As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2019
Registration No. 333-216835
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-216835
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BSB Bancorp, Inc.
(Peoples United Financial, Inc. as successor by merger to BSB Bancorp, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 80-0752082 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2 Leonard Street
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478
(617) 484-6700
(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
BSB Bancorp, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kristy Berner
c/o Peoples United Financial, Inc.
850 Main Street
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604
(203) 338-7171
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Lee Meyerson, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 455-2000
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the Post-Effective Amendment), filed by BSB Bancorp, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-216835), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 20, 2017, pertaining to the registration of 487,200 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Common Stock) issuable under the BSB Bancorp, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan previously filed by the Company (the Registration Statement) with the SEC.
On April 1, 2019, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 26, 2018, by and between the Company and Peoples United Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Peoples United), the Company merged with and into Peoples United, with Peoples United as the surviving corporation (the Merger).
As a result of the Merger, any and all offerings of securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Peoples United, as successor to the Company, hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement but unsold as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has authorized this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bridgeport, State of Connecticut, on April 1, 2019.
PEOPLES UNITED FINANCIAL, INC. (as successor by merger to BSB Bancorp, Inc.) | ||
By: | /s/ Kristy Berner | |
Name: Kristy Berner, Esq. | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.