Form S-4 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2006

Registration No. 333-133969


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


CRESCENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 


 

North Carolina   6022   56-2259050

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1005 High House Road

Cary, North Carolina 27513

(919) 460-7770

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


Michael G. Carlton

President and Chief Executive Officer

Crescent Financial Corporation

1005 High House Road

Cary, North Carolina 27513

(919) 460-7770

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


Copies to:

 

Anthony Gaeta, Jr., Esq.

Gaeta & Eveson, P.A.

8305 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 203

Raleigh, NC 27615

(919) 845-2558

 

Brian T. Atkinson, Esq.

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700

Charlotte, NC 28202

(704) 331-1040

 


Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement and upon completion of the merger described in the enclosed proxy statement/prospectus.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) 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 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.  x    Registration No. 333-133969

 



EXPLANATORY NOTE AND

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

This post-effective Amendment No. 1 to Crescent Financial Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-133969) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2006 (including exhibits thereto), as amended by Amendment No. 1, filed June 1, 2006 (including exhibits thereto), is being filed for the sole purpose of amending the Exhibit Index to include Exhibit No. 8 filed herewith. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-133969, as amended by Amendment No. 1, filed June 1, 2006, are incorporated herein by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL SCHEDULES

The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

8    Tax Opinion of Dixon Hughes PLLC
23.1    Consent of Dixon Hughes PLLC as to Crescent Financial Corporation
23.2    Consent of Larrowe & Company, PLC as to Port City Capital Bank


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Cary, State of North Carolina, on September 6, 2006.

 

 

CRESCENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Michael G. Carlton

  Michael G. Carlton
  President and Chief Executive Officer


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below on September 6, 2006 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

/s/ Michael G. Carlton

Michael G. Carlton

President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Bruce W. Elder

Bruce W. Elder

Vice President and Secretary

(principal financial officer and

principal accounting officer)

/s/ Brent D. Barringer*

Brent D. Barringer

Director

/s/ Joseph S. Colson, Jr.*

Joseph S. Colson, Jr.

Director

/s/ Bruce I. Howell*

Bruce I. Howell

Director

/s/ James A. Lucas, Jr.*

James A. Lucas

Director

/s/ Kenneth A. Lucas*

Kenneth A. Lucas

Director

/s/ Sheila Hale Ogle*

Sheila Hale Ogle

Director

/s/ Francis R. Quis, Jr.*

Francis R. Quis, Jr.

Director

/s/ Jon S. Rufty*

Jon S. Rufty

Director

/s/ Stephen K. Zaytoun*

Stephen K. Zaytoun

Director


*   / s/ Michael G. Carlton

By Michael G. Carlton

Attorney-in-Fact


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

8    Tax Opinion of Dixon Hughes PLLC
23.1    Consent of Dixon Hughes PLLC as to Crescent Financial Corporation
23.2    Consent of Larrowe & Company, PLC as to Port City Capital Bank