================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ____________________ ANSON BANCORP, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) North Carolina 56-2073894 (State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 211 South Greene Street Post Office Box 249 28170 Wadesboro, North Carolina (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) ____________________ If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon securities and is to become filing pursuant to General effective simultaneously with Instruction A(c)(1) please the effectiveness of a check the following box. [_] registration statement under the securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box. [_] ____________________ Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which to be so registered each class is to be registered ------------------- ------------------------------ None None ------------------- ------------------------------ Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, no par value -------------------------- (Title of Class) ================================================================================ ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the sections entitled "DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK --The Company" and "ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS AFFECTING THE COMPANY AND THE BANK -- The Company" in the Prospectus included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (Registration Number 333- 47963) which was filed with the Commission on March 13, 1998, and as amended on May 8, 1998 and May 11, 1998 (the "Registration Statement on Form SB-2"). Any statement contained in the above-referenced sections of the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 and which is incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement on Form 8-A to the extent that such statement is modified or superseded by any document subsequently filed with the Commission. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description - -------------- ----------- I Copies of the form certificate for each security to be registered hereunder. Registrant also hereby incorporates by reference the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Anson Bancorp, Inc. which are included as Exhibits 3(i) and 3(ii) in the Registration Statement on Form SB-2. Any item included as Exhibit 3(i) or 3(ii) to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 and which is incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement on Form 8-A to the extent that such item is modified or superseded by any document subsequently filed with the Commission. II.1. Not applicable. II.2. Not applicable. II.3. Not applicable. II.4. Not applicable. II.5. Not applicable. II.6. Not applicable. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form 8-A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. ANSON BANCORP, INC. Date: June 19, 1998 By: /s/ Eugene M. Ward ---------------------- --------------------------------------- Eugene M. Ward President and Chief Executive Officer 2