration statements for plans that are no longer in use. Each person signing below also grants full power and authority to these attorneys-in-fact and agents to take any action and execute any instruments that they deem necessary or desirable in connection with the preparation and filing of the post-effective amendments to the registration statements, as fully as he or she could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this power of attorney has been executed by each of the undersigned as of the 23rd day of September, 2009.