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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 1999
Registration No. 333-56729
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEST ESSEX BANCORP, INC.
WEST ESSEX BANK, F.S.B.
401(K) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
UNITED STATES 6035 22-3597632
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Classification Code Number Identification No.)
417 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE
CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY 07006
(973) 226-7911
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
LEOPOLD W. MONTANARO
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
WEST ESSEX BANK
417 BLOOMFIELD AVENUE
CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY 07006
(973) 226-7911
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
DOUGLAS P. FAUCETTE, ESQUIRE
LORI M. BERESFORD, ESQUIRE
MULDOON, MURPHY & FAUCETTE LLP
5101 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20016
(202) 362-0840
SALE TO THE PUBLIC CONCLUDED OCTOBER 2, 1998
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed for the purpose of
deregistering 635,473 shares of the $.01 par value Common Stock (the "Common
Stock") of West Essex Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") heretofore registered and
offered pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus dated August 13, 1998 (the
"Prospectus"). The remaining 1,847,112 shares registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement on Form S-1 have been issued and sold in accordance with
the Prospectus in the Subscription Offering and Direct Community Offering
described therein.
The Company has determined that no further shares will be offered, sold
and issued pursuant to the Prospectus. The Company therefore requests
deregistration of the unissued shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to
this Registration Statement as soon as is practicable after the filing of the
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
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CONFORMED
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 City of Caldwell, State of New
Jersey, on February 11, 1999.
West Essex Bancorp, Inc.
By: /s/ Leopold W. Montanaro
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Leopold W. Montanaro
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
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/s/ Leopold W. Montanaro President, Chief Executive February 11, 1999
- ---------------------------- Officer and Director
Leopold W. Montanaro (principal executive officer)
/s/ Dennis A. Petrello Executive Vice President and February 11, 1999
- ---------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Dennis A. Petrello (principal accounting) and
financial officer)
* Chairman of the Board
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William J. Foody
* Director
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David F. Brandley
* Director
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Everett N. Leonard
* Director
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James P. Vreeland
* Director
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John J. Burke
*Pursuant to a Power of Attorney dated June 12, 1998 and filed as Exhibit 24.1
to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of West Essex Bancorp, Inc. on June
12, 1998.
/s/ Leopold W. Montanaro President, Chief Executive February 11, 1999
- ---------------------------- Officer and Director
Leopold W. Montanaro
