Registration Statement File No. 333-210977
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COMMUNITY FIRST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Tennessee | | 04-3687717 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
501 South James M. Campbell Boulevard
Columbia, Tennessee 38401
(931) 380-2265
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
DeVan D. Ard, Jr.
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Reliant Bancorp, Inc.
1736 Carothers Parkway, Suite 100
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 221-2020
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Beth W. Sims
Butler Snow LLP
150 3rd Avenue South
Suite 1600
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
(615) 651-6733
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the registration statement.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE/DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Community First, Inc. (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2016, as amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on June 2, 2016, and Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 filed on July 27, 2016, and declared effective on August 12, 2016 (File No. 333-210977) (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the registration of up to 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”).
On January 1, 2018, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 22, 2017, by and among Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (f/k/a Commerce Union Bancshares, Inc.) (“Reliant”), the Company, Pioneer Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Reliant Bank and Community First Bank & Trust, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “First Step Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger (the “Surviving Company”). Immediately following the Merger and as part of a single integrated transaction, Reliant caused the Surviving Company to be merged with and into Reliant (together with the First Step Merger, the “Mergers”), with the Company as the surviving entity. As a result of the Mergers, the Company has terminated the offering of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, in accordance with an undertaking made in the Registration Statement, and removes from registration any and all securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on the 6th day of February, 2018.
| RELIANT BANCORP, INC. |
| as successor by merger to Community First, Inc. |
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| /s/ DeVan D. Ard, Jr. |
| DeVan D. Ard, Jr. |
| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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