As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2014
Registration No. 333-190362
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Croghan Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| OHIO | 6022 | 31-1073048 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
323 Croghan Street
Fremont, Ohio 43420
(419) 332-7301
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Rick M. Robertson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Croghan Bancshares, Inc.
323 Croghan Street
Fremont, Ohio 43420
(419) 332-7301
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Anthony D. Weis, Esq.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
52 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 464-6400
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:Not Applicable.
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This Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective in accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(c), may determine.
DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) of Croghan Bancshares, Inc. (“Croghan”):
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-190362) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2013, as amended by a Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2013, pertaining to the registration of 592,272 common shares, par value $12.50 per share (“Common Shares”), of Croghan for issuance in connection with the merger of Indebancorp with and into Croghan (the “Merger”) pursuant to the terms described in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement dated September 30, 2013 (the “Prospectus/Proxy Statement”).
The Common Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been issued in accordance with the Prospectus/Proxy Statement in connection with the closing of the Merger on December 6, 2013, and no further shares will be offered, sold or issued. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Common Shares that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Croghan is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to deregister any and all Common Shares registered under the Registration Statement that remain unissued.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of Ohio, on April 3, 2014.
| Croghan Bancshares, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Rick M. Robertson | |
| Rick M. Robertson | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
