As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2011
Registration No. 333-28153
Registration No. 333-46345
Registration No. 333-86487
Registration No. 333-136659
Registration No. 333-140617
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-28153
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-46345
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-86487
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-136659
Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-140617
Sterling Bancshares, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Texas | 6022 | 74-2175590 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction or incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2950 North Loop West, Suite 1200 Houston, Texas 77092 (713) 466-8300 | James W. Goolsby, Jr., Esq. Executive Vice President & General Counsel 2550 North Loop West, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77092 (713) 466-8300 | |
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) | (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
Copy to:
Gregory C. Hill
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
600 Travis Street, Suite 3400
Houston, Texas 77002-3095
(713) 226-1200
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:Not Applicable.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. ¨
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| Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | x | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ | |||
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-4 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) of Sterling Bancshares, Inc. (the “Registrant”):
File No. 333-28153, pertaining to the registration of 1,730,000 shares of Common Stock, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable to holders of common and preferred stock of First Houston Bancshares, Inc. upon consummation of the merger of First Houston Bancshares, Inc. with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
File No. 333-46345, pertaining to the registration of 4,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), issuable in connection with acquisitions, directly or indirectly by the Registrant, of other business, properties or securities.
File No. 333-86487, pertaining to the registration of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable in connection with acquisitions of other businesses, properties or securities.
File No. 333-136659, pertaining to the registration of (a) 3,050,356 shares of Common Stock, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 25, 2006, as amended, between the Registrant and BOTH, Inc. and (b) an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
File No. 333-140617, pertaining to the registration of (a) 2,476,190 shares of Common Stock, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 24, 2007, between the Registrant, Sterling Bank and Partners of Bank Texas and (b) an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
On January 16, 2011, the Registrant entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Comerica Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation (“Comerica”) (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides for the Registrant to merge with and into Comerica (the “Merger”), with Comerica continuing as the surviving corporation following the Merger.
In connection with the pending Merger, the offerings pursuant to the Registration Statements have been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration the securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under the Registration Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant 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 City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 27th day of July, 2011. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.
| STERLING BANCSHARES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ J. Downey Bridgwater | |
Name: Title: | J. Downey Bridgwater Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer | |