River Valley Bancorp S-8 POS Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)

Registration No. 333-197415

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8REGISTRATION STATEMENTUNDERTHE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RIVER VALLEY BANCORP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana	35-1984567
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
430 Clifty Drive
Madison, Indiana	47250
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)
RIVER VALLEY BANCORP 2014 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full name of the plan)
MATTHEW P. FORRESTER	Copy to:
President & Chief Executive Officer	CLAUDIA V. SWHIER, ESQ.
River Valley Bancorp	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
430 Clifty Drive	11 S. Meridian Street
Madison, Indiana 47250	Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(812) 273-4949
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 definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting 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 ☒

DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

River Valley Bancorp (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 to deregister all shares (as adjusted for stock splits and dividends) of the Registrant’s common stock, without par value, that remain unsold as of the date hereof under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-197415) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2014.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Madison, and the State of Indiana, on this 29th day of February, 2016.

	RIVER VALLEY BANCORP
By:	/s/ Matthew P. Forrester
	Matthew P. Forrester
	President and Chief Executive Officer