As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 1998 Registration No. 333-52889 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------- Amendment No. 3 to FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- SEACOAST FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Massachusetts 6712 04-1659040 (State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. employer identification number) incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) 791 Purchase Street New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 (508) 984-6000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) --------------- KEVIN G. CHAMPAGNE President and Chief Executive Officer SEACOAST FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION 791 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740 (508) 984-6000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) --------------- Copies to: Peter W. Coogan, Esq. Carol Hempfling Pratt, Esq. Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109 --------------- Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective. If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. [X] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box. [X] The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. ================================================================================ EXPLANATORY NOTE The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 filing is to correct the date on Exhibit 23.4. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Seacoast Financial Services Corporation has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New Bedford, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on September 18, 1998. SEACOAST FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION By: /s/ Kevin G. Champagne ------------------------------------ Kevin G. Champagne President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Kevin G. Champagne - ------------------------------------------ President, Chief Executive Officer Kevin G. Champagne and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer) * Vice President and Treasurer (Principal - ------------------------------------------ Financial and Accounting Officer) Francis S. Mascianica, Jr. * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Manuel G. Camacho * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee David P. Cameron * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Howard C. Dyer, Jr. * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Glen F. Johnson * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee John D. Kelleher * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Thornton P. Klaren, Jr. II-5 Signature Title --------- ----- * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee J. Louis LeBlanc * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Terence G. Lewis - ------------------------------------------ Trustee A. William Munro - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Carl Ribeiro * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Arthur W. Short * - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Joseph H. Silverstein - ------------------------------------------ Trustee Gerald H. Silvia - ------------------------------------------ Trustee William N. Whalen * By: /s/ Kevin G. Champagne ------------------------------------- Kevin G. Champagne Attorney-in-fact II-6