As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 1996 File No. 33-48548 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 UNITED CAROLINA BANCSHARES CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) North Carolina 56-0954530 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) 127 West Webster Street Whiteville, North Carolina 28472 (Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices) UNITED CAROLINA BANCSHARES CORPORATION DOLLAR PLUS SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST (Full Title of the Plan) Howard V. Hudson, Jr. United Carolina Bancshares Corporation 127 W. Webster Street Whiteville, N.C. 28472 (910) 642-1489 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) Total Number of Sequential Pages: 2 1 This Post Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed herewith pursuant to authority contained in Rule 478 to report that all 1,000,000 shares of Registrant's Common Stock registered on June 10, 1992, on Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, File No. 33-48548, have been sold and issued by Registrant in accordance with the terms of United Carolina Bancshares Corporation Dollar Plus Savings Plan and Trust to which said Registration Statement related and that said Registration Statement is no longer effective. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement referenced above to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Whiteville, State of North Carolina, on September 12, 1996. UNITED CAROLINA BANCSHARES CORPORATION (Registrant) by: s/ Howard V. Hudson, Jr. ------------------------------------------------ Howard V. Hudson, Jr Agent for Service, General Counsel and Secretary 2