Post-effective Amendment to an S-8 Filing (s-8 Pos)
May 04 2020 - 4:55PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2020
Registration No.
333-223070
Registration No.
333-197152
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 to:
Form S-8 Registration
Statement No. 333-223070
Form S-8 Registration
Statement No. 333-197152
UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
CAROLINA FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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57-1039673
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S Employer Identification
No.)
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300 United Center,
500 Virginia Street, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
FIRST SOUTH
BANCORP, INC. 2008 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
FIRST SOUTH
BANCORP, INC. 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
CAROLINA FINANCIAL
CORPORATION 2013 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of
the plan)
Richard M. Adams
United Bankshares,
Inc.
P. O. Box 393
300 United Center
500 Virginia
Street, East
Charleston, West
Virginia 25301
(304) 424-8800
(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging
growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller
reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging
growth company
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If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. o
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
DEREGISTRATION
OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”)
of Carolina Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”):
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File
No. 333-223070, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on February 16, 2018, registering 463,812 shares of the Registrant’s common stock,
$0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), that may be issuable from time to time
under the First South Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan or the First South Bancorp,
Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, in each case as assumed by the Registrant following the
merger of First South Bancorp, Inc. with and into the Registrant on November 1, 2017;
and
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File
No. 333-197152, filed with the Commission on July 1, 2014, registering 241,647 shares
of Common Stock issuable from time to time under the Carolina Financial Corporation 2013
Equity Incentive Plan.
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On May 1, 2020,
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 17, 2019, by and between the Registrant and United Bankshares,
Inc., a West Virginia corporation (“United”), the Registrant merged with and into United (the “Merger”),
with United continuing as the surviving corporation, and as successor in interest to the Registrant.
As a result of
the Merger, United, as successor in interest to the Registrant, terminates any and all offerings of Registrant’s securities
pursuant to the Registration Statements and deregisters any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements,
if any, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by
means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination
of the offering. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant (as successor by merger to Carolina Financial Corporation)
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Parkersburg, State of West Virginia, on May 4, 2020. No other person is required to sign this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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United Bankshares, Inc.,
a West Virginia corporation
As successor by merger to Carolina Financial
Corporation, a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/
W. Mark Tatterson
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Name:
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W.
Mark Tatterson
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Title:
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Executive
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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